Using Satellite and Field Data with Crop Growth Modeling to Monitor and Estimate Corn Yield in Mexico
Alma Delia Báez-González*,a,
Pei-yu Chenb,
Mario Tiscareño-Lópeza and
Raghavan Srinivasanb
a Laboratorio Nacional de Predicción de Cosechas y Monitoreo Climático, Campo Experimental de Pabellón, INIFAP, Km. 32.5 Carr. Zac-Ags., Ap. Postal #20, Pabellón de Arteaga, Aguascalientes, Mexico
b Spatial Science Lab., Dep. of Forest Science, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843, USA

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Fig. 1. Geographic location of the corn field areas monitored during the growing season of autumnwinter 1999 and springsummer 2000 in Mexico.
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Fig. 2. Schematic presentation of the components of and inputs to the corn yield model.
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Fig. 3. Measured and simulated corn grain yield in irrigated sites in Mexico during autumnwinter 19992000. The solid line is the fitted regression line and the dashed line is the 1:1 fit.
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Fig. 4. Measured and simulated corn grain yield in nonirrigated sites in Mexico during springsummer 19992000. The solid line is the fitted regression line and the dashed line is the 1:1 fit.
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