Agricultural economics : current issues / / edited by Surendra N. Kulshreshtha
| Agricultural economics : current issues / / edited by Surendra N. Kulshreshtha |
| Autore | Kulshreshtha Surendra N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | IntechOpen, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (128 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 338.10942 |
| Soggetto topico | Agriculture - England |
| Soggetto non controllato | Agricultural science |
| ISBN |
1-83962-637-2
1-78984-050-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Agricultural economics |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910353349203321 |
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| IntechOpen, 2019 | ||
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Forest and rangeland soils of the United States under changing conditions : a comprehensive science synthesis / / editors, Richard V. Pouyat [et al.]
| Forest and rangeland soils of the United States under changing conditions : a comprehensive science synthesis / / editors, Richard V. Pouyat [et al.] |
| Autore | Pouyat Richard V |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXVI, 289 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 577 |
| Soggetto topico |
Soils - United States
Soils and climate - United States Forest soils Range ecology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Ecosystems
Agriculture Earth System Sciences Earth Sciences, general Soil Science Solid Earth Sciences Soil biogeochemistry and nutrient cycling Climate change and climate change impacts Urban soils and carbon Rangelands and wetlands Invasive species, pests and diseases Severe wildfires Pollution and land uses Open Access Ecological science, the Biosphere Agricultural science Earth sciences Environmental science, engineering & technology |
| ISBN | 3-030-45216-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Executive Summary -- Overview and Purposes -- Key Message -- Chapter 1. State Of Forest And Rangeland Soils Research In The United States (Dan Binkley, Daniel D. Richter, Richard V. Pouyat, and Linda Geiser) -- Chapter 2. Soil Carbon (Erin Berryman, Jeff Hatten, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Kate Heckman, David D’Amore, Jennifer Puttere, Michael SanClements, Stephanie Connolly, Charles H. (Hobie) Perry, and Grant Domke) -- Chapter 3. Soils And Water (Mary Beth Adams, Vince Archer, Scott Bailey, Kevin McGuire, Chelcy Miniat, Dan Neary, Toby O’Geen, Pete Robichaud, and Mike Strobel) -- Chapter 4. Biogeochemical Cycling In Forest And Rangeland Soils Of The United States (Lindsey E. Rustad, Jennifer Knoepp, Daniel D. Richter, and Andrew Scott) -- Chapter 5. Forest And Rangeland Soil Biodiversity (Stephanie A. Yarwood, Elizabeth Bach, Matt Busse, Jane E. Smith, Mac A. Callaham, Jr., Chih-Han Chang, Taniya Roy Chowdhury, and Steven D. Warren) -- Chapter 6. Wetland And Hydric Soils (Carl Trettin, Randall Kolka, Anne Marsh, Sheel Bansal, Eric Lilleskov, Patrick Megonigal, Marla Stelk, Graeme Lockaby, David D’Amore, Richard MacKenzie, Brian Tangen, Rodney Chimner, and James Gries) -- Chapter 7. Urban Soils (Richard Pouyat, Susan Day, Sally Brown, Kirsten Schwarz, Richard Shaw, Katalin Szlavecz, Tara Trammell, and Ian Yesilonis) -- Chapter 8. Soil Management And Restoration (Mary Williams, Cara Farr, Deborah Page-Dumroese, Stephanie Connolly, and Eunice Padley) -- Chapter 9. Soil Mapping, Monitoring, And Assessment (Mark J. Kimsey, Larry E. Laing, Sarah Anderson, Jeff Bruggink, Steve Campbell, David Diamond, Grant Domke, James Gries, Scott Holub, Greg Nowacki, Deborah Page-Dumroese, Charles H. (Hobie) Perry, Lindsey Rustad, Kyle Stephens, and Robert Vaughan) -- Chapter 10. Challenges And Opportunities (Linda Geiser, Toral Patel-Weynand, Anne Marsh, Korena Mafune, and Daniel Vogt) -- Appendix A: Regional Summaries -- Appendix B: Soils Networks And Resources -- Appendix C: Summary Of Research Questions. |
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| Springer Nature, 2020 | ||
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The Innovation revolution in agriculture : a roadmap to value creation / / edited by Hugo Campos
| The Innovation revolution in agriculture : a roadmap to value creation / / edited by Hugo Campos |
| Autore | Campos Hugo |
| Edizione | [First edition, 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 234 pages) : colour illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 630 |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture
Management Industrial management |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Agriculture
Innovation/Technology Management Business and Management value creation business model agricultural innovation open innovation design thinking open access Agricultural science Research & development management Industrial applications of scientific research & technological innovation |
