The use of multi-temporal MODIS images with ground data to distinguish cotton from maize and sorghum fields in smallholder agricultural landscapes of Southern Africa

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 4841-4855

  Sibanda, Mbulisi ^a   Murwira, Amon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.); MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PHENOLOGICAL STAGE; RATE OF CHANGE; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

COTTON;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COTTON; IMAGING METHOD; MAIZE; MODIS; NDVI; SMALLHOLDER; SORGHUM;

ZIMBABWE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84858020220     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.635715     Document Type: Article

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