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ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use Agriculture from Space From Mapping to Monitoring Maurice Borgeaud European Space Agency, Earth Observation Directorate 10 July 2018
ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use
Agriculture from Space From Mapping to Monitoring
Maurice Borgeaud
European Space Agency, Earth Observation Directorate
10 July 2018
ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use ESA | 01/01/2016 | Slide 2
Sentinels Looking after Agriculture
ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use ESA | 01/01/2016 | Slide 3
ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use ESA | 01/01/2016 | Slide 4
Copernicus Sentinel-1
• Launch: S1a: 3rd April 2014, S1b: 25th April 2016, ...
• Constellation of two satellites
• C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• Nominal lifetime in orbit of 7 years (max. 12 yrs)
• 6 days revisit at equator with 2 satellites
• Sees through cloud cover!
Global land coverage Every 12 days
ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use ESA | 01/01/2016 | Slide 5
S1 time series: Crop Stages
S12017S1_2015VH/VV
VH
Vegetative Reproductive Ripening
ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use ESA | 01/01/2016 | Slide 6
Copernicus Sentinel-2
• Launch: June 2015 & March 2017
• 13 bands (VIS, NIR & SWIR)
• 290 km swath at 10, 20 and 60 m
• Systematic acq. of all land and coasts
• 5 days repeat cycle with 2 satellites
• 7 years design lifetime (max. 12 yrs)
ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use ESA | 01/01/2016 | Slide 7
S2 time series: Crop Growth Monitoring at Field Scale
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2016]
ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use ESA | 01/01/2016 | Slide 8
Full Uptake of Copernicus within the CAP 2020
EUROPEAN
COMMISSION
Brussels, 1.6.2018
COM(2018) 393 final
2018/0217 (COD)
Proposal for a
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and
repealing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
{SWD(2018) 301 final} - {SEC(2018) 305 final}
1th of July: Modernizing and simplifying the Common Agricultural Policy
ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use ESA | 01/01/2016 | Slide 9
CAP Monitoring Approach – Technology meets Policy
Commissioner Phil Hogan, DG-Agri (25th of May, Press release): This new satellite technology will significantly reduce the number of field inspections, removing the climate of fear, which causes significant stress for farmers.
ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use ESA | 01/01/2016 | Slide 10
Sen4CAP – Expertise, Technology & Collaboration
Paying Agencies & Farmers
Cloud Technology
(DIAS)
DG-Agri, JRC, DG-Grow
EO Experts
Open Source CAP2020 Reform
Continuous Monitoring
National Demonstration
Innovative
Practices
Validated Performance
Steering Committee
ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use ESA | 01/01/2016 | Slide 11
Sen4CAP Pilot Countries
ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use ESA | 01/01/2016 | Slide 12
National dynamic crop mapping at field scale
Full Resolution Visualization Online: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/05/Crop_map
ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use ESA | 01/01/2016 | Slide 13
CAP: Crop Diversification Monitoring - Netherlands
Observedcroptype(2017)
Compliancyindicator(2017)
ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use ESA | 01/01/2016 | Slide 14
HARVEST
HARVEST HARVEST
CATCH CROP PERIOD
CATCH CROP PERIOD CATCH CROP PERIOD
ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use ESA | 01/01/2016 | Slide 15
Sentinel-2 for Digital Agriculture – AgriTechnica
“By teaming up with the ESA, we are gaining access to cutting-edge technology for the digital farming solutions of our subsidiary FarmFacts.”
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