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ArticleRemote sensing2021

Application of the Random Forest Classifier to Map Irrigated Areas Using Google Earth Engine.

James Magidi, Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi

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Article in Remote sensing, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Optimization of Sample Construction Based on NDVI for Cultivated Land Quality Prediction.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 authors.

James MagidiGeomatics Department, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Luxon NhamoWater Research Commission of South Africa (WRC), Lynnwood Manor, Pretoria 0081, South Africa.
Sylvester MpandeliWater Research Commission of South Africa (WRC), Lynnwood Manor, Pretoria 0081, South Africa.
Tafadzwanashe MabhaudhiSchool of Environmental Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa.

Funding

Wellcome Trust 205200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Improvements in irrigated areas' classification accuracy are critical to enhance agricultural water management and inform policy and decision-making on irrigation expansion and land use planning. This is particularly relevant in water-scarce regions where there are plans to increase the land under irrigation to enhance food security, yet the actual spatial extent of current irrigation areas is unknown. This study applied a non-parametric machine learning algorithm, the random forest, to process and classify irrigated areas using images acquired by the Landsat and Sentinel satellites, for Mpumalanga Province in Africa. The classification process was automated on a big-data management platform, the Google Earth Engine (GEE), and the

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change detectionimage classificationspatial analysisvegetation indiceswater management

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PMID39036332
PMCPMC7616265

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