Sensors 2009, 9(4), 2371-2388; doi:10.3390/s90402371
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Development of a Dynamic Web Mapping Service for Vegetation Productivity Using Earth Observation and in situ Sensors in a Sensor Web Based Approach

Lammert Kooistra* email, Aldo Bergsmaemail, Beatus Chumaemail and Sytze De Bruinemail
Wageningen University, Centre for Geo-Information, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, NL-6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 11 March 2009; in revised form: 27 March 2009 / Accepted: 31 March 2009 / Published: 31 March 2009
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Workshop Sensing A Changing World)
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Abstract: This paper describes the development of a sensor web based approach which combines earth observation and in situ sensor data to derive typical information offered by a dynamic web mapping service (WMS). A prototype has been developed which provides daily maps of vegetation productivity for the Netherlands with a spatial resolution of 250 m. Daily available MODIS surface reflectance products and meteorological parameters obtained through a Sensor Observation Service (SOS) were used as input for a vegetation productivity model. This paper presents the vegetation productivity model, the sensor data sources and the implementation of the automated processing facility. Finally, an evaluation is made of the opportunities and limitations of sensor web based approaches for the development of web services which combine both satellite and in situ sensor sources.
Keywords: Gross Primary Production; sensor networks; earth observation; Sensor Observation Service (SOS); web mapping service (WMS)

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Kooistra, L.; Bergsma, A.; Chuma, B.; De Bruin, S. Development of a Dynamic Web Mapping Service for Vegetation Productivity Using Earth Observation and in situ Sensors in a Sensor Web Based Approach. Sensors 2009, 9, 2371-2388.

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Kooistra L, Bergsma A, Chuma B, De Bruin S. Development of a Dynamic Web Mapping Service for Vegetation Productivity Using Earth Observation and in situ Sensors in a Sensor Web Based Approach. Sensors. 2009; 9(4):2371-2388.

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Kooistra, Lammert; Bergsma, Aldo; Chuma, Beatus; De Bruin, Sytze. 2009. "Development of a Dynamic Web Mapping Service for Vegetation Productivity Using Earth Observation and in situ Sensors in a Sensor Web Based Approach." Sensors 9, no. 4: 2371-2388.

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