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Geoinformatics for Integrated Agro-ecosystems Research 

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Research in Geospatial Science, Technology and Application (GeSTA) for integrated agro-ecosystems research towards ensuring food and environmental security for better livelihoods at The International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), (http://www.icarda.org/).

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One of the breakthroughs from the AgriSAR campaign has been the development and testing of new filtering methods. These new methods are improving the appearance and applicability of C-band radar images provided by satellites such as Envisat and, in the future, Sentinel-1 for land applications.

These images show the same multi-temporal radar composite acquired over the Flevoland test site in the Netherlands. The grainy appearance of the left image is characteristic of radar images and often a limiting factor in using them at high resolution. The right image demonstrates how a new mathematical technique based on multiple images, which was improved in the campaign, can dramatically enhance the appearance of the image and data quality.

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