Estimating winter crop area across seasons and regions using time-sequential MODIS imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 4281-4310

  Potgieter, Andries ^a,b   Apan, Armando ^c   Hammer, Graeme ^a   Dunnj, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c University of Southern   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LAND USE; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; CROP PRODUCTION; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER SATELLITES; MULTI-TEMPORAL; REGIONAL SCALE; TIME-SEQUENTIAL;

CROPS;

BARLEY; CROP PRODUCTION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MODIS; PIXEL; REFLECTANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION INDEX; WHEAT;

AUSTRALIA;

CICER ARIETINUM; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 80051743938     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.486415     Document Type: Article

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