Early-season mapping of crops and cultural operations using very high spatial resolution Pléiades images

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-141

  Vaudour, E ^a   Noirot Cosson, P E ^a   Membrive, O ^a  

^a UMR 1402 ECOSYS   (France)

Author keywords

Crop mapping; Cultural operations; Phenological stages; Pl iades; SVM; VHSR

Indexed keywords

CROP; GIS; MAPPING; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPOT; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; YVELINES;

EID: 84943618000     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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