Evaluating the sequential masking classification approach for improving crop discrimination in the Sudanian Savanna of West Africa

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 380-389

  Forkuor, Gerald ^a   Conrad, Christopher ^a   Thiel, Michael ^a   Landmann, Tobias ^b   Barry, Boubacar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL)   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Crop classification; RapidEye; Sequential masking; TerraSAR X; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DECISION MAKING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CROP CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; RAPIDEYE; SEQUENTIAL MASKING CLASSIFICATION; TERRASAR-X; WEST AFRICA;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MAPPING; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RAPIDEYE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRASAR-X;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84940434194     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2015.09.020     Document Type: Article

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