@article{fdi:010063109,
  title = {{A} life-size and near real-time test of irrigation scheduling with a sentinel-2 like time series ({SPOT}4-{T}ake5) in {M}orocco},
  author = {{L}e {P}age, {M}. and {T}oumi, {J}. and {K}habba, {S}. and {H}agolle, {O}. and {T}avernier, {A}drien and {K}harrou, {M}. {H}. and {E}r-{R}aki, {S}. and {H}uc, {M}. and {K}asbani, {M}. and {E}l {M}outamanni, {A}. and {Y}ousfi, {M}. and {J}arlan, {L}ionel},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper describes the setting and results of a real-time experiment of irrigation scheduling by a time series of optical satellite images under real conditions, which was carried out on durum wheat in the {H}aouz plain ({M}arrakech, {M}orocco), during the 2012/13 agricultural season. {F}or the purpose of this experiment, the irrigation of a reference plot was driven by the farmer according to, mainly empirical, irrigation scheduling while test plot irrigations were being managed following the {FAO}-56 method, driven by remote sensing. {I}mages were issued from the {SPOT}4 ({T}ake5) data set, which aimed at delivering image time series at a decametric resolution with less than five-day satellite overpass similar to the time series {ESA} {S}entinel-2 satellites will produce in the coming years. {W}ith a {R}oot {M}ean {S}quare {E}rror ({RMSE}) of 0.91mm per day, the comparison between daily actual evapotranspiration measured by eddy-covariance and the simulated one is satisfactory, but even better at a five-day integration (0.59mm per day). {F}inally, despite a chaotic beginning of the experiment-the experimental plot had not been irrigated to get rid of a slaking crust, which prevented good emergence-our plot caught up and yielded almost the same grain crop with 14% less irrigation water. {T}his experiment opens up interesting opportunities for operational scheduling of flooding irrigation sectors that dominate in the semi-arid {M}editerranean area.},
  keywords = {irrigation ; scheduling ; remote sensing ; winter wheat ; near real-time ; evapotranspiration ; semi-arid areas ; {S}entinel-2 ; {SPOT}4 ({T}ake5) ; {MAROC}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{R}emote {S}ensing},
  volume = {6},
  numero = {11},
  pages = {11182--11203},
  ISSN = {2072-4292},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.3390/rs61111182},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010063109},
}