Mapping rice areas with Sentinel-1 time series and superpixel segmentation

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1399-1420

  Clauss, K ^a   Ottinger, M ^a   Kuenzer, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; MAPPING; PIXELS; SUPERPIXELS; TIME SERIES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROWING REGIONS; METHANE EMISSIONS; OVERALL ACCURACIES; SAR(SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR); SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; SUPERPIXEL SEGMENTATIONS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

MAPPING; PIXEL; RICE; SEGMENTATION; SENTINEL; TIME SERIES;

ASIA;

EID: 85035215331     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1404162     Document Type: Article

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