Application of Remote Sensing Technology in Irrigated Agriculture

Dear Colleagues,

Remote sensing in irrigated agriculture from satellites and drones is becoming a useful tool in managing and optimizing irrigation systems. Thermal sensors detect plant  stress and enable the calculation of the daily energy balance and crop evapotranspiration (ET). OpenET is a satellite-based system to calculate ET based on an ensemble of energy balance models. It provides ET data to the western United States. Validation experiments compare OpenET with fluxtower-measured ET. Visible and NIR sensors detect plant canopy cover, the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and the crop coefficient. Other parameters, such as expected yield, can be inferred. Remote sensing data is combined with models to manage water application and water productivity. This Special Issue requests papers that validate ET remote sensing platforms such as OpenET, utilize remote sensing to estimate plant status and the crop coefficient, and utilize remote sensing data in evapotranspiration and crop growth models to manage irrigation application.

Dr. Peter Waller
Guest Editor

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• remote sensing
• OpenET
• evapotranspiration
• irrigation
• crop coefficient
• NDVI
• drone
• satellite