Combined use of optical and radar satellite data for the detection of tillage and irrigation operations: Case study in Central Morocco

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1120-1127

  Hadria, R ^a   Duchemin, B ^b   Baup, F ^b   Le Toan, T ^b   Bouvet, A ^b   Dedieu, G ^b   Le Page, M ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b CESBIO   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural management practices; ASAR; Changes detection; FORMOSAT; Irrigation; Remote sensing; Sowing; Surface state; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONFORMAL MAPPING; CROPS; DATA MINING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION TREES; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE STATES;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ASAR; CHANGES DETECTIONS; FORMOSAT; SOWING; TILLAGE;

SPACE-BASED RADAR;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALGORITHM; DETECTION METHOD; IRRIGATION; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEMIARID REGION; WHEAT;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 64949130096     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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