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ArticleJournal of environmental quality

Satellite assessment of winter cover crop and conservation tillage outcomes to support adaptive management in working landscapes.

W Dean Hively, Feng Gao, Gregory W McCarty, Craig S T Daughtry, Xuesong Zhang, Jyoti Jennewein, Alison Thieme, Brian T Lamb, Jason Keppler, Cathleen J Hapeman and 2 more

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Article in Journal of environmental quality. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

W Dean HivelyU.S. Geological Survey, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5383-8064
Feng GaoUSDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1865-2846
Gregory W McCartyUSDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7064-7166
Craig S T DaughtryUSDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-3853
Xuesong ZhangUSDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4711-7751
Jyoti JenneweinUSDA-ARS Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9650-6537
Alison ThiemeUSDA-ARS Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5458-7554
Brian T LambU.S. Geological Survey, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7957-5488
Jason KepplerMaryland Department of Agriculture, Office of Resource Conservation, Annapolis, Maryland, USA.
Cathleen J HapemanUSDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3439-2826
Michael CoshUSDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4776-1918
Steven B MirskyUSDA-ARS Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3016-5773

Funding

NASA Acres Consortium NASA 80-NSSC23-M0034NASA Carbon Monitoring Systems NASA 22-CMS22-0027NASA EMIT NASA NNH24-OB58ASustainable Agricultural Systems Coordinated Agricultural Project 019-68012-29818USDA NRA22IRA0011212U.S. Geological Survey NationalLandImagingProgramWater Coordinated Agricultural Project 2018-68011-28372
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of winter cover crops and conservation tillage are agricultural practices promoted to reduce nutrient and sediment loss from cropland, improve soil health, increase infiltration, and support farm nutrient cycling and ecosystem services. However, environmental performance of these practices is variable in the working farm landscape. The Lower Chesapeake Bay research project within the USDA Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) network has collaboratively developed satellite remote sensing algorithms to measure the performance and phenology of winter cover crops (aboveground biomass, nitrogen content, fractional cover, and emergence and termination dates) using no-cost Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 multispectral satellite imagery. This research supports annual operational assessment of >28,000 fields per year in four states. Results document the impacts of agronomic management on conservation outcomes, support adaptive management of incentive payment structures, and can reduce the workload for conservation district staff by remotely verifying cover crop management. Additionally, super-spectral satellite applications have been developed to accurately map crop residue cover by measuring lignocellulose absorption in shortwave infrared wavelengths, producing a 7-year time series of tillage intensity maps for the Delmarva Peninsula. These remote sensing products can be used in decision support and modeling to estimate changes in nutrient, sediment, and carbon cycling resulting from conservation practice implementation in the working farm landscape. This manuscript provides an overview of remote sensing research findings and applications associated with the USDA LTAR and Conservation Effects Assessment Projects (CEAP), documenting a variety of previously published outcomes with update and expansion of techniques using additional unpublished data and analyses as appropriate.

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AgricultureConservation of Natural ResourcesCrops, AgriculturalEnvironmental MonitoringSatellite ImageryRemote Sensing TechnologySeasonsUnited States

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PMID41117010
PMCPMC12593308

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