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INRA Rabat, October 14, The GEOSS Best practices report Target: Drafting an easy-to-read recommendations document for users. Workshop held in Ispra June How often does it need to be updated? –When the typical classification accuracy has strong changes. –Example: in the EU: accuracy ~ 70-80% for main crops with medium-high resolution images. When it changes to %, the recommendations will need to be updated.

INRA Rabat, October 14, GEOSS Best practices report Some approaches are labeled as “Research status” no operational applications at short term Crop area forecasting (estimation 3-5 months before harvest) Applications of SAR (radar) Sub-pixel analysis: the size of the pixel is of the same order or larger than the dominant field size. –Exception: 2-3 land cover types with strong radiometric contrast (eg: vegetation – non vegetation)

INRA Rabat, October 14, Situation 1: No or few ground data Example: North Korea Only the pure remote sensing approach is possible Margin for subjectivity: order of magnitude of the commission-omission errors. (1): feasible when the priority is given to a dominant crop that has little confusion with other types of vegetation (2): same limitation applies for the targeted groups of crops

INRA Rabat, October 14, Situation 2: A ground survey is possible The accuracy level depends on –Size of ground survey –Relative efficiency of remote sensing The value added by remote sensing is proportional to the size of the ground survey. (3): Ground survey has to be carried out quickly and early and there is a short time for data cleaning. (4): Standard situation: Regression, calibration or similar procedures recommended.