Mapping rice extent and cropping scheme in the Mekong Delta using Sentinel-1A data

• Published in: Remote sensing letters Vol. 7; no. 12; pp. 1209 - 1218
• Main Authors: Nguyen, Duy Ba, Gruber, Alexander, Wagner, Wolfgang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 01.12.2016; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Time series

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)-based multi-temporal backscatter analysis is a common approach that has been widely used for rice mapping. Co-polarized C-band microwave backscatter (HH or VV) and the co-polarization ratio (HH/VV) are the most commonly used data sets for rice mapping due to their high...