Evaluation and Development of Techniques for Crop Inventory in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia Using Satellite Data,
Abstract
Progress results from an ongoing collaborative project between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) and Cooperative Bulk Handling (CBH) to evaluate the role of remotely-sensed data in corp production forecasting in Western Australia are outlined. The project has three distinct phases: discrimination of grain corps from pasture, and determination of the area planted to crop; discrimination between grain types; and estimation of yeild. Estimation of the area planted to crop has received most attention to data. The analysis of data from several overpasses improves the discrimination of crops form pasture and hence the estimation of the area planted to corps. Variations in planting practice and the effect of this variation on the identification of areas planted to crop are discussed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADP002038
Entities
People
- F. R. Honey
- M. D. W. Carlton
- N. A. Campbell
- P. T. Hick