Russia – Tula

Overview

Project Objectives

Mapping Agricultural Areas

Operational Implementation Plan

Scale

Land Cover
  • Spatial Resolution:
  • Temporal Resolution:

Estimating Crop Area

Operational Implementation Plan

Field size measurement

Measuring Phenological Events

Operational Implementation Plan

Phenological Events
  • Seeding
  • Seedling
  • Vegetative Growth
  • Flowering
  • Fruit Development
  • Maturity
  • Harvest

Estimation of Biophysical Variables

Operational Implementation Plan

Biophysical Variables
  • LAI (Leaf Area Index)
  • Biomass

Forecasting Agricultural Variables

Operational Implementation Plan

Agricultural Variables (large scale)
  • Soil Moisture
  • Soil Erosion
  • Weeds area

Site Description

Landscape Topographyslightly undulated plane, dissected by small rivers' valleys.
Typical Field Size100 ha
Climatic ZoneTemperate, cold
Major Crops and Calendars

Winter Wheat (Normal):
Calendar: September - July

Soil Type & Texture

Inorganic:

  • Silty Clay
Soil Drainage Class
    Irrigation Infrastructure
      Other Site Details

      In Situ Observations

      Soil erosion status (soil humus content)

      • Crop Type(s):
      • Collection Protocol:

        Samples collection in selected georeferenced representative points and analysis of humus content in laboratory

      • Frequency: Once in the year, after the harvest

      Weeds area

      • Crop Type(s):
      • Collection Protocol:

        Acquisitions of nadir-viewing images above the crop canopy with digital camera in selected plots. Estimation of proportion of weeds green area using digital image analysis

      • Frequency: 2 weeks after sowing, in the middle of the season, before harvesting, 2 weeks after harvesting

      Crop phenology

      • Crop Type(s):
      • Collection Protocol:

        Visual determination of phenological states

      • Frequency: Each month during the growing season

      Soil moisture content

      • Crop Type(s):
      • Collection Protocol:

        Measurements in selected georeferenced representative points

      • Frequency: Before crop sowing, in the middle of the season, after crop harvesting

      Crop type

      • Crop Type(s):
      • Collection Protocol:

        Discrimination among crop types in georeferenced plots

      • Frequency: Once per crop season

      EO Data

      Optical Data Requirements

    • Approximate Start Date of Acquisition: 01/04
    • Approximate End Date of Acquisition: 01/12
    • Spatial resolution: Low resolution (above 60m)Medium resolution (20-60m)High resolution (5-20m)
    • temporal_frequency: WeeklyBiweekly
    • Level of Expertise: Intermediate
    • Latency of Data Delivery:
    • Challanges:
    • SAR Data Requirements

    • Approximate Start Date of Acquisition: 01/04
    • Approximate End Date of Acquisition: 01/12
    • Spatial resolution: Medium resolution (20-60m)High resolution (5-20m)
    • temporal_frequency: Biweekly
    • Frequency: XCL
    • Incidence Angle: Medium
    • Polarisation:
    • Level of Processing: Level 2
    • Orbit: Any
    • Level of Expertise: Intermediate
    • Latency of Data Delivery: More than 5 days
    • Challanges:
    • Passive Microwave Data Requirements

      Thermal Data Requirements

      Results

      Documents and Files

      Links to paper

      Project Reports

      Study Team

      Team Leader

    • Name: Igor Savin
    • Affiliation: V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute
    • Affiliation Webpage: http://eng.esoil.ru/
    • Position:
    • Email: savigory@gmail.com
    • Personal Webpage:
    • Phone number:
    • Postal Address:
    • Other Team Members