Rapid crop cover mapping for the conterminous United States

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Dahal, Devendra ^a   Wylie, Bruce ^a   Howard, Danny ^a  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROP; ERROR; GROWING SEASON; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85048136406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26284-w     Document Type: Article

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