Multi-scale phenology from digital time-lapse camera to Sentinel-2 and MODIS over Australian pastures

Publication Type:
Conference Proceeding
Citation:
2020
Issue Date:
2020-05-08
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As a natural ecosystem dominated by grasses, phenological studies of pastures have attracted increased attention for their important roles in global carbon cycling, ecosystem biodiversity, and public health. To better understand pasture phenology from in-situ to regional scales, accurate monitoring of pasture greenness variations across different scales is critical. As an alternative approach to labor-intensive field surveys, digital time-lapse cameras (termed phenocams) can provide diurnal and long-term vegetation greenness observation at in-situ scale with less impact from atmospheric effects. Even so, monitoring of phenology at regional to global scales only can be obtained by satellite remote sensing. The data from satellite sensors whether medium-resolution (i.e. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrodiometer, MODIS, 250 m) or fine spatial resolution (i.e. Sentinel-2 mission, 10 m) is widely used for vegetation phenology monitoring. However, achieving accurate pasture greenness dynamics using satellite data remains challenging due to limitations resulting from heterogeneity in Australian pastures.
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