| ISBN | 3-030-50991-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- The Quest for Innovation: Addressing User Needs and Value Creation -- Productivity in Agriculture for a Sustainable Future -- Open innovation and value creation in crop genetics -- Rethinking adoption and diffusion as a collective social process. Towards an interactional perspective -- Development of Sustainable Business Models for Innovation in the Swedish Agri-sector - Resource-effective Producer or Stewardship-based Entrepreneur? -- Innovating at marketing and distributing nutritious foods at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) - Insights from 2SCALE, the largest incubator for inclusive agribusiness in Africa -- Innovation and the quest to feed the world -- Digital Technologies, Big Data, and Agricultural Innovation -- Index. |
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Irrigation : water management, pollution and alternative strategies / / edited by Iker García-Garizábal, Raphael Abrahao
| Irrigation : water management, pollution and alternative strategies / / edited by Iker García-Garizábal, Raphael Abrahao |
| Autore | Garcí Iker |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | IntechOpen, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 234 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 333.76137 |
| Soggetto topico | Irrigation - Environmental aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato | Agricultural science |
| ISBN | 953-51-6179-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Irrigation |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910138285503321 |
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Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar : Principles and Application
| Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar : Principles and Application |
| Autore | Hajnsek Irena |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DesnosYves-Louis |
| Collana | Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing |
| Soggetto topico |
Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing
Other technologies & applied sciences Teaching of a specific subject Agricultural science Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques Urban & municipal planning |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
Signal, Image and Speech Processing Science Education Agriculture Forestry Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns) Digital and Analog Signal Processing Urban Geography and Urbanism Earth Remote Sensing PolSARpro Radar Polarimetry Radar Polarimetry Toolbox Synthetic Aperture Radar Open Access Geographical information systems & remote sensing Imaging systems & technology Signal processing Teaching of a specific subject Science: general issues Agricultural science Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques Urban & municipal planning |
| ISBN | 3-030-56504-1 |
| Classificazione | SCI030000SCI063000TEC003000TEC003040TEC008000TEC036000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Pioneering Space-Borne SAR Interferometry -- Organising Airborne Polarimetric SAR Campaigns and Scientific Studies -- Dialoguing with POLinSAR Scientists and Training the Next Generation -- Pioneering Space-Borne SAR Polarimetric Interferometry -- Future Missions -- From Science to Applications -- Outlook -- In Memoriam -- Contents -- Symbols -- 1: Basic Principles of SAR Polarimetry -- 1.1 Theory of Radar Polarimetry -- 1.1.1 Wave Polarimetry -- 1.1.1.1 Electromagnetic Waves and Wave Polarization Descriptors -- 1.1.1.2 Totally and Partially Polarized Waves -- 1.1.1.3 Change of Polarization Basis -- 1.1.2 Scattering Polarimetry -- 1.1.2.1 The Scattering Matrix -- 1.1.2.2 Scattering Polarimetry Descriptors -- 1.1.2.3 Partial Scattering Polarimetry -- 1.1.2.4 Change of Polarization Basis -- 1.1.2.5 Scatterers Characterization by Single, Dual, Compact and Full Polarimetry -- 1.2 SAR Data Statistical Description and Speckle Noise Filtering -- 1.2.1 One-Dimensional Gaussian Distribution -- 1.2.2 Multidimensional Gaussian Distribution -- 1.2.3 The Wishart Distribution -- 1.2.4 The Polarimetric Covariance and Coherency Matrix -- 1.2.5 The Polarimetric Coherence -- 1.2.6 Polarimetric Speckle Noise Filtering -- 1.2.6.1 PolSAR Speckle Noise Filtering Principles -- 1.2.6.2 PolSAR Speckle Noise Filtering Alternatives -- 1.3 Polarimetric Scattering Decomposition Theorems -- 1.3.1 Coherent Scattering Decomposition Techniques -- 1.3.1.1 The Pauli Decomposition -- 1.3.2 Incoherent Scattering Decompositions Techniques -- 1.3.2.1 Three-Component Freeman Decomposition -- 1.3.2.2 Four-Component Yamaguchi Decomposition -- 1.3.2.3 Non-negative Eigenvalue Decomposition -- 1.3.2.4 Eigenvector-Eigenvalue-Based Decomposition -- 1.3.2.5 The Touzi Target Scattering Decompositions -- 1.4 Polarimetric SAR Interferometry.
