DocumentCode :
2152952
Title :
A national inventory of land management practices: estimating soil conservation practices using optical and radar imagery
Author :
McNairn, H. ; Smith, A. ; Huffman, E. ; Jarvis, I. ; Pacheco, A. ; Gauthier, E.
Volume :
3
fYear :
2004
fDate :
20-24 Sept. 2004
Firstpage :
1629
Abstract :
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is developing a national land use and agricultural management practices inventory. This inventory is envisioned as a representative, statistical database of land use and management information. Considering the magnitude of this project, the use of remotely sensed earth observation data is a key source of information. This project is exploring the use of optical imagery for crop residue mapping and the use of SAR data for establishing changes in surface roughness, which occur as a result of tillage. It is anticipated that land management classes can be determined through the integration of the crop residue and surface roughness products. This paper discusses the project, summarizes the data acquisition and analysis plan and provides some preliminary results
Keywords :
agriculture; crops; data acquisition; geophysics computing; inventory management; land use planning; optical images; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; soil; statistical databases; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; AAFC; APF; Agricultural Policy Framework; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; SAR data; agricultural management practices inventory; crop residue integration; crop residue mapping; data acquisition; data analysis; land management practices inventory; management information; national inventory; optical imagery; radar imagery; remotely sensed earth observation data; soil conservation practice; statistical database; surface roughness; tillage; Agriculture; Crops; Inventory management; Laser radar; Optical sensors; Radar imaging; Radar remote sensing; Rough surfaces; Soil; Surface roughness;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370641
Filename :
1370641
Link To Document :
بازگشت