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Machine learning opens up a wide range of possibilities for crop classification and mapping using satellite data. With the shortening of their revisit cycles, satellites are now able to provide an increasing amount of data with valuable temporal information. We propose a machine learning approach to efficiently analyze multi-temporal data for crop identification and monitoring. This methodology utilizes a Bayesian approach to gradually improve classification accuracy as the temporal resolution increases. Two multispectral satellite configurations were simulated with hyperspectral data and analyzed with a support vector machine approach and a deep learning algorithm. Results showed that both approaches are able to efficiently process information as time progresses and rapidly achieve very high accuracies. The deep learning algorithm has the advantage that the dynamic component, time, is accounted for automatically, without the need of being actively incorporated by the analyst.
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This work was supported by the Federal Ministry of Food (BMELV) and Agriculture and the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture (MWKF) of the State of Brandenburg. Furthermore, I would like to thank our former colleague of the ZALF: Bernd Zbell, who did the data sampling and the preparation of the Excel-tables. My special thanks to the Python community which developed the used software and made it as Free and Open Source Software available.
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Wieland, R., Rosso, P. (2020). The Use of Multi-temporal Spectral Information to Improve the Classification of Agricultural Crops in Landscapes. In: Mirschel, W., Terleev, V., Wenkel, KO. (eds) Landscape Modelling and Decision Support. Innovations in Landscape Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37421-1_11
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