Automated mapping of soybean and corn using phenology

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 119, Issue , 2016, Pages 151-164

  Zhong, Liheng ^a   Hu, Lina ^b   Yu, Le ^b   Gong, Peng ^b,c   Biging, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Automated classification; Brazil; Corn; MODIS; Soybean

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONFORMAL MAPPING; DECISION TREES; IMAGE PROCESSING; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION;

AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION; BRAZIL; CORN; MODIS; SOYBEAN;

CROPS;

AUTOMATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAIZE; MAPPING METHOD; MODIS; PHENOLOGY; SOYBEAN; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

BRAZIL; PARANA [BRAZIL];

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84973884994     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2016.05.014     Document Type: Article

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