1. Monitoreo de áreas de cultivo de maíz en la zona noroeste del Estado de México a través de sensores remotos.
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Alejandra Cortez-Núñez, Jocelyn, Mondragon F., Zepeda, Eduardo García-Reyna, Miguel, Hernández-León, Benjamín, and Aguirre-Mendizabal, Abraham
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CLIMATE change , *AGRICULTURAL industries , *PRECISION farming , *AGRICULTURE , *DRONE aircraft - Abstract
Due to the continuous growth of the world population and consequently the increase in the demand for food, the agricultural sector is required to be efficient and sustainable, that is, to guarantee food security, to promote local development and to reduce environmental pollution. On the other hand, we are currently experiencing a global climate crisis that causes alterations in hydrological cycles and an increase in temperature, which is causing economic losses in the agricultural sector. For this reason, it is necessary to incorporate modern Precision Agriculture (PA) technologies into traditional agricultural practices to improve yield and profits for farmers, while achieving environmental benefits. In this context, the present study monitored the phenological development and health of the maize crop in plots in the municipality of Atlacomulco, State of Mexico, Mexico through multispectral images from the Sentinel-2 satellite and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A spatiotemporal analysis of vegetation indices (VIs) was carried out to determine their sensitivity to changes in the greenness of the crop, in an environment of real conditions. In addition, the agricultural characteristics provided by the farmers managing the plots were used to confirm the findings. Similarly, a lack of homogeneity was detected in the evaluated plots, indicating a nutrient or water deficiency in some of them. Also, the VH and VV polarized backscatters from the Sentinel-1 satellite were analyzed, demonstrating a potential for VH polarization in the absence of data from optical sensors due to cloudiness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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