Sentinel-1 InSAR Coherence as an Indicator of Monitor Farming Activities

Manuel Huber; Vineet Kumar; Susan C. Steele-Dunne; Bjorn Rommen

doi:10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10281522

Sentinel-1 InSAR Coherence as an Indicator of Monitor Farming Activities

Manuel Huber^*, Vineet Kumar, Susan C. Steele-Dunne, Bjorn Rommen

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Reliable crop monitoring is paramount to achieve the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Food and Agriculture Organization. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) provides high-resolution imaging and all-weather data acquisition capabilities for crop monitoring. This study investigates the sensitivity of parcel-level Sentinel-1 interferometric coherence to farming activities (e.g. planting, emergence, harvest and tillage) and weather events. A methodology to detect activities was developed and validated using ground-truth data from four crop types, collected over four years. The proposed approach was able to detect over 60% of all nine different farming activities. The results show that interferometric coherence is a reliable indicator for farming activities that can be considered as events resulting in a clear structural change (e.g. tillage 100%), but less reliable for gradual changes (e.g. Emergence 40%).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	429-432
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350320107
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10281522
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2023) - Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, United States Duration: 16 Jul 2023 → 21 Jul 2023 https://2023.ieeeigarss.org/

Publication series

Name	International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume	2023-July

Conference

Conference	2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2023)
Abbreviated title	IGARSS 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pasadena
Period	16/07/23 → 21/07/23
Internet address	https://2023.ieeeigarss.org/

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Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care
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Keywords

Agriculture
Catch Crop
Emergence
ERA5
Harvest
Interferometric Coherence
Sentinel-1
Tillage

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Huber, M., Kumar, V., Steele-Dunne, S. C., & Rommen, B. (2023). Sentinel-1 InSAR Coherence as an Indicator of Monitor Farming Activities. In IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings (pp. 429-432). (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS); Vol. 2023-July). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10281522

Huber, Manuel ; Kumar, Vineet ; Steele-Dunne, Susan C. et al. / Sentinel-1 InSAR Coherence as an Indicator of Monitor Farming Activities. IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023. pp. 429-432 (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)).

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Sentinel-1 InSAR Coherence as an Indicator of Monitor Farming Activities. / Huber, Manuel; Kumar, Vineet; Steele-Dunne, Susan C. et al.
IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023. p. 429-432 (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS); Vol. 2023-July).

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Huber M, Kumar V, Steele-Dunne SC, Rommen B. Sentinel-1 InSAR Coherence as an Indicator of Monitor Farming Activities. In IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2023. p. 429-432. (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)). doi: 10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10281522

Sentinel-1 InSAR Coherence as an Indicator of Monitor Farming Activities

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