A review of remote sensing applications in agriculture for food security: Crop growth and yield, irrigation, and crop losses

L Karthikeyan, I Chawla, AK Mishra - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
The global population is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050. There is an exponential
growth of food production to meet the needs of the growing population. However, the limited …

Remote sensing of temperate and boreal forest phenology: A review of progress, challenges and opportunities in the intercomparison of in-situ and satellite …

EF Berra, R Gaulton - Forest Ecology and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Vegetation phenology is the study of recurring plant life cycle stages, seasonality which is
linked to many ecosystem processes and is an important proxy of climate and environmental …

Dual polarimetric radar vegetation index for crop growth monitoring using sentinel-1 SAR data

D Mandal, V Kumar, D Ratha, S Dey… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data have provided an unprecedented
opportunity for crop monitoring due to its high revisit frequency and wide spatial coverage …

Examining earliest identifiable timing of crops using all available Sentinel 1/2 imagery and Google Earth Engine

N You, J Dong - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote …, 2020 - Elsevier
Timely and accurate information on crop planting areas is critical for estimating crop
production, and earlier crop mapping can benefit decision-making related to crop insurance …

[HTML][HTML] A robust index to extract paddy fields in cloudy regions from SAR time series

S Xu, X Zhu, J Chen, X Zhu, M Duan, B Qiu… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Timely and accurate mapping of paddy rice cultivation is needed for maintaining sustainable
rice production, ensuring food security, and monitoring water usage. Synthetic Aperture …

Sensitivity analysis of multi-temporal Sentinel-1 SAR parameters to crop height and canopy coverage

R Nasirzadehdizaji, F Balik Sanli, S Abdikan, Z Cakir… - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar technique has provided various opportunities
and challenges in agricultural activities mainly on crop management. The aim of this study is …

Evaluation of Sentinel-1 & 2 time series for predicting wheat and rapeseed phenological stages

A Mercier, J Betbeder, J Baudry, V Le Roux… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the global context of population growth and climate change, monitoring crops is
necessary to sustain agriculture and conserve natural resources. While many studies have …

An evaluation of Landsat, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-1 and MODIS data for crop type mapping

XP Song, W Huang, MC Hansen, P Potapov - Science of Remote Sensing, 2021 - Elsevier
Generating crop type maps using satellite remote sensing requires robust data acquisition at
both high spatial and temporal resolutions to resolve rapid phenological transition at the …

Assessing spring phenology of a temperate woodland: A multiscale comparison of ground, unmanned aerial vehicle and Landsat satellite observations

EF Berra, R Gaulton, S Barr - Remote sensing of environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The monitoring of forest phenology in a cost-effective manner, at a fine spatial scale and
over relatively large areas remains a significant challenge. To address this issue, unmanned …

Crop classification based on temporal signatures of Sentinel-1 observations over Navarre province, Spain

M Arias, MÁ Campo-Bescós, J Álvarez-Mozos - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Crop classification provides relevant information for crop management, food security
assurance and agricultural policy design. The availability of Sentinel-1 image time series …