6533b7dcfe1ef96bd12721d9
RESEARCH PRODUCT
Downstream Services for Rice Crop Monitoring in Europe: From Regional to Local Scale
Lorenzo BusettoSven CasteleynCarlos GranellMonica PepeMassimo BarbieriManuel Campos-tabernerRaffaele CasaFrancesco CollivignarelliRoberto ConfalonieriAlberto CremaFrancisco Javier García HaroLuca GattiLuca GattiIoannis GitasAlberto González-pérezGonçal Andreu Grau MuedraTommaso GuarneriFrancesco HoleczDimitrios KatsantonisChara MinakouIgnacio MirallesErmes MovediFrancesco NutiniValentina PaganiAngelo PalomboFrancesco Di PaolaSimone PascucciStefano PignattiAnna RampiniLuigi RanghettiElisabetta RicciardelliFilomena RomanoDimitris StavrakoudisDaniela StroppianaMariassunta ViggianoMirco Boschettisubject
Atmospheric Sciencefood industryMonitoring010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesComputer science0211 other engineering and technologiesInformation Dissemination02 engineering and technology01 natural sciencesElectronic mailData modelingRemote SensingERMESremote sensingFood IndustryComputers in Earth Sciences021101 geological & geomatics engineering0105 earth and related environmental sciencesRemote sensingDownstream (petroleum industry)agriculture2. Zero hungerData collectionEnd userbusiness.industryEnvironmental resource managementModelingAgriculturemodeling15. Life on landmonitoringAgriculturebusinessdescription
The ERMES agromonitoring system for rice cultivations integrates EO data at different resolutions, crop models, and user-provided in situ data in a unified system, which drives two operational downstream services for rice monitoring. The first is aimed at providing information concerning the behavior of the current season at regional/rice district scale, while the second is dedicated to provide farmers with field-scale data useful to support more efficient and environmentally friendly crop practices. In this contribution, we describe the main characteristics of the system, in terms of overall architecture, technological solutions adopted, characteristics of the developed products, and functionalities provided to end users. Peculiarities of the system reside in its ability to cope with the needs of different stakeholders within a common platform, and in a tight integration between EO data processing and information retrieval, crop modeling, in situ data collection, and information dissemination. The ERMES system has been operationally tested in three European rice-producing countries (Italy, Spain, and Greece) during growing seasons 2015 and 2016, providing a great amount of near-real-time information concerning rice crops. Highlights of significant results are provided, with particular focus on real-world applications of ERMES products and services. Although developed with focus on European rice cultivations, solutions implemented in the ERMES system can be, and are already being, adapted to other crops and/or areas of the world, thus making it a valuable testing bed for the development of advanced, integrated agricultural monitoring systems.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 |