Index

	Introduction and Contents
	1. Monitoring Crop Status What causes plant stress? Factors affecting crop spectral signatures When fungi attack Nutrient deficiencies Can we see stress symptoms from remote sensing? Identifying stressed plants Estimating water content from remote sensing Monitoring irrigation Combating disease and pests
	2. Crop Yield Estimation Estimating how much the crops will produce Can we really know how much crop a field will produce? Earth observation data for crop yield estimation Estimating crop yield using only remote sensing data Do we need any data other than remote sensing? Crop Yield Forecasting
	3. Crop Identification Why do we need to identify crops? Cadastral Mapping Remote sensing in crop identification How can we identify crop types with remote sensing? Remote Sensing data required for crop identification Distinguishing vegetation types Creating maps of crop fields

	4. Precision Agriculture Using earth observation data for individual fields What is Precision Agriculture? Estimating plant population and future yield Identifying fertilisation and pesticide requirements Early warning for insect attacks Satellite data in precision agriculture Establishing irrigation regime Precision Crop Management Use of GIS in Precision Crop Management
	5. Additional Material Additional information to specific topics, exercises, answers, tutorials and games
	6. References A list of references of literature and data sources as well as suggestions for further reading
	7. Links A list of useful external links to deepen your knowledge about remote sensing in agriculture
	8. Image Credits A list of all images used in the module with indications of their sources
	9. Authors A list of the authors who created the tutorial about remote sensing in agriculture
	10. Worksheets A list of worksheets and related information for use in class

Remote Sensing and GIS in Agriculture