Mapping crop cycles in China using MODIS-EVI time series

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2473-2493

  Li, Le ^a,b   Friedl, Mark A ^b   Xin, Qinchuan ^c   Gray, Josh ^b   Pan, Yaozhong ^d   Frolking, Steve ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cropping intensity; Gross sown area; Land cover; Land use; Phenology cycles; Planted area

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; LAND USE; MAPPING; NASA; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES;

CROPPING INTENSITY; GROSS SOWN AREA; LAND COVER; PHENOLOGY CYCLES; PLANTED AREAS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 84896917658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6032473     Document Type: Article

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