What Rainfall Does Not Tell Us—Enhancing Financial Instruments with Satellite-Derived Soil Moisture and Evaporative Stress
Advanced parametric financial instruments, like weather index insurance (WII) and risk contingency credit (RCC), support disaster-risk management and reduction in the world’s most disaster-prone regions. Simultaneously, satellite data that are capable of cross-checking rainfall estimates,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-11-01
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Series: | Remote Sensing |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/11/1819 |