Maize acreage estimation using ENVISAT MERIS and CBERS-02B CCD data in the North China Plain

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-214

  Li, Qiangzi ^a   Wu, Bingfang ^a   Jia, Kun ^a   Dong, Qinghan ^b   Eerens, Herman ^b   Zhang, Miao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crop acreage; Maize; Neural network; Remote sensing; Sub pixel classification

Indexed keywords

AREA FRACTION; BACK PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS; CCD IMAGES; CROP PRODUCTION; DATA SETS; ENVISAT; ESTIMATION ERRORS; GROUND SURVEYS; GROWING SEASON; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; MAIZE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFICATIONS; MERIS DATA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; PRODUCTION CHANGES; SUB-PIXEL CLASSIFICATION;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; ESTIMATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; REMOTE SENSING;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CROP PRODUCTION; DATA SET; ENVISAT-1; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; GROWING SEASON; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAIZE; MERIS; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80052549090     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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