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Title: | Estimation of cropland area in Nigerian savanna from Landsat imagery |
Author: | Nichol, J.E. |
Year: | 1984 |
Periodical: | The Nigerian Geographical Journal |
Volume: | 27 |
Issue: | 1-2 |
Pages: | 143-153 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | remote sensing soil management |
Abstract: | The author uses imagery from two consecutive Landsat scenes of 19 November 1978 in order to evaluate the potential of a satellite-based methodology for estimating cropland area in a savanna environment in Nigeria. Two study areas within the Kano region - Kano River and Kazaure - were chosen to represent different agroecological conditions. The study suggests that for an intensively cultivated savanna region, 73 percent of the upland cropland can be automatically identified. Bibliogr. |