Specification
Biomass Proxy
Description
The VanderSat Biomass Proxy is a fusion of microwave and optical satellite imagery, using the advantages of each to accurately estimate relative above-ground crop biomass regardless of cloud cover and at a high spatial resolution (10 m x 10 m). It integrates microwaves from the European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-1 satellites and optical images from its Sentinel-2 satellites. VanderSat then fuses the output from these combined data sources in an algorithm designed to provide a reliable measurement of crop biomass over agricultural areas under all circumstances. This is a relative measure of biomass, so each pixel value has a value of 0 (low biomass) to 1 (high biomass). The product can be provided daily and near real time.
Volumetric_Soil_Moisture L band |
Key Specification |
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Name |
Biomass Proxy |
API name |
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Abbreviation |
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Versions |
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Unit |
[-] |
Pixel size |
10x10m / 0.000089831117499 degree |
Temporal resolution |
Daily |
Coverage |
Global |
Data availability |
Jan 2020 - present (with optional history to 2017) |
Satellites used |
Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 |
Available to user |
Every day at 6:00 AM local time |
File format |
GeoTIFF, NetCDF (images), CSV (time series) |
Data delivery |
VanderSat API, VanderSat Viewer |
Image properties
GeoTIFF properties:
Parameter |
Value |
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Data type |
uint16 |
Compression |
LZW |
Scale |
0.001 |
Offset |
0 |
Band 1 |
Biomass Proxy |
Band 2 |
Quality layer temporal |
Band 3 |
Quality layer spatial |
NoData |
65535 |
NetCDF properties:
Parameter |
Value |
|---|---|
Data type |
uint16 |
Compression |
Zip 6 |
Scale |
0.001 |
Offset |
0 |
Band 1 |
Biomass Proxy |
Band 2 |
Quality layer temporal |
Band 3 |
Quality layer spatial |
NoData |
65535 |
Terms of use
Data is property of VanderSat B.V and may only be used for the purpose specified in the service/data contract.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2015-2021
Version history
Version 1.0 Langano