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Agriculture

Using RADARSAT imagery, agricultural planners can examine and assess crop characteristics and planting practices and can better forecast crop yields. Under favourable conditions, soil characteristics such as moisture content and surface roughness can be identified. These help determine crop conditions, susceptibility to erosion, and irrigation needs.

This RADARSAT image of Zhaoqing, China is an integration of Standard and Fine beam mode images. The colours show different types of vegetation and various crop growth stages. Aquaculture sites and flooded rice paddies appear as very dark and black, while the village areas and banana fields are very light coloured.

For more information on agriculture applications for RADARSAT imagery, please see the MDA website.