Separating crop species in Northeastern Ontario using hyperspectral data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 925-945

  Wilson, Jeffrey H ^a   Zhang, Chunhua ^b   Kovacs, John M ^a  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ALGOMA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barley; Canola; Crop separability; Hyperspectral remote sensing; Oat; Optimal timing; Precision agriculture; Soybean; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894610708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6020925     Document Type: Article

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