This dataset contains vegetation biophysical variables of eight meadows in the Provinces of Bolzano and Trento, in the Italian Eastern Alps, monitored approximately every two weeks during the growing seasons of 2023 and 2024.
Keywords: Leaf Area Index, fPAR, soil moisture, chlorophyll, biomass, grasslands, remote sensing validation, in-situ observations, ground truth, agri-environmental monitoring.
Intended Use:
* Validation of vegetation biophysical variables derived from Sentinel-2 satellite data
* Research on mountain grassland ecosystemsSupporting European initiatives like the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) monitoring, Farm to Fork, and the Agriculture of Data partnership
Funding: Horizon Europe, ScaleAgData project (Grant Agreement No. 101086355)
- Two years of in situ measurements of biophysical variables of mountain meadows in northeastern Italy [Dataset]
- Mariapina Castelli - Eurac ResearchAbraham Mejia-AguilarCaroline Sophie Göhner - Eurac ResearchLaura Stendardi - Eurac ResearchG Peratoner - Forestry Research Centre
- Zenodo
- (EURAC)31817947
991007398890401241 - Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International
- Institute for Earth Observation
Center for Sensing Solutions - English
- Dataset
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- Castelli M, Mejia-Aguilar A, Göhner C, Stendardi L, Peratoner G