Forecast of wheat yield throughout the agricultural season using optical and radar satellite images

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 59, Issue , 2017, Pages 147-156

  Fieuzal, R ^a   Baup, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Formosat 2; Microwave; Optical; Radarsat 2; Spot 4 5; TerraSAR X; Wheat; Yield forecast

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CROP YIELD; FORECASTING METHOD; FORMOSAT; OPTICAL METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY; RADARSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASON; SPOT; TERRASAR-X; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 85059201279     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2017.03.011     Document Type: Article

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