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Location, biophysical and agronomic parameters for croplands in northern Ghana
Jose Luis Gómez-Dans
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
National Centre for Earth Observation, Leicester, UK
Dept. of Geography, University College London, London, UK
Philip Edward Lewis
National Centre for Earth Observation, Leicester, UK
Dept. of Geography, University College London, London, UK
Feng Yin
National Centre for Earth Observation, Leicester, UK
Dept. of Geography, University College London, London, UK
Kofi Asare
Remote Sensing, GIS & Climate Center, Ghana Space Science Technology Institute, Accra, Ghana
Patrick Lamptey
Remote Sensing, GIS & Climate Center, Ghana Space Science Technology Institute, Accra, Ghana
Kenneth Kobina Yedu Aidoo
Remote Sensing, GIS & Climate Center, Ghana Space Science Technology Institute, Accra, Ghana
Dilys Sefakor MacCarthy
Soil and Irrigation Research Centre, University of Ghana, Accra,
Ghana
Hongyuan Ma
Dept. of Geography, University College London, London, UK
Qingling Wu
Dept. of Geography, University College London, London, UK
Martin Addi
Remote Sensing, GIS & Climate Center, Ghana Space Science Technology Institute, Accra, Ghana
Stephen Aboagye-Ntow
Remote Sensing, GIS & Climate Center, Ghana Space Science Technology Institute, Accra, Ghana
Caroline Edinam Doe
Remote Sensing, GIS & Climate Center, Ghana Space Science Technology Institute, Accra, Ghana
Rahaman Alhassan
ADRA Ghana, Tamale, Ghana
Isaac Kankam-Boadu
ADRA Ghana, Tamale, Ghana
Jianxi Huang
Department of Geographical Information Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing for Agri-Hazards, Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100083, China
Xuecao Li
Department of Geographical Information Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing for Agri-Hazards, Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100083, China
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We provide a data set to support mapping croplands in smallholder landscapes in Ghana. The data set contains information on crop location on three agroecological zones for 2 years, temporal series of measurements of leaf area index and leaf chlorophyll concentration for maize canopies and yield. We demonstrate the use of these data to validate cropland masks, create a maize mask using satellite data and explore the relationship between satellite measurements and yield.
We provide a data set to support mapping croplands in smallholder landscapes in Ghana. The data...
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