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VEGETATION WATER CONTENT

DEFINITION

Vegetation water content (VWC) is the amount of water contained in vegetation. VWC is a parameter in agriculture applications that provides information for water stress, aid in yield estimation, assessing drought conditions and retrieving soil moisture from microwave remote sensing observations

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2017-03-15 11:36:15.0 [mgenazzi] Definition added insert Definition (id: null text: Vegetation water content (VWC) is the amount of water contained in vegetation. VWC is a parameter in agriculture applications that provides information for water stress, aid in yield estimation, assessing drought conditions and retrieving soil moisture from microwave remote sensing observations language code: en);

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