Early estimation of crop surfaces, and agriculture monitoring using RADARSAT data

Author

Yakam-Simen, Francis ; Nezry, Edmond

Author_Institution

PRIVATEERS N.V., Philipsburg, Netherlands

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

788

Abstract

We herewith evaluate the potential of RADARSAT in substituting optical images for early crop identification and early crop surfaces estimation. This paper outlines the operational feasibility of very early RADARSAT based acreage estimation of non-cultivated terrain (set-aside, fallow, bare soils) and economically important crops, already during the winter season. The monitoring of growing crops during spring and early summer has been also carried out to investigate RADARSAT potential for cereals discrimination. Results obtained in the Netherlands during the growing season of 1997, and in the winter 1997/1998, using RADARSAT time-series are presented

Keywords

agriculture; image classification; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; vegetation mapping; Netherlands; RADARSAT data; acreage estimation; agriculture monitoring; bare soil terrain; cereals discrimination; crop identification; crop surfaces; early estimation; economically important crops; fallow terrain; growing crops; growing season; noncultivated terrain; set-aside terrain; spring; summer; winter season; Agriculture; Crops; Optical sensors; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Rough surfaces; Soil; Springs; Surface roughness; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.774441

Filename

774441