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Topic . Agriculture
Crop phenology
Crop phenology uses satellite time series to estimate growth-stage timing, including emergence, flowering, senescence, and harvest readiness, rather than direct ground-observed stages.[1]
Annual phenological metrics from satellite vegetation observations support monitoring of vegetation dynamics across seasons and years.[2]
Operational crop-stage monitoring uses frequent VIIRS or MODIS-style observations and higher-resolution Landsat or Sentinel observations when the data are fused or modelled into dense seasonal time series.[1][3]
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Data products 2
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Sources
- [1]USGS Remote Sensing Phenologyagency doc-2026-05-27
- [2]Mapping Crop Phenology in Near Real-Time Using Satellite Remote Sensing: Challenges and Opportunitiespeer reviewed2021-02-152026-05-27
- [3]Weekly crop progress monitoring using VIIRS satellite observationsagency doc2026-03-012026-05-27
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Crop phenology. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V., last reviewed 2026-05-27. https://eo-atlas.org/topics/crop-phenology (CC BY 4.0)
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@misc{eoatlas:topics:crop-phenology,
title = {Crop phenology},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
year = {2026},
note = {Last reviewed 2026-05-27. CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/topics/crop-phenology}
}