1.4.1 SAR Interferometry -- 1.4.2 Algorithms for Optimum Interferogram Generation -- 1.4.3 Model-Based Polarimetric SAR Interferometry -- 1.4.3.1 PolInSAR for Bare Surface Scattering -- 1.4.3.2 PolInSAR for Random Volume Scattering -- 1.4.3.3 PolInSAR Two-Layer Combined Surface and Random Volume Scattering -- 1.5 Polarimetric SAR Tomography -- 1.5.1 TomoSAR and PolTomoSAR as Spectral Estimation Problems: Non-model-Based Adaptive Solutions -- 1.5.2 Model-Based PolTomoSAR -- 1.5.3 Coherence Tomography -- References -- 2: Forest Applications -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Forest Classification -- 2.2.1 Land Cover Classification in Tropical Lands Using PolSAR -- 2.2.1.1 Introduction, Motivation and Literature Review -- 2.2.1.2 Methodology -- 2.2.1.3 Experimental Results -- 2.2.1.4 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions -- 2.2.2 Forest Mapping and Classification Using Polarimetric and Interferometric Data -- 2.2.2.1 Introduction, Motivation and Literature Review -- 2.2.2.2 Methodology -- 2.2.2.3 Experimental Results -- 2.2.2.4 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions -- 2.2.3 Detection of Fire Scars -- 2.2.3.1 Introduction, Motivation and Literature Review -- 2.2.3.2 Methodology -- 2.2.3.3 Experimental Results -- 2.2.3.4 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions -- 2.3 Forest Height Estimation -- 2.3.1 Introduction, Motivation and Literature Review -- 2.3.2 Methodology -- 2.3.2.1 Random-Volume-Over-Ground Inversion -- 2.3.2.2 Non-volumetric Decorrelation Contributions -- 2.3.3 Experimental Results -- 2.3.4 Comparison with Single/Dual Polarimetric Data -- 2.3.5 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions. 2.4 Forest Vertical Structure Estimation Using Multi-baseline Polarimetric SAR Acquisitions -- 2.4.1 Polarimetric SAR Tomography -- 2.4.1.1 Introduction, Motivation and Literature Review -- 2.4.1.2 Methodology -- 2.4.1.3 Experimental Results -- 2.4.1.4 Comparison with Single/Dual Polarization Data -- 2.4.1.5 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions -- 2.4.2 Estimation of Vegetation Structure Parameters -- 2.4.2.1 Introduction, Motivation and Literature Review -- 2.4.2.2 Methodology -- 2.4.2.3 Experimental Results -- 2.4.2.4 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions -- 2.5 Biomass Estimation -- 2.5.1 Biomass Estimation: A Review -- 2.5.1.1 Introduction, Motivation -- 2.5.1.2 Methodology -- 2.5.1.2.1 Direct Biomass Estimation -- 2.5.1.2.2 Model-Based Estimation -- 2.5.1.2.3 Allometric Biomass Estimation -- 2.5.1.3 Experimental Results -- 2.5.1.4 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions -- 2.5.2 Biomass Estimation from Semi-empirical Relationships -- 2.5.2.1 Introduction, Motivation and Literature Review -- 2.5.2.2 Methodology -- 2.5.2.3 Experimental Results -- 2.5.2.4 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions -- 2.6 Summary -- References -- 3: Agriculture and Wetland Applications -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Crop Type Mapping -- 3.2.1 Evaluation of C-Band Polarimetric SAR for Crop Classification -- 3.2.1.1 Introduction, Motivation and Literature Review -- 3.2.1.2 Methodology -- 3.2.1.3 Experimental Results -- 3.2.1.4 Comparison with Single-/Dual-Polarisation Data -- 3.2.1.5 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions -- 3.2.2 Crop Classification Using Multitemporal L- and C-Band Airborne Polarimetric SAR. 3.2.2.1 Introduction, Motivation and Literature Review -- 3.2.2.2 Methodology -- 3.2.2.3 Experimental