Cloud cover assessment for operational crop monitoring systems in tropical areas

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Eberhardt, Isaque Daniel Rocha ^a   Schultz, Bruno ^b   Rizzi, Rodrigo ^c   Sanches, Ieda Del Arco ^b   Formaggio, Antonio Roberto ^b   Atzberger, Clement ^d   Mello, Marcio Pupin ^e   Immitzer, Markus ^d   Trabaquini, Kleber ^f   Foschiera, William ^b   Luiz, Alfredo José Barreto ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^f EMPRESA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA E EXTENSÃO RURAL DE SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^g EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agriculture monitoring; Clear sky coverage; Crop classification; MODIS

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLOUDS; CROPS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; MICROWAVE SENSORS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; TROPICS;

AGRICULTURAL MONITORING; AGRICULTURE MONITORING; CLEAR SKY; CROP CLASSIFICATION; MODIS; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING DATA; OPTICAL REMOTE-SENSING IMAGERY; STATISTICAL SAMPLING;

MONITORING;

EID: 84962521620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8030219     Document Type: Article

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