Agri-03: Imaging Spectroscopy for Agricultural Application - Field Data Acquisition
Channel: HYPERedu
Date: 2022-12-12

Usually, when airborne data is collected, there will also be measurements taken in the field with a variety of instruments including photo cameras, GPS devices, LAI-Meters, Chlorophyll-Meters, storage devices for collecting biomass samples etc. These “ground reference” data can be used for the calibration and/or validation of retrieval algorithms. In this video, colleagues from the Ludwig Maximilians Universität München (Munich) will take you outdoors and show you how they perform regular measurements of agricultural areas. 

**** FREE ONLINE COURSE ****
'Beyond the Visible – Imaging Spectroscopy for Agricultural Applications' is an advanced short course on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing particularly for agricultural applications and is presented by HYPERedu and EO-College. 

OPEN FROM 12 DECEMBER 2022, 08:00 GMT 
Register now: https://eo-college.org/courses/beyond-the-visible-imaging-spectroscopy-for-agricultural-applications/

Building on the fundamentals covered in the Basic MOOC ‚Beyond the Visible – Introduction to Hyperspectral Remote Sensing’, this course teaches the application of imaging spectroscopy in an agricultural context. Participants are introduced to the physicochemical basics of leaf and canopy reflectance, biophysical and biochemical variables known as 'vegetation traits', various data sources, specific methods commonly used in agricultural applications and open-source software to process imaging spectroscopy data, all while comprising several hands-on training exercises. 
The course was developed by GFZ Potsdam and LMU Munich as part of the HYPERedu initiative. The development was funded within the EnMAP science program under the German Space Agency at DLR with resources from the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action.

**** For FURTHER INFORMATION we recommend ****
• Danner, M.; Locherer, M.; Hank, T. (2015): Campaign Layout and Sampling Strategies – Theory,  Principles, Problems, Practice. EnMAP Field Guides Technical Report, GFZ Data Services.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.2312/enmap.2015.012
• Süß, A., Danner, M., Obster, C., Locherer, M., Hank, T., Richter, K. (2015): Measuring Leaf Chlorophyll Content with the Konica Minolta SPAD-502Plus – Theory, Measurement, Problems, Interpretation. EnMAP Field Guides Technical Report, GFZ Data Services.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.2312/enmap.2015.010
• Danner, M.; Locherer, M.; Hank, T.; Richter, K. (2015): Measuring Leaf Area Index (LAI) with the LI-Cor LAI 2200C or LAI-2200 (+2200Clear Kit) – Theory, Measurement, Problems, Interpretation. EnMAP Field Guide Technical Report, GFZ Data Services.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.2312/enmap.2015.009