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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 Table of Contents Executive Summary............................................................................................................. i Acknowledgements............................................................................................................. ii 1. Introduction.................................................................................................................1 2. Methodology............................................................................................................... 2 3. The Respondents......................................................................................................... 3 4. Current and Planned Use of <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Data........................................ 5 4.1 Current Needs for <strong>Agricultural</strong> Information....................................................... 5 4.2 Current and Planned Use of <strong>SAR</strong> Data............................................................. 12 4.3 Current and Planned Use of Optical Data......................................................... 14 4.4 Current and Planned Use of In-situ Data .......................................................... 16 4.5 Information Requirements and Application Status........................................... 19 5. Views on How <strong>to</strong> Encourage Greater Use of <strong>SAR</strong> Data .......................................... 25 5.1 Encouraging Greater Use of <strong>SAR</strong> Data for <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring............... 25 5.2 Encouraging Greater Use of <strong>SAR</strong> Data through Science ................................. 26 5.3 Encouraging Greater Operational Use of <strong>SAR</strong> Data ........................................ 27 5.4 Encouraging Greater Capacity <strong>to</strong> Use <strong>SAR</strong> Data ............................................. 29 5.5 Other Suggestions <strong>to</strong> Encourage Greater Use of <strong>SAR</strong> Data............................. 30 5.6 Other Views ...................................................................................................... 31 6. Conclusions............................................................................................................... 33 Annex A – Questionnaire Annex B – Acronyms List of Tables Table 1 Number of Survey Responses from Each Region or Continent and Country ..... 3 Table 2 Research/Operational Mix for Each Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Application ............................. 6 Table 3 Current and Planned Use of <strong>SAR</strong> Data.............................................................. 13 Table 4 Current and Planned Use of Optical Data.......................................................... 15 Table 5 Current and Planned Use of In-situ Data........................................................... 16 Table 6 Information Requirements for Specific Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Applications..................... 19 Table 7 Fac<strong>to</strong>rs that Encourage Greater Use of <strong>SAR</strong> Data............................................. 25 Table 8 Fac<strong>to</strong>rs that Encourage Greater Use of <strong>SAR</strong> Data Through Science ................ 27 Table 9 Fac<strong>to</strong>rs that Encourage Greater Operational Use of <strong>SAR</strong> Data......................... 28 Table 10 Fac<strong>to</strong>rs that Encourage Greater Capacity <strong>to</strong> Use <strong>SAR</strong> Data............................ 29 List of Figures Figure 1 Types of Organizations Represented.................................................................. 4 Figure 2 Major Applications of <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Data ........................................ 5 Figure 3 Spatial Scales of Crop Production Applications ................................................ 7 Figure 4 Temporal Scales of Crop Production Applications............................................ 7 Figure 5 Spatial Scales of Water Availability Applications ............................................. 8 Report on Results: Survey on <strong>SAR</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Support</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring – Annex 1 iii
International GEO Workshop on <strong>SAR</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Support</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Figure 6 Temporal Scales of Water Availability Applications......................................... 9 Figure 7 Spatial Scales of Land Management Applications........................................... 10 Figure 8 Temporal Scales of Land Management Applications ...................................... 10 Figure 9 Spatial Scales of Ecosystem Health Applications............................................ 11 Figure 10 Temporal Scales of Ecosystem Health Applications...................................... 11 Figure 11 Approximate Number of <strong>SAR</strong> Scenes Used per Year.................................... 14 Figure 12 Ratio of Applications at Varying Stages ........................................................ 23 Figure 13 Importance of <strong>SAR</strong> Data for <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Applications ............. 24 Report on Results: Survey on <strong>SAR</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Support</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring – Annex 1 iv
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