ABSTRACT
ALI Advanced Land Imager ALOS PALSAR Advanced Land Observation Satellite Phased
Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar ASAR Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Ÿermal Emission
and Re¨ection Radiometer AVIRIS Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging
Spectrometer CAI Cellulose absorption index CCD Coherent change detection COSMO-SkyMed Constellation of Small Satellites for the
Mediterranean Basin Observation CP Compact polarization CTIC Conservation Technology Information Center DP Dual polarization EnMAP Environmental Mapping and Analysis
Program ERS European Remote Sensing ESA European Space Agency Hyperion First spaceborne hyperspectral sensor
onboard Earth Observing-1(EO-1) HyspIRI Hyperspectral Infrared Imager IEM Integral Equation Model Landsat-4, 5 TM Ÿematic Mapper Landsat-7 ETM+ Enhanced Ÿematic Mapper Plus
Landsat 8 OLI Operational Land Imager LCA Lignin cellulose absorption LUT Lookup table minNDTI Minimum NDTI MODIS Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer NDI Normalized di¦erence index NDTI Normalized di¦erence tillage index NDVI Normalized di¦erence vegetation index NIR Near infrared NPV Nonphotosynthetic vegetation PolInSAR Polarimetric interferometric PPD Copolarized phase di¦erence QP Quadrature polarization RISAT Radar Imaging Satellite RMS Root mean square SAOCOM SAtélite Argentino de Observación COn
Microondas; Argentine Microwaves Observation Satellite
SARs Synthetic aperture radars SINDRI Shortwave infrared normalized di¦erence
residue index SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive SP Single polarization SPOT Satellites Pour l’Observation de la Terre or
Earth-observing satellites STARFM Spatial and temporal adaptive re¨ectance
fusion model
Acronyms and Defin tions .................................................................................................................179 8.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................180 8.2 Field Assessment of Crop Residue Cover .............................................................................181 8.3 Monitoring with Optical Remote Sensing ...........................................................................181
