Thematic description of CGMS level 2
The crop monitoring component produces simulated crop indicators like biomass and yields to show the effect of recent weather on crop growth. The work is divided into four activities (see Figure 3‑1). Only the last two are part of the operational services, while the first two are pre-processing tasks:
- Collection and processing of input data.
- Spatial schematisation.
- Regional crop simulation.
- Spatial aggregation.
Resulting crop indicators can be viewed through the tool CGMS viewer.
Figure 3‑1: Overview of the crop monitoring components of CGMS
For a detailed background the reader is referred to Lazar and Genovese (2004) and in Supit et al. (1994). In the following paragraphs CGMS tables are mentioned. A detailed description of the tables can be found in Chapter 6.
