Object-based paddy rice mapping using HJ-1A/B data and temporal features extracted from time series MODIS NDVI data

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Singha, Mrinal ^a,b   Wu, Bingfang ^b   Zhang, Miao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth   (China)

Author keywords

Assam; Classification, HJ 1A B; Fusion; Object based; Paddy rice mapping; Temporal features

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; FUSION REACTIONS; MAPPING; SPECTROSCOPY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIME SERIES;

ASSAM; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MINIMUM SENSITIVITIES; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGES; OBJECT BASED; PADDY RICE; TEMPORAL FEATURES;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHM; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORYZA; PROCEDURES;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORYZA;

EID: 85007347969     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s17010010     Document Type: Article

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