Search Results - "Truth."

Ecological niche modelling approach for mapping potential irrigated rice area in West Africa by CGIAR Research Program on Rice

“…Next step is validate this with ground-truth data.…”
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Integration of remote sensing techniques for resource evaluation in pastoral systems research by Leeuw, P.N. de, Milligan, K.

“…Discusses the integration of remote sensing techniques with ground truth within the context of rapid appraisal methods and early warning procedures within a livestock systems research approach.…”
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Predictive modeling of above-ground biomass in Brachiaria pastures from satellite and UAV Imagery using machine learning approaches by Álvarez Mendoza, Cesar I., Guzman, Diego, Casas, Jorge, Bastidas, Mike, Polanco, Jan, Valencia Ortiz, Milton Orlando, Montenegro, Frank, Arango, Jacobo, Ishitani, Manabu, Gómez Selvaraj, Michael

“…This paper finds how to construct machine learning models to predict above-ground canopy features in Brachiaria pasture from ground truth data (GTD) and remote sensing at larger (satellite data on the cloud) and smaller (unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)) scales. …”
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Predicting yields using biophysical crop simulations, machine learning and remote sensing in India by CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture

“…We tested the innovation and piloted it using ground truth yield data collected by means of crop cutting experiments in Odisha. …”
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CGIAR Climate Security Observatory (CSO) Impact. by Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

“…🚨MYTH: Climate change has nothing to do with conflict. ✅TRUTH: Climate stress can deepen fragility, fuel displacement, and worsen tensions. …”
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Comparison of high-throughput plant phenotyping (HTPP) approaches to measure radiation use efficiency, a critical trait for improving yields in future by CGIAR Research Program on Wheat

“…Remote sensing models cannot replace ground truth data, but can considerably reduce the amount of time and resources spent, especially on big trials where hundreds of lines could be screened in a matter of hours.…”
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Ecological niche modeling approach for assessing potential for expansion of irrigated rice under alternate wetting and drying method by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The schemes and seasons suitable for AWD were validated against ground truth data. The validated approach can be applied to the whole West African region.…”
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Of teamwork, faith, and trust in West Sumatra by Colfer, C.J.P.

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Cuatro medio verdales: la relacion bosques y agua en Centroamericana by Kaimowitz, D.

“…This paper looks at four "half-truths" about the relations between forests and water in Central America. …”
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Cloud-based crop type mapping for Nandi County, Kenya by Guo, Zhe

“…We surveyed crop type’s ground truth data in Nandi County that integrates time series Sentinel-2 imagery to construct the training sample dataset. …”
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Sample Earth: Machine-Learning–Ready Land-Cover Reference Dataset by Vantalon, Thibaud, Luong, Phuong Thi, Perez Escobar, Jorge Andres, Tello Dagua, Jhon Jairo, Phan, Trong Van, Nguyen, Hang, Hong Nguyen, Hoa Nguyen, Reymondin, Louis

“…The data were collected across Vietnam and Ghana, combining expert interpretation of high-resolution satellite imagery (Google Earth, Planet) with a smaller subset of ground-truth observations. Each point is labeled and quality-controlled to represent a diverse range of land-cover types commonly found within and around smallholder production areas. …”
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Effects of data uncertainty on dynamic treatment units by Becs, Artis

“…In thesis assumption is made that the original ALS-dataset exactly represents the “Ground truth”. The study area is a part of the Östad foundation (Östad “stiftelse”) located in Southern Sweden. …”
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The Effect of population and migration on forest cover in Indonesia by Sunderlin, William D., Resosudarmo, I.A.P.

“…Although there is an element of truth to these studies and policies, they greatly oversimplify and distort the issue of Indonesian deforestation. …”
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Is our chocolate melting away?: Presentation at Agri-chains & Sustainable Development - Montpellier, France by Bunn, Christian, Castro, Fabio, Budiansky, Ethan, Lundy, Mark M.

“…The presentation will explain how through the use of technology and in partnership with national regulators in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, CIAT has been able to update and ground-truth data elements to arrive at more precise and predictable set of outcomes for the impacts. …”
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Mapping Above Ground Carbon Storage and Sequestration in Thoria Watershed, India: A Spatially Explicit Ecosystem Service Assessment Using InVEST Model by Guo, Zhe, Sharma, Himani, Jadav, Mahesh, Zhang, Wei

“…The LCL U map is developed by using a machine learning algorithm with Landsat 7 imageries and ground truth points collected by the local collaborators. …”
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A note on the price variable by Bliss, Christopher

“…I agree, but I also think that there is much truth in the orthodox view that poverty eventually depends on the "real" economy. …”
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Fast-wood forestry: myths and realities by Cossalter, C., Pye-Smith, Charlie

“…It separates fact from fiction, science from speculation, truth from misinformation. Environmentalists have frequently exaggerated the malign impact of fast-wood plantations. …”
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Fast-wood forestry: myths and realities [Japanese] by Cossalter, C., Pye-Smith, Charlie

“…It separates fact from fiction, science from speculation, truth from misinformation. Environmentalists have frequently exaggerated the malign impact of fast-wood plantations. …”
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Swedish gross felling statistics and harvesting season determination in the National Forest Inventory by Roberge, Cornelia

“…Using stand registers as the truth, unnoticed plots could amount to an underestimate of NFI's felling statistics by approximately 26%.…”

Endophytic animations to blossom sub-Saharan agriculture by Kaushal, M.

“…Worldwide common practice of intensive agriculture with the use of agrochemical inputs is ground lacking truth for the small holder farmers of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) that are entirely committed on agriculture for their livelihoods. …”
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