(SAR) to Support Agricultural Monitoring 2 - Group on Earth ...

Breakout session 1 & 2
Technical and operational
requirements, challenges and
strategies for exploitation of
<strong>SAR</strong> in agriculture
Agriculture Productivity <strong>Group</strong>
Challenges
1. data cost (Science & Operations, or S+O)
2. gap between research & operational users (S+O)
– Education and technology transfer
– Development and improved availability of models or methods <strong>to</strong> derive
information from data
– Availability of operational software
3. <strong>SAR</strong> Data (S+O)
– data sharing based on international standards (OGC etc)
– improved timeliness of satellite data access
– Improved data continuity
– Easier data discovery and order process (e.g. global portal) (S+O)
– Access <strong>to</strong> geometrically corrected and ortho-rectified or ready-<strong>to</strong>-use
data (O)
– Better utilization of archived data and existing systems (S+O)
4. Development
– new ‘moni<strong>to</strong>ring focussed’<strong>SAR</strong> systems optimized for specific
applications with improved design of future systems (S+O)
– geospatial data assimilation and integration