Perspectives of Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture

Dear Colleagues,

The main goal of precision agriculture is to define decision support systems aiming at optimizing the returns of inputs while preserving natural resources. Thus, remote sensing can play a crucial role, as multiple sources of data of different spectral, spatial, and temporal resolution are becoming continuously available.

However, huge remote sensing datasets and a rich variety of resources render the selection, processing, and homogenization of these data a difficult undertaking. The ultimate role of precision agriculture research is to develop standardized services towards long-term support to the farmers and not merely to provide ad hoc solutions and case-studies.

Therefore, this Special Issue aims to contribute to the development of novel or improved methods, approaches, and algorithms of remote sensing for the benefit of precision agriculture operational research and services.

• Optical data for crop stress detection.
• SAR data for growth monitoring.
• Lidar data for variability detection.
• Satellite remote sensing for extended crop integrated monitoring.
• Drone imaging for permanent cultivation mapping.
• Proximal remote sensing sources for product quality control.
• Object-based image analysis for detecting within-field variability.
• Machine learning for prediction modeling in different farming practices.
• Computer vision for water level monitoring in flooded crops.
• Fractal analysis for optimal scale selection.

Dr. Christos Karydas
Dr. Spiros Mourelatos
Dr. Thomas Alexandridis
Guest Editors

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• precision agriculture
• site-specific management
• machine learning
• computer vision
• object-based image analysis
• fractal geometry
• drones