Results -- 3.2.2.4 Comparison with Single-/Dual-Polarisation Data -- 3.2.2.5 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions -- 3.3 Soil Moisture Estimation Under Vegetation Using SAR Polarimetry -- 3.3.1 Introduction, Motivation and Literature Review -- 3.3.2 Methodology -- 3.3.3 Experimental Results -- 3.3.4 Comparison with Single-/Dual-Pol Data -- 3.3.5 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusion -- 3.4 Crop Phenology Estimation Using SAR Polarimetry -- 3.4.1 Introduction, Motivation and Literature Review -- 3.4.2 Methodology -- 3.4.3 Experimental Results -- 3.4.3.1 Analysis -- 3.4.3.1.1 Cereals -- 3.4.3.1.2 Canola -- 3.4.3.1.3 Field Pea -- 3.4.3.2 Retrieval Algorithms -- 3.4.3.3 Results and Validation -- 3.4.3.3.1 Wheat -- 3.4.3.3.2 Oat -- 3.4.3.3.3 Barley -- 3.4.4 Comparison with Single-/Dual-Polarisation Data -- 3.4.5 Discussion on Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions -- 3.5 Wetland Observation -- 3.5.1 C-Band Polarimetric Time Series for Delineating and Monitoring Seasonal Dynamics of Wetlands -- 3.5.1.1 Introduction, Motivation and Literature Review -- 3.5.1.2 Methodology -- 3.5.1.3 Experimental Results -- 3.5.1.4 Comparison with Single-/Dual-Polarisation Data -- 3.5.1.5 Discussion on the Role of Polarisation, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions -- 3.5.2 Tropical Wetland Characterisation with Polarimetric SAR -- 3.5.2.1 Introduction, Motivation and Literature Review -- 3.5.2.2 Methodology -- 3.5.2.3 Experimental Results -- 3.5.2.4 Comparison with Single-/Dual-Polarisation Data -- 3.5.2.5 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions. 3.5.3 Subarctic Peatland Characterisation and Monitoring -- 3.5.3.1 Introduction, Motivation and Literature Review -- 3.5.3.2 Experimental Results -- 3.5.3.2.1 La Baie des Mines -- Peatland Hydrology Characteristics for Bog-Fen Discrimination -- Application of the Touzi Decomposition to Polarimetric ALOS Data: Required Processing Window Size for Unbiased ICTD -- Analysis of the ALOS Acquisitions -- Peatland Subsurface Water Flow Monitoring Using Polarimetric May and November ALOS Acquisitions: Multi-polarisation Versus Pol... -- 3.5.3.2.2 Wapusk National Park -- 3.5.3.3 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions -- 3.5.3.4 Acknowledgement -- 3.6 Monitoring Change Detection Produced by Tsunamis and Earthquakes by Using a Fully Polarimetric Model-Based Decomposition -- 3.6.1 Introduction, Motivation and Literature Review -- 3.6.2 Methodology -- 3.6.3 Experimental Results -- 3.6.4 Comparison with Single-/Dual-Polarisation Data -- 3.6.5 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions -- 3.7 Summary (Table 3.13) -- References -- 4: Cryosphere Applications -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Land Ice Extinction Estimation Using PolInSAR -- 4.2.1 Introduction, Motivation, and Literature Review -- 4.2.2 Methodology -- 4.2.3 Experimental Results -- 4.2.4 Comparison with Single/Dual Polarisation Data -- 4.2.5 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application, and Conclusions -- 4.3 Snow Water Equivalent Retrieval -- 4.3.1 Introduction, Motivation, and Literature Review -- 4.3.2 Methodology -- 4.3.2.1 Polarimetric Decomposition for Snow-Covered Areas -- 4.3.2.2 Snow Water Equivalent Retrieval Algorithm -- 4.3.3 Experimental Results -- 4.3.4 Comparison with Single/Dual Polarisation Data. 4.3.5 Discussion on the Role of Polarimetry, on the Maturity of the Application and Conclusions. |
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