Harmonizing and Combining Existing Land Cover/Land Use Datasets for Cropland Area Monitoring at the African Continental Scale

Harmonizing and Combining Existing Land Cover/Land Use Datasets for Cropland Area Monitoring at the African Continental Scale

Mapping cropland areas is of great interest in diverse fields, from crop monitoring to climate change and food security. Recognizing the value of a reliable and harmonized crop mask that entirely covers the African continent, the objectives of this study were to (i) consolidate the best existing lan...

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Main Authors: Christelle Vancutsem, Eduardo Marinho, François Kayitakire, Linda See, Steffen Fritz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-12-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
cropland
mapping
crop mask
monitoring
Africa
LCCS
Geo.wiki
food&#160
security
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/5/1/19

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