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RapidEye -From Satellites To Fields

GeoFARMatics 2010

Stefanie Grundner / Simon KaiserNovember 25th, 2010

Ground Cover (%)

1 – 1011 – 2021 – 3031 – 4041 – 5051 – 6061 – 7071 – 8081 – 9091 – 100

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Agenda

> Who is RapidEye > The RapidEye System> Analysis of Image Data> Turning the Spectral Data into Usable Information for the Farmer

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RapidEye is a Geospatial Information Provider

Who is RapidEye?

Our business is:

> detecting, > understanding> and interpreting

changes anywhere on earth quickly and reliably for our global customers.

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Our Partners

> European Union

> Land Brandenburg

> Canadian Commercial Corporation (Canadian crown co.)

> DLR (German Space Agency)

> Federal Republic of Germany

> Kayser-Threde (German space co.)

> KfW, Commerzbank, EDC

> MacDonald Dettwiler (Canadian space co., GC)

> PCI Geomatics (Canadian software co.)

> Pollux Unternehmensberatung

> Vereinigte Hagelversicherung

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Sun-synchronous orbit

RapidEye 2

RapidEye 4

RapidEye 3

RapidEye 5

RapidEye 1RapidEye 1

RapidEye 2

RapidEye 3

RapidEye 4

RapidEye 5

System Summary - The constellation of 5 RapidEye satellites

Spectral Bands BlueGreen Red Red EdgeNIR

440-510 nm520-590 nm630-685 nm690-730 nm760-850 nm

Satellite Altitude 630 km

Ground SamplingDistance (Nadir)

6.5 m

Pixel Spacing(orthorectified)

5 m

Tile Size 25 x 25 km²

Swath Width 77 km

Maximum Strip Length 1500 km

Revisit Time DAILY

Equator crossing time 11:00 a.m. (approximately)

Image CaptureCapacity

4 Million km² DAILY

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> Image any point on earth daily

> Control of the satellites

> Fast acquisition of imagery after unforeseen events

> Image more than 4 Million km² of earth daily

> Deliver products with 5 Meter pixel spacing

> Approx 1.3 billion km² of archived data

System Specifications Data - availability

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Simulation: RapidEye coverage Germany

Tag 1 Tag 2

Berlin

Brandenburg

Frankfurt/Main

MünchenTag 5Tag 4

Tag 3

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RapidEye Archive (0% clouds)

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RapidEye End to End System

S-Band Satellite Control (Brandenburg)

X-Band AntennaData ReceptionSvalbard (Norway)

RapidEye Head Quarter Processing and Archive (Brandenburg)

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> 440 – 510 (blue)> 520 – 590 (green)> 630 – 685 (red)> 690 – 730 (red-edge)> 760 – 850 (NIR)

> Plants have spectral signatures which can be identified with those 5 bands.

> RapidEye is the first commercial system offering the Red-Edge band.

> The combination of these five spectral bands is ideally suited to monitor vegetation conditions and to detect growth anomalies.

System Summary RapidEye spectral bands

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From Satellites to Usable Information

Analysis

NDVI

0.9 – 1.00.8 – 0.90.7 – 0.80.6 – 0.70.5 – 0.60.4 – 0.50.3 – 0.40.2 – 0.30.1 – 0.2> 0.1

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From Satellites to Usable Information

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> Ground Cover Map

> Chlorophyll Map

> NDVI Map

> Bare Soil and Soil Brightness Map

Overview of the Standard RapidEye Agriculture Products

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Ground Cover

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Ground Cover

> definition: color coded map displaying percentage of ground covered by green leaves when seen from above

> delivery: on a monthly basis during specified time period in color coded map in various formats via WebGIS/ftp/https

> applicability: one of many layers to diagnose yield monitor data, actionable products from ground cover maps:

> generation of management zones> variable rate planting> variable rate fertilizer application> field level yield estimation> scouting

> benefit: shows general field condition and identifies anomalies within field, decision support to improve field productivity, one of many layers to be used for generation of management zones/estimation of yield/variable rate application

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Ground Cover Map – May 25

Pivot ID2: NW-07

Pivot ID2: NW-10

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Ground Cover Map – June 20

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Ground Cover Map – July 6

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Ground Cover Map – August 18

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Relative Chlorophyll Content

Chlorophyll Content

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Chlorophyll Content

> definition: color coded map displaying the spatial variability of chlorophyll within a field on a relative basis

> delivery: on a monthly basis during specified time period in color coded map in various formats via WebGIS/ftp/https

> applicability: shows spatial variability of N status and other nutrients, decision support for top dress application of N, identifies areas of field affected by disease and/or pests

> benefit: decision support for top dress N application, tells producer about availability of nutrients within field, identifies areas of field affected by disease and/or pests

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Soil Brightness

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Soil Brightness Map

> definition: soil brightness or true color map acquired at time of bare soil

> delivery: at customer specified time in color coded map in various formats via WebGIS/ftp/https

> applicability: displays differences in soil characteristics within a field, e.g. soil color, organic matter, moisture content and texture

> benefit: can be used as one of the input layers to create a management zones, provides general decision support for targeted soil sampling

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> Field based overview on variability of Crop Status, Chlorophyll and/or Nitrogen content

> Tool to improve decisions for targeted crop scouting e.g. SPAD measurements

> Basis information for generating Nitrogen application maps

> Calibration of field measurements for generation of absolute map products

> Possible indication of variabilities in crop quality for improving harvest management, e.g. protein content

Application for Precision Farming

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Stefanie Grundnergrundner@rapideye.de+49 3381 8904 304

RapidEye AGMolkenmarkt 30Brandenburg an der HavelGermany

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