Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing

Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing
National Observatory of Athens

Organisation type: 
Research organisations
Country: 
Greece
Description: 

Expertise: Continuous monitoring and early assessment of damages in agricultural production using satellite observations acquired at ISARS/NOA stations. Assessment of extreme climatic conditions namely heat excess, frost and drought conditions based on historical records, satellite observations and meteo data, recorder and archived at ISARS/NOA premises. Spatial mapping of indexes relating to crop health, evapotranspiration and vegetation vigour. Development of a decision making and forecasting system for imminent damages in agricultural production. Dissemination of early warnings to farmers.

Development of advanced modeling techniques for land use/ land cover mapping in natural ecosystems including agricultural areas. Development of dedicated algorithms for operational detection of land cover changes, using satellite observations and CVA techniques.

Integration of the Evidential Theory of Dempster & Shafer for Post-Classification Pixel Labeling in agricultural class classification and crop identification.

Facility: 1 Models & algorithms (pixel, object oriented) for processing of high to very high spatial resolution satellite data, for agricultural mapping and agriculture statistics generation.

1 Models & algorithms for operational Land Use/ Land Cover mapping in agricultural and natural vegetation areas.

1 Continuous monitoring and assessment of extreme climatic conditions (heat excess, frost, draught conditions) affecting agricultural production and practices. Use of satellite data in conjunction with meteorological observations acquired at ISARS/NOA stations.

1 Algorithms for Land Cover Change Detection in agricultural areas at the fringe of natural ecosystems, using high spatial resolution satellite data and Change Vector Analysis techniques.

1 Models for retrieving the spatial expression of indexes relating to crop health, agronomy, vegetation vigour and climate conditions using satellite observations, namely NDVI, CVI, LAI, VIs, evapotransipartion, surfave temperature.

Priority: Precision farming

Space based information systems for agriculture. Integration of EO, GPS, Agronomy and Telecom to support decision making in agricultural practices.

Integration of satellite sensors to early warning in agricultural production and assessment of income losses.