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International GEO Workshop on <strong>SAR</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Support</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Executive Summary The Canadian <strong>Group</strong> on Earth Observations (C-GEO) joined with the Government of Canada and other sponsors <strong>to</strong> organize an International GEO Workshop on <strong>SAR</strong> (synthetic aperture radar) <strong>to</strong> <strong>Support</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring in Kananaskis, Alberta on 2 – 4 November 2009. This Workshop brought <strong>to</strong>gether remote sensing experts and resource managers who map agricultural land cover and land use; moni<strong>to</strong>r changes in the agricultural land base; identify crops and estimate crop area; qualitatively and quantitatively assess crop condition; and moni<strong>to</strong>r properties related <strong>to</strong> water availability such as soil moisture. The Workshop also identified and communicated the information and operational needs of the agricultural user community <strong>to</strong> facilitate coordinated access <strong>to</strong> Earth observation data. A “by invitation” training session was organized, targeted <strong>to</strong>wards participants from developing countries, and it preceded the Workshop from 31 Oc<strong>to</strong>ber – 1 November. In preparation for this workshop, a survey was sent out <strong>to</strong> the agricultural moni<strong>to</strong>ring community, including those who planned <strong>to</strong> attend the workshop. The plan was <strong>to</strong> collect the views of the community and present this <strong>to</strong> the workshop attendees, <strong>to</strong> ‘prime the pump’ and stimulate discussion. The organizers wanted <strong>to</strong> know the current state of agricultural moni<strong>to</strong>ring, in particular using <strong>SAR</strong> data, and what the issues were and what actions could encourage greater use of <strong>SAR</strong> data for agricultural moni<strong>to</strong>ring. During the workshop, people were encouraged <strong>to</strong> fill out the survey if they had not done so already. This survey provided an important opportunity for stakeholders <strong>to</strong> express their views on the priority strategies <strong>to</strong> facilitate greater use of <strong>SAR</strong> by the agriculture community. A report from the Workshop includes an aggregated summary of these survey results. This report is widely available and accessible at www.cgeo.gc.ca. The survey responses of the sixty-two respondents (the <strong>to</strong>tal received as of early December 2009) have been analyzed and reported in their entirety. This information was summarized in presentation form and was presented by the author at the International GEO Workshop on <strong>SAR</strong> for <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring. Report on Results: Survey on <strong>SAR</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Support</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring – Annex 1 i
International GEO Workshop on <strong>SAR</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Support</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Acknowledgements The author would like <strong>to</strong> thank the following individuals who contributed <strong>to</strong> this report: Heather McNairn, Anna Pacheco, Catherine Champagne, Ian Jarvis, Kenneth Korporal, Kerri Swail, Erin Naydenov, Janet Kwan, Paul Briand, Brian Brisco and all of the survey respondents. Report on Results: Survey on <strong>SAR</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Support</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring – Annex 1 ii
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