Crop Phenology tracks critical growth stages such as emergence and harvest.
This information helps insurers validate sowing and harvesting dates, improving claims processing and policy design. It also supports agricultural planners with seasonal reports and advisories.
At-a-glance #
- Business Processes: Product Development; Product Sales; Underwriting; Loss Adjustment; Claims Handling
- Thematic Sector: Land – Agriculture
- Service Objective: Detect crop emergence and harvest dates to support claims and underwriting.
Main Steps #
- Build multi-sensor time series (optical + SAR)
- Extract phenology metrics (emergence/harvest week)
- Validate with in-situ where available
Inputs #
- Optical: Sentinel-2, Landsat-8
- Radar: Sentinel-1
- Supporting: Meteorology, field boundaries
Resolution & Coverage #
- Spatial: 10 m
- Coverage: Local/regional/global
Frequency / Timeliness #
- Emergence: ~6 weeks after season start
Accuracy / Constraints #
-
85% thematic with in-situ
Formats / Delivery #
- GeoTIFF, Shapefile, API
Limitations / Notes #
- Requires sufficient clear looks or SAR complement