Title
Crop growth monitoring with drone-borne DInSAR
Date Issued
01 February 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Oré G.
Alcântara M.S.
Góes J.A.
Oliveira L.P.
Yepes J.
Teruel B.
Castro V.
Bins L.S.
Castro F.
Luebeck D.
Moreira L.F.
Gabrielli L.H.
Universidad Estatal de Campinas
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
Abstract
Accurate, high-resolution maps of for crop growth monitoring are strongly needed by precision agriculture. The information source for such maps has been supplied by satellite-borne radars and optical sensors, and airborne and drone-borne optical sensors. This article presents a novel methodology for obtaining growth deficit maps with an accuracy down to 5 cm and a spatial resolution of 1 m, using differential synthetic aperture radar interferometry (DInSAR). Results are presented with measurements of a drone-borne DInSAR operating in three bands-P, L and C. The decorrelation time of L-band for coffee, sugar cane and corn, and the feasibility for growth deficit maps generation are discussed. A model is presented for evaluating the growth deficit of a corn crop in L-band, starting with 50 cm height. This work shows that the drone-borne DInSAR has potential as a complementary tool for precision agriculture.
Volume
12
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Robótica, Control automático
Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85080956615
Source
Remote Sensing
ISSN of the container
20724292
Sponsor(s)
Funding: This research was funded by government agencies CAPES and CNPq and the São Paulo State agency FAPESP, under the contracts PITE 2017/19416-3 and PIPE 2018/00601-8.
This research was funded by government agencies CAPES and CNPq and the S?o Paulo State agency FAPESP, under the contracts PITE 2017/19416-3 and PIPE 2018/00601-8. We thank the teams of the schools of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Agricultural Engineering of the University of Campinas, UNICAMP, for the given support.
Sources of information:
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