An analysis of cropland mask choice and ancillary data for annual corn yield forecasting using MODIS data

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 78-87

  Shao, Yang ^a   Campbell, James B ^a   Taff, Gregory N ^b   Zheng, Baojuan ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancillary data; Corn yield forecasting; Cropland masks; MODIS; Random forest

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84935029534     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.12.017     Document Type: Article

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