Crop Type and Land Cover Mapping in Northern Malawi Using the Integration of Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and PlanetScope Satellite Data

Crop Type and Land Cover Mapping in Northern Malawi Using the Integration of Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and PlanetScope Satellite Data

Mapping crop types and land cover in smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa remains a challenge due to data costs, high cloud cover, and poor temporal resolution of satellite data. With improvement in satellite technology and image processing techniques, there is a potential for integrati...

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Main Authors: Daniel Kpienbaareh, Xiaoxuan Sun, Jinfei Wang, Isaac Luginaah, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Esther Lupafya, Laifolo Dakishoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
crop classification
data fusion
food security
random forest classification
PlanetScope
Sentinel-1
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/4/700

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