About the Book: Remote Sensing Techniques In Agriculture
Remote sensing techniques are widely used in agriculture and agronomy. The use
of remote sensing is necessary, as the monitoring of agricultural activities
faces special problems not common to other economic sectors. First of all,
agricultural production follows strong seasonal patterns related to the
biological lifecycle of crops. The production depends secondly on the physical
landscape, as well as climatic driving variables and agricultural management
practices. All variables are highly variable in space and time. Moreover, as
productivity can change within short time periods, due to unfavorable growing
conditions, agricultural monitoring systems need to be timely. This is even