A framework for defining spatially explicit earth observation requirements for a global agricultural monitoring initiative (GEOGLAM)

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1461-1481

  Whitcraft, Alyssa K ^a   Becker Reshef, Inbal ^a   Justice, Christopher O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural monitoring; CEOS; Cloud cover impacts; Earth observation requirements; GEOGLAM; Optical remote sensing; Revisit frequency

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DATA ACQUISITION; EARTH (PLANET); MONITORING; OBSERVATORIES; ORBITS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

AGRICULTURAL MONITORING; CEOS; CLOUD COVER; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; GEOGLAM; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; REVISIT FREQUENCY;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84928819002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70201461     Document Type: Article

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