Remote Sensing (Oct 2021)
A Review of Irrigation Information Retrievals from Space and Their Utility for Users
- Christian Massari,
- Sara Modanesi,
- Jacopo Dari,
- Alexander Gruber,
- Gabrielle J. M. De Lannoy,
- Manuela Girotto,
- Pere Quintana-Seguí,
- Michel Le Page,
- Lionel Jarlan,
- Mehrez Zribi,
- Nadia Ouaadi,
- Mariëtte Vreugdenhil,
- Luca Zappa,
- Wouter Dorigo,
- Wolfgang Wagner,
- Joost Brombacher,
- Henk Pelgrum,
- Pauline Jaquot,
- Vahid Freeman,
- Espen Volden,
- Diego Fernandez Prieto,
- Angelica Tarpanelli,
- Silvia Barbetta,
- Luca Brocca
Affiliations
- Christian Massari
- Research Institute for the Geo-Hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Via Madonna Alta 126, 06128 Perugia, Italy
- Sara Modanesi
- Research Institute for the Geo-Hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Via Madonna Alta 126, 06128 Perugia, Italy
- Jacopo Dari
- Research Institute for the Geo-Hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Via Madonna Alta 126, 06128 Perugia, Italy
- Alexander Gruber
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200e, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Gabrielle J. M. De Lannoy
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200e, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Manuela Girotto
- Department of Environmental Science and Policy Management, University of California, 130 Mulford Hall #3114 Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114, USA
- Pere Quintana-Seguí
- Observatori de l’Ebre, Universitat Ramon Llull, Carrer Horta Alta 38, 43520 Roquetes, Spain
- Michel Le Page
- CESBIO, CNES/CNRS/INRAE/IRD/UPS, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, Université de Toulouse, CEDEX 9, 31401 Toulouse, France
- Lionel Jarlan
- CESBIO, CNES/CNRS/INRAE/IRD/UPS, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, Université de Toulouse, CEDEX 9, 31401 Toulouse, France
- Mehrez Zribi
- CESBIO, CNES/CNRS/INRAE/IRD/UPS, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, Université de Toulouse, CEDEX 9, 31401 Toulouse, France
- Nadia Ouaadi
- CESBIO, CNES/CNRS/INRAE/IRD/UPS, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, Université de Toulouse, CEDEX 9, 31401 Toulouse, France
- Mariëtte Vreugdenhil
- Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien), Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, 1040 Vienna, Austria
- Luca Zappa
- Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien), Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, 1040 Vienna, Austria
- Wouter Dorigo
- Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien), Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, 1040 Vienna, Austria
- Wolfgang Wagner
- Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien), Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, 1040 Vienna, Austria
- Joost Brombacher
- eLEAF Competence Center, Research & Development, Hesselink van Suchtelenweg 6, 6703CT Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Henk Pelgrum
- eLEAF Competence Center, Research & Development, Hesselink van Suchtelenweg 6, 6703CT Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Pauline Jaquot
- eLEAF Competence Center, Research & Development, Hesselink van Suchtelenweg 6, 6703CT Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Vahid Freeman
- Spire Global, 33 Rue Sainte Zithe, 2763 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Espen Volden
- European Space Agency (ESA), Via Galileo Galilei, 1, Frascati, 00044 Roma, Italy
- Diego Fernandez Prieto
- European Space Agency (ESA), Via Galileo Galilei, 1, Frascati, 00044 Roma, Italy
- Angelica Tarpanelli
- Research Institute for the Geo-Hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Via Madonna Alta 126, 06128 Perugia, Italy
- Silvia Barbetta
- Research Institute for the Geo-Hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Via Madonna Alta 126, 06128 Perugia, Italy
- Luca Brocca
- Research Institute for the Geo-Hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Via Madonna Alta 126, 06128 Perugia, Italy
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13204112
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 20
p. 4112
Abstract
Irrigation represents one of the most impactful human interventions in the terrestrial water cycle. Knowing the distribution and extent of irrigated areas as well as the amount of water used for irrigation plays a central role in modeling irrigation water requirements and quantifying the impact of irrigation on regional climate, river discharge, and groundwater depletion. Obtaining high-quality global information about irrigation is challenging, especially in terms of quantification of the water actually used for irrigation. Here, we review existing Earth observation datasets, models, and algorithms used for irrigation mapping and quantification from the field to the global scale. The current observation capacities are confronted with the results of a survey on user requirements on satellite-observed irrigation for agricultural water resources’ management. Based on this information, we identify current shortcomings of irrigation monitoring capabilities from space and phrase guidelines for potential future satellite missions and observation strategies.
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