Satellite crop monitoring
Satellite crop monitoring — the technology which facilitates real-time crop vegetation index monitoring via spectral analysis[1] of high resolution satellite images for different fields and crops which enables to track positive and negative dynamics of crop development.[2] The difference in vegetation index informs about single crop development disproportions that speaks for the necessity of additional agriculture works on particular field zones[3] — that is because satellite crop monitoring belongs to precision agriculture methods.
Satellite crop monitoring technology allows to perform online crop monitoring on different fields, located in different areas, regions, even countries and on different continents. The technology's significant advantage is a high automation level of sown area condition and its interpretation in an interactive map which can be read by different groups of users.[4][5][6]
Satellite crop monitoring technology users are:
- agronomists and agriculture companies management (crop vegetation control, crop yield forecasting, management decisions optimization);
- business owners (business prospects estimates, making reasonable decisions on capital investments, providing information for management decisions);
- investors and investment analysts (investment potential estimation, making investment decisions, making sustainable forecasts);
- insurance brokers (data collection, clients claims verification, scale of rates and insurance premium amounts calculation);[7]
- agriculture machinery producers (integration of crop monitoring solutions with agriculture machinery board computers operations, functional development);
- state and sectoral organisations engaged in agriculture, food security and ecological problems.[8][9]
Satellite crop monitoring service providers:
- Astrium-Geo[10]
- Cropio[11]
- eLeaf[12]
- GEOSYS[13]
- GMV[14]
- DigitalGlobe [15]
- PrecisionAgriculture[16]
- Skybox Imaging[17]
- Vega[18]
See also
References
- ↑ http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1717/downloads/pdf/p1717N.pdf // Spectral Analysis of Absorption Features for Mapping Vegetation Cover and Microbial Communities in Yellowstone National Park Using AVIRIS Data By Raymond F. Kokaly, Don G. Despain, Roger N. Clark, and K. Eric Livo (Professional Paper 1717). U.S. Department of the Interior,U.S. Geological Survey
- ↑ http://ieassa.org/en/satellite-crop-monitoring/ // Technology of satellite crop monitoring (by IEASSA)
- ↑ http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/_getdocument.cfm?doc_id=7549 Satellite monitoring data use // Current use and potential of satellite imagery for crop production management. B. de Solan, A.D. Lesergent, D. Gouache, F. Baret
- ↑ http://cropio.com/media/cropio_en.pdf Cropio services // Cropio
- ↑ http://www.astrium-geo.com/en/84-deimos-1-optical-satellite-imagery/ Astrium-Geo services // Astrium-Geo
- ↑ http://www.precisionagriculture.com.au/training-and-education-centre.php PrecisionAgriculture services // PrecisionAgriculture
- ↑ http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/downloads/jrc_reference_report_2009_09_agri_ins.pdf The role of satellite monitoring in agriculture insurance // Risk Management and Agricultural. Insurance Schemes in Europe. M. Bielza Diaz-Caneja, C. G. Conte, F. J. Gallego Pinilla, J. Stroblmair, R. Catenaro. European Commission.2009
- ↑ http://www.fao.org/sd/eidirect/eire0007.htm The role of satellite monitoring in ecological problems solution // FAO activities: Environmental monitoring by satellite
- ↑ http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/our-activities/global-support/global-monitoring-of-agriculture-and-food-security.html The role of satellite monitoring in food security problems solution // Institute for Environment and Sustainability(EC): Global monitoring of agriculture and food security
- ↑ http://www.astrium-geo.com/ About Astrium-Geo // Official Astrium-Geo website
- ↑ http://cropio.com/en/about About Cropio // Official Cropio website
- ↑ http://www.eleaf.com/#about-eleaf About eLeaf // Official eLeaf website
- ↑ http://www.geosys.com // Official GEOSYS website
- ↑ http://www.gmv.com/ About GMV // Official GMV website
- ↑ http://digitalglobe.com/ // Official DigitalGlobe website
- ↑ http://www.precisionagriculture.com.au/about-us.php About PrecisionAgriculture // Official PrecisionAgriculture website
- ↑ http://www.skyboximaging.com/about-skybox About Skybox // Official Skybox website
- ↑ http://vega.smislab.ru/ About Vega // Official Vega website
External links
- Satellite Crop Monitoring: Vegetation Control
- Cropio Field Management
- Space profits
- FAO
- International Efficient Agriculture Solutions and Standards Association
- Satellite Crop Monitoring Review
- RapidEye
- GEOSYS
- Ministry of Agriculture of China