Mapping tillage operations over a peri-urban region using combined SPOT4 and ASAR/ENVISAT images

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-59

  Vaudour, E ^a,b   Baghdadi, N ^c   Gilliot, J M ^a,b  

^a UMR 1402 ECOSYS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UMR TETIS   (France)

Author keywords

Bare agricultural soils; Mapping; Soil roughness; SPOT ASAR synergy; SVM; Tillage operations

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AGRICULTURE; BARE SOIL; ENVISAT-1; LAND USE; MAPPING; PERIURBAN AREA; ROUGHNESS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPOT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TILLAGE; URBAN REGION;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84897417291     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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