Optimization of spectral indices and long-term separability analysis for classification of cereal crops using multi-spectral RapidEye imagery

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 115-125

  Gerstmann, Henning ^a   Möller, Markus ^a   Gläßer, Cornelia ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crop classification; RapidEye; Spectral separability; Time series; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; CLASSIFICATION; IMAGERY; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; OPTIMIZATION; RAPIDEYE; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDEX;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84997840794     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2016.06.001     Document Type: Article

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