SAR satellite-based crop monitoring

1. SAR crop monitoring

1. SAR crop monitoring

AgriSAR results for Flevoland and Indian Head indicate: crop classification accuracies > 90% are possible for important major crops such as wheat, oilseed rape, sugar beet and potatoes.

1. SAR crop monitoring

Further detail is possible within classes e.g. wheat and rapeseed:

Different growth stages, different varieties, and crop damage

Example wheat radar map class

Example subclasses wheat condition radar map

1. SAR crop monitoring

1. SAR crop monitoring

Featuring:

Maps of crop type, condition, and biomass change

Based on unique cloud free radar image processing

Reliable updates every 5-24 days at 25 up to 5m detail

Efficient input management, insurance, sustainable production chains, sound spatial planning, early warning

Typical optical

satellite image

Cloud free

radar image

Cloud free

radar image

Radar analysis

Bare soil

22/04/2012

Sugar beet at 25m resolution every 24 days

Radar analysis

Bare soilEmergence

16/05/2012

Sugar beet at 25m resolution every 24 days

Radar analysis

Bare soilEmergenceIncrement

09/06/2012

Sugar beet at 25m resolution every 24 days

Radar analysis

Bare soilEmergenceIncrementClosure

03/07/2012

Sugar beet at 25m resolution every 24 days

Radar analysis

Bare soilEmergenceIncrementClosure

27/07/2012

Sugar beet at 25m resolution every 24 days

Radar analysis

Bare soilEmergenceIncrementClosure

20/08/2012

Sugar beet at 25m resolution every 24 days

Radar analysis

Bare soilEmergenceIncrementClosure

13/09/2012

Sugar beet at 25m resolution every 24 days

Radar analysis

Bare soilEmergenceIncrementClosureHarvest

07/10/2012

Sugar beet at 25m resolution every 24 days