Cropland mapping over Sahelian and Sudanian agrosystems: A Knowledge-based approach using PROBA-V time series at 100-m

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Lambert, Marie Julie ^a   Waldner, François ^a   Defourny, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cropland; Knowledge based; PROBA V; Sahelian and Sudanian agrosystems; Time series

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FOOD SUPPLY; MAPPING; TIME SERIES;

CLASSIFICATION ERRORS; CROPLAND; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE BASED; KNOWLEDGE-BASED APPROACH; LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION; SAHELIAN AND SUDANIAN AGROSYSTEMS; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 84962508988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8030232     Document Type: Article

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