In-season crop mapping with GF-1/WFV data by combining object-based image analysis and random forest

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Song, Qian ^a   Hu, Qiong ^a   Zhou, Qingbo ^a   Hovis, Ciara ^b   Xiang, Mingtao ^a   Tang, Huajun ^a   Wu, Wenbin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop mapping; In season; Object based classification; Random Forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PHOTOMAPPING; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL MONITORING; CROP IDENTIFICATION; CROP MAPPING; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGERY; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; RANDOM FORESTS; TEMPORAL INFORMATION;

MAPPING;

EID: 85034771593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9111184     Document Type: Article

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