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Remote Sens. 2010, 2, 1035-1056; doi:10.3390/rs2041035 OPEN ACCESS Remote Sensing ISSN 2072-4292 /journal/remotesensing Article Per-Field Irrigated Crop Classification in Arid Central Asia Using SPOT and ASTER Data Christopher Conrad 1,*, Sebastian Fritsch 1 , Julian Zeidler 1 , Gerd Rücker 2 and Stefan Dech 1,2 1 Remote Sensing Unit, University of Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany; E-Mails: sebastian.fritsch@uni-wuerzburg.de (S.F.); julian.zeidler@uni-wuerzburg.de (J.Z.) 2 German Aerospace Center (DLR), German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany; E-Mails: gerd.ruecker@dlr.de (G.R.); stefan.dech@dlr.de (S.D.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: christopher.conrad@uni-wuerzburg.de; Tel.: +94-931-31-81875; Fax: +94-931-888-4960. Received: 17 February 2010; in revised form: 22 March 2010 / Accepted: 23 March 2010 / Published: 8 April 2010 Abstract: The overarching goal of this research was to explore accurate methods of mapping irrigated crops, where digital cadastre information is unavailable: (a) Boundary separation by object-oriented image segmentation using very high spatial resolution (2.5–5 m) data was followed by (b) identification of crops and crop rotations by means of phenology, tasselled cap, and rule-based classification using high resolution (15–30 m) bi-temporal data. The extensive irrigated cotton production system of the Khorezm province in Uzbekistan, Central Asia, was se