Mapping croplands, cropping patterns, and crop types using MODIS time-series data

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 69, Issue , 2018, Pages 133-147

  Chen, Yaoliang ^a,b,c   Lu, Dengsheng ^a,c   Moran, Emilio ^c   Batistella, Mateus ^d,f   Dutra, Luciano Vieira ^e   Sanches, Ieda Del'Arco ^e   da Silva, Ramon Felipe Bicudo ^f   Huang, Jingfeng ^b   Luiz, Alfredo José Barreto ^d   de Oliveira, Maria Antonia Falcão ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Crop types; Croplands; Cropping patterns; Decision tree classifier; MODIS NDVI

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALGORITHM; CROPPING PRACTICE; DECISION ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING; MODIS; NDVI; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85053592443     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2018.03.005     Document Type: Article

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