Satellite identification and monitoring of crops for the purposes of agricultural statistics – SATMIROL

The duration of the project: January 2019 - December 2021

The undertaking’s main objective is to improve the algorithms of crop recognition and monitoring the plant vegetation conditions as well as develop of assessment methods for the impact of extreme events such as flood, drought, frost or flooding on the condition of agricultural land. The work is based on administrative sources and free satellite data from the European COPERNICUS programme. The implementation of the undertaking will contribute to solving the problems faced by agricultural statistics and recipients of statistical data in the scope of agriculture.

Implementation stages:

• developing a strategy for building the SATMIROL system for identifying and monitoring crops based on satellite data,

• development of solutions aimed at identifying crops based on satellite data,

• building solutions aimed at assessing the condition of crops and monitoring crisis situations,

• field calibration of data obtained from Sentinel satellites,

• creating procedures related to the implementation of algorithms for the area of ​​crop recognition,

• developing procedures related to the implementation of algorithms for the area of ​​assessing the condition of crops and monitoring crisis situations,

• implementation and commissioning of a system for the identification and monitoring of agricultural crops.

The recipients of the SATMIROL project are:

• ministries with subordinate units,
• research institutes, universities,
• local government,
• industry organizations, farmers,
• students and academics who use statistical information in their work.

The obtained results can be used to monitor and evaluate the activities carried out under the Rural Development Program. In addition, the data obtained from the system will also be widely used in the preparation of analyses, expert opinions, assessments and scientific opinions for state administration bodies responsible for the cohesion policy.

The project was implemented by the Consortium:

• Statistics Poland (Leader),
• Institute of Geodesy and Cartography,
• Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences.