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

Moni<strong>to</strong>ring
Application
Crop Yield
Other:
Rangeland,
Crop moni<strong>to</strong>ring,
Crop
development
Water
Availability
Soil Moisture
Irrigation
Flood
Moni<strong>to</strong>ring
Soil Trafficability
Drought
Moni<strong>to</strong>ring
International GEO Workshop on <strong>SAR</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Support</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring
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cover Planned 1
Current / #
Sample of Types of In-situ Data
Planned Responses
Planned 13 Permanent validation sites (1),
Spectropho<strong>to</strong>metric data (1)
Current 27 Field surveys (14), meteorological data (9),
his<strong>to</strong>rical crop statistics (4), statistical yield
survey data (3), LAI (3), production data (3),
soil properties (2), biomass (2), plant height
(1), numbers of plants per metre (1), variety
(1), declivity (1), SPAD (chlorophyll) (1)
Planned 18 Crop biomass - <strong>SAR</strong> relationship (1), yield gap
potentials (1), varietal behavior (1)
Current 3 Field surveys (3), confidential databases
supplied by collabora<strong>to</strong>rs (1) , LAI
measurements (1)
Planned 1 Meteorological data (1)
Current 29 Meteorological data (14), field surveys (13),
soil moisture data from moisture probes (3),
soil type and properties (2), theta probe
meaurements (2), soil samples (2), gravimetric
measurement (1), climate data (1), TDRs (1),
mini-trase (1), roughness (1)
Planned 18 Sensor network (2), mesonet (1), DEM (1),
slope and runoff models (1)
Current 7 Field surveys (2), gravimetric measurement
(1), soil type and properties (1), climate data
(1), inputs from farmers (1), statistical
agriculture information (1), meteorological data
(1), administrative data (1)
Planned 5 Sensor network (1)
Current 16 Meteorological data (9), field surveys (4),
gauges and sensors (1), extensive permanent
moni<strong>to</strong>ring instrumentation (1), intensive field
experiments (1), hydrological models (1), GPS
surveys (1), administrative data (1)
Planned 5 In situ sensor network (1)
Current 4 Meteorological data (3)
Planned 3 Field surveys (1)
Current 23 Meteorological data (12), field surveys (12),
intensive field experiments (2), NRT (near realtime)
climatic data (1), inputs from farmers (1),
US Drought Moni<strong>to</strong>r (1), extensive permanent
moni<strong>to</strong>ring instrumentation (1), biomass
sampling (1)
Planned 13 Crop status (2), soil moisture (2)
Current 1 Meteorological data (1)
Report on Results: Survey on <strong>SAR</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Support</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring – Annex 1 17