Assessing the Impact of Typhoons on Rice Production in the Philippines

This study quantifies the impact of typhoons on rice production in the Philippines. To this end, satellite-derived reflectance data are used to detect the location of rice fields at 500-m resolution. Utilizing typhoon-track data within a wind field model and satellite-derived precipitation measures,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Strobl, Eric, Blanc, Elodie
Other Authors: MIT Energy Initiative
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Meteorological Society 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107001