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To evaluate and compare the effectiveness of coincident Landsat-5 TM and Resourcesat-1 AWiFS satellite imagery for classifying croplands and mapping row crop agriculture.

November 1, 2008Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote SensingOpen Access

A Comparison of Coincident Landsat-5 TM and Resourcesat-1 AWiFS Imagery for Classifying Croplands

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DJDavid M. JohnsonNational Agricultural Statistics Service

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Comparative satellite analysis demonstrates performance differences between sensor imagery for agricultural land cover, indicating optimal sensor selection for crop monitoring.

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To evaluate and compare the effectiveness of coincident Landsat-5 TM and Resourcesat-1 AWiFS satellite imagery for classifying croplands and mapping row crop agriculture.
Analyzed coincident satellite imagery acquired from the Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) and Resourcesat-1 Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS).
Generated and evaluated independent land-cover classifications focusing on agricultural row crops.
Demonstrated distinct classification accuracy and spatial resolution characteristics between Landsat-5 TM and Resourcesat-1 AWiFS datasets for agricultural mapping.
Identified operational trade-offs between spatial resolution and swath coverage when classifying diverse cropland extents.

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David M. Johnson (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7162f435aa2c282ce2b022 https://doi.org/10.14358/pers.74.11.1413

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Comparative satellite analysis demonstrates performance differences between sensor imagery for agricultural land cover, indicating optimal sensor selection for crop monitoring.

A Comparison of Coincident Landsat-5 TM and Resourcesat-1 AWiFS Imagery for Classifying Croplands

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A Comparison of Coincident Landsat-5 TM and Resourcesat-1 AWiFS Imagery for Classifying Croplands

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