European Committee for Standardization
(CEN), 69, 70
European Coordination of Information on the
Environment (CORINE) Land
Cover, 268
European Flood Alert System (EFAS), 331
European Space Agency (ESA), 13, 396
Evaporative Stress Index (ESI), 20
Evapotranspiration (ET), 111, 114, 127, 305
data, 308
energy balance-based models, 305
FLUXNET network, 309
land surface temperature (T s ), 306
model outputs, 309
NDVI, 306
potential conditions, 308
surface energy balance modeling, 305
trapezoid method, 306
validation
at ARM-SGP Stations, 310–312
at US-Skr, 309, 310
water balance, 305
Exhaustive search by recursion (ESR), 180
Extreme Rainfall Detection System, 325
F
FAOSTAT Commodity List (FCL), 78
Farm Service Agency (FSA), 97, 387
Farmer Registry System, 234
Farmers Agricultural Data Network (FADN),
258
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
regulations, 10
Federal Emergency Management Agency’s
(FEMA), 337
Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC),
169, 170
File Transfer Protocol (FTP), 77
Fitting algorithm, 334
Flood crop damage assessments
band ratioing (VI), 333–336
classification, 332–333
Flood delineation, 325
Flood detection, 326
Flood duration, 331, 332
Flood event, 322, 331, 332, 337
Flood extent mapping, 325
Flood forecasting, 324, 325
Flood inundation mapping, 326, 327
Flood management, 325
Flood mapping, 325–330
Flood modeling-based monitoring, 323
Flood monitoring
event and duration, 331, 332
flash flood, 323
flood types, 323
GIS, 330, 331
monsoon flood, 323
remote sensing (see Remote sensing)
traditional, 323, 324
warning system, 330, 331
Flood Network (IFnet), 322
Flood warning system, 331
Floods
damage assessments, 322
damages, 322
definition, 322
events, 322
Food and Agriculture Cyberinformatics and
Tools (FACT), 26
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 74,
75, 78
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), 176, 193
Forest Inventory Analysis stratification, 270
Four-dimensional variational algorithm
(4DVAR), 215
Fourier transform, 129
Fraction of PAR (fAPAR), 19
Fraction of vegetation cover (FVC), 126
French Ministry of Agriculture, 268
G
Gauge-based monitoring, 323
Geobrain, 394
GeoEye image, 361
GeoFairy, 156
Geographic information system (GIS), 166,
322, 330, 331
agricultural management models, 33
analytical techniques, 28, 29
application, 322
crop yield, 26, 32
DSS, 33, 34
environment models, 31, 32
field of agriculture, 25
geospatial approach, 26, 27
mapping, 28, 29
pollution models, 26
spatial database, 29, 31
Turkish agriculture, 234
Geography Markup Language (GML), 73,
394, 395
Geo-information systems, 331
Geolinked Data Access Service (GDAS), 227
410
Index
(CEN), 69, 70
European Coordination of Information on the
Environment (CORINE) Land
Cover, 268
European Flood Alert System (EFAS), 331
European Space Agency (ESA), 13, 396
Evaporative Stress Index (ESI), 20
Evapotranspiration (ET), 111, 114, 127, 305
data, 308
energy balance-based models, 305
FLUXNET network, 309
land surface temperature (T s ), 306
model outputs, 309
NDVI, 306
potential conditions, 308
surface energy balance modeling, 305
trapezoid method, 306
validation
at ARM-SGP Stations, 310–312
at US-Skr, 309, 310
water balance, 305
Exhaustive search by recursion (ESR), 180
Extreme Rainfall Detection System, 325
F
FAOSTAT Commodity List (FCL), 78
Farm Service Agency (FSA), 97, 387
Farmer Registry System, 234
Farmers Agricultural Data Network (FADN),
258
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
regulations, 10
Federal Emergency Management Agency’s
(FEMA), 337
Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC),
169, 170
File Transfer Protocol (FTP), 77
Fitting algorithm, 334
Flood crop damage assessments
band ratioing (VI), 333–336
classification, 332–333
Flood delineation, 325
Flood detection, 326
Flood duration, 331, 332
Flood event, 322, 331, 332, 337
Flood extent mapping, 325
Flood forecasting, 324, 325
Flood inundation mapping, 326, 327
Flood management, 325
Flood mapping, 325–330
Flood modeling-based monitoring, 323
Flood monitoring
event and duration, 331, 332
flash flood, 323
flood types, 323
GIS, 330, 331
monsoon flood, 323
remote sensing (see Remote sensing)
traditional, 323, 324
warning system, 330, 331
Flood Network (IFnet), 322
Flood warning system, 331
Floods
damage assessments, 322
damages, 322
definition, 322
events, 322
Food and Agriculture Cyberinformatics and
Tools (FACT), 26
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 74,
75, 78
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), 176, 193
Forest Inventory Analysis stratification, 270
Four-dimensional variational algorithm
(4DVAR), 215
Fourier transform, 129
Fraction of PAR (fAPAR), 19
Fraction of vegetation cover (FVC), 126
French Ministry of Agriculture, 268
G
Gauge-based monitoring, 323
Geobrain, 394
GeoEye image, 361
GeoFairy, 156
Geographic information system (GIS), 166,
322, 330, 331
agricultural management models, 33
analytical techniques, 28, 29
application, 322
crop yield, 26, 32
DSS, 33, 34
environment models, 31, 32
field of agriculture, 25
geospatial approach, 26, 27
mapping, 28, 29
pollution models, 26
spatial database, 29, 31
Turkish agriculture, 234
Geography Markup Language (GML), 73,
394, 395
Geo-information systems, 331
Geolinked Data Access Service (GDAS), 227
410
Index