Crop identification and growth monitoring along the season with RADARSAT-2 Quad-Polarized time series in Belgium

With changes in the climate system, obtaining information on crop growth in order to derive early estimates of yields is necessary. Remote sensing allows collecting frequent crop development indications such as the Leaf Area Index (LAI). Although the interaction between linear polarized microwaves and agricultural targets has been studied widely, the implementation of a method that takes benefits of all linear polarizations to optimize the LAI estimation is necessary. Simultaneous to the acquisition of 11 RADARSAT-2 in 2013, LAI over winter wheat fields was measured. The Water Cloud Model (WCM... Mehr ...