Aerial photo of many circular irrigated fields

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Irrigation+

[Translate to English:] map of irrigated areas over the contiguous united states

The Irrigation+ project aims at advancing Earth Observation (EO) capabilities towards a quantitative, accurate and routine estimation of irrigation information by means of multi-mission satellite EO approaches, especially capitalizing on the latest advances in EO and the advent of the Sentinel missions in synergy with other data types and models. Irrigation+ will be implemented on five experimental sites and will use different retrieval algorithms of the most important variables related to irrigation as well as satellite-based detection and quantification methods to retrieve irrigation volumes. From the results of the experimental analysis, the best algorithms and approaches will be selected and implemented on a regional and global scale. The impact of the produced dataset will be assessed in several science cases and demonstration cases.

Funding

European Space Agency, opens an external URL in a new window

Project duration

March 2020 – September 2022

Partners

CNR-IRPI (IT), opens an external URL in a new window
CESBIO (FR), opens an external URL in a new window
eLEAF (NL), opens an external URL in a new window
KU Leuven (BE), opens an external URL in a new window
SPIRE (LU), opens an external URL in a new window
OBSEBRE (ES), opens an external URL in a new window

CLIMERS role

Estimation of irrigation water volumes
Evaluation on irrigation impact on groundwater

CLIMERS staff involved

Wouter Dorigo, opens an external URL in a new window
Luca Zappa, opens an external URL in a new window

Project URL

Irrigation+ website, opens an external URL in a new window