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Remote Sens. 2012, 4, 354-376; doi:10.3390/rs4020354 OPEN ACCESS Remote Sensing ISSN 2072-4292 /journal/remotesensing Article Inter-Sensor Comparison between THEOS and Landsat 5 TM Data in a Study of Two Crops Related to Biofuel in Thailand Naruemon Phongaksorn 1, Nitin K. Tripathi 1,*, Sivanappan Kumar 2 and Peeyush Soni 3 1 Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, School of Engineering and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; E-Mail: st106182@ait.ac.th 2 Energy, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; E-Mail: kumar@ait.ac.th 3 Agricultural Systems and Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; E-Mail: soni@ait.ac.th * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: nitinkt@ait.ac.th; Tel.: +66-2-524-6392; Fax: +66-2-524-5597. Received: 8 December 2011; in revised form: 16 January 2012 / Accepted: 19 January 2012 / Published: 1 February 2012 Abstract: Knowledge of the spatial distribution of biofuel crops is an important criterion to determine the sustainability of biofuel energy production. Remotely sensed image analysis is a proven and effective tool for describing the spatial distribution of crops using vegetation characteristics. Increases in the number of options and availability of satellite sensors have expanded the horizon of choices of imagery sources for appropriate image acquisitions. The Thailand Earth Observation System