Multitemporal remote sensing of crop residue cover and tillage practices: A validation of the minNDTI strategy in the United States

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 120-131

  Zheng, B ^a   Campbell, J B ^a   Serbin, G ^b   Daughtry, C S T ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b InuTeq LLC   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop residue; Landsat; MinNDTI; Multitemporal; Remote sensing; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CROP RESIDUE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; TILLAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877252587     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.68.2.120     Document Type: Article

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