@article{fdi:010049389,
  title = {{P}otentiality of optical and radar satellite data at high spatio-temporal resolutions for the monitoring of irrigated wheat crops in {M}orocco},
  author = {{H}adria, {R}. and {D}uchemin, {B}eno{\^i}t and {J}arlan, {L}ionel and {D}edieu, {G}. and {B}aup, {F}. and {K}habba, {S}. and {O}lioso, {A}. and {L}e {T}oan, {T}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he potential of {FORMOSAT}-2 and {ENVISAT}/{ASAR} for the monitoring of irrigated wheat crops over {T}ensift/{M}arrakech semi-and plain in {M}orocco is investigated {T}he green leaf area index ({GLAI}) was obtained from time series of vegetation index acquired by the {FORMOSAT}-2 {I}nstrument with a 25% accuracy {T}his information was then incorporated into a canopy functioning model to provide spatial estimates of {GLAI}, aerial biomass and top-soil moisture {T}hese {O}utputs were evaluated by comparing them to ground data {C}ollected oil eight wheat fields monitored during the 2005-2006 agricultural season {T}he model accurately simulates the time courses of {GLAI} and aerial biomass during the vegetative phase {F}inally, we analysed the spatio-temporal variations of {ASAR} backscattering copolarization ratio (sigma(0)({HH}/{VV})) as a function of biomass water content oil the basis of simulations performed over 69 other wheat fields {T}he purpose of {S}uch analysis is to retrieve this last biophysical variable from {ASAR} images {T}he sensitivity of {ASAR} data to vegetation appears to be deteriorated by the sensitivity of sigma(0)({HH}/{VV}) to the variability of soil conditions encountered in the {S}tudy at ea (roughness and moisture) ({C}) 2009 {E}lsevier {B} {V} {A}ll rights reserved},
  keywords = {{R}emote sensing ; {FORMOSAT}-2 ; {ASAR} ; {S}emi-arid ; {C}rop monitoring ; {W}heat ; {B}iomass water content},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{I}nternational {J}ournal of {A}pplied {E}arth {O}bservation and {G}eoinformation},
  volume = {12},
  numero = {{S}uppl. 1},
  pages = {{S}32--{S}37},
  ISSN = {0303-2434},
  year = {2010},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.jag.2009.09.003},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010049389},
}