Detecting and mapping mature, medium, and young age date palms in the arid lands of Abu Dhabi, using hierarchical integrated approach (HIA)
The main objective of the current study was to map dispersed date palm (DP) plantations in
the Emirate of Abu Dhabi/United Arab Emirates (UAE), at different age stages: young (< 5
years), medium (5–10 years), and mature (≥ 10 years), using multi-source/multi-sensor data
in hierarchical integrated approach (HIA) developed and implemented for the purpose of this
study. We initially succeeded in delineating and mapping “mature” DP plantations with
acceptable accuracy using Landsat-8 OLI data. However, at this stage, our approach failed …
the Emirate of Abu Dhabi/United Arab Emirates (UAE), at different age stages: young (< 5
years), medium (5–10 years), and mature (≥ 10 years), using multi-source/multi-sensor data
in hierarchical integrated approach (HIA) developed and implemented for the purpose of this
study. We initially succeeded in delineating and mapping “mature” DP plantations with
acceptable accuracy using Landsat-8 OLI data. However, at this stage, our approach failed …