Research advances on crop identification using synthetic aperture radar

Nongye Gongcheng Xuebao/Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 203-212

  Wang, Di ^a,b   Zhou, Qingbo ^a,b   Chen, Zhongxin ^a,b   Liu, Jia ^a,b  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Classification; Crop identification; Multi polarization; Multiband; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ALGORITHMS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CONDITION MONITORING; CROPS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CROP IDENTIFICATION; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; MULTI-POLARIZATION; MULTIBAND; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84907891676     PISSN: 10026819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-6819.2014.16.027     Document Type: Article

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