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Sentinel-1 & Sentinel-2 Data for Soil Tillage Change Detection

Sergio RuggieriAnna BalenzanoJose MorenoM. PlanellsArmando Marín RuizT. Le ToanE. CeschiaV. Paredes GómezF. MattiaFrancesco P. LovergineD. A. Nafria GarciaG. SatalinoMichele RinaldiA. P. De Santis

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2. Zero hunger010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencessoil tillage change identificationbusiness.industry04 agricultural and veterinary sciencesSoil tillage01 natural sciencesNormalized Difference Vegetation IndexTillageAgriculture040103 agronomy & agriculture0401 agriculture forestry and fisheriesEnvironmental scienceSentinel-1Temporal changePhysical geographyTime seriesSentinel-2Scale (map)businessChange detection0105 earth and related environmental sciences

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In this paper, an algorithm using Sentinel-1 (S-1) and Sentinel-2 (S-2) data to identify changes of tillage over agricultural fields at approximately similar to 100m resolution is presented. The methodology implements a multiscale temporal change detection on S-1 VH backscatter in order to single out VH changes due to agricultural practices only. The algorithm can be applied over bare or scarcely vegetated agricultural fields, which are identified from S-2 NDVI measurements. An initial assessment at farm scale using in situ and S-1 and SPOT5-Take5 data, acquired over the Apulian Tavoliere in southern Italy in 2015, is illustrated. A full validation of the approach is in progress over three European agricultural areas located in Italy, Spain and France. Results will be further reported in the paper.

10.1109/igarss.2018.8519103http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2018.8519103