Contribution of multispectral (optical and radar) satellite images to the classification of agricultural surfaces

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 84, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Marais Sicre, C ^a   Fieuzal, R ^a   Baup, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Alos PALSAR; Classification; Crops; Formosat 2; Land use and land cover; Multi frequency; Optical; Radar; Radarsat 2; Random Forest; TerraSar X

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FRANCE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; HORDEUM;

EID: 85086041339     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2019.101972     Document Type: Article

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