A.S. Martyanov - Post-graduate Student, Kotel-nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of RAS, 3rd Category Design Engineer, Research Center for Earth Operative Monitoring (NTS OMZ), Joint Stock Company «Russian Space Systems» (Moscow) E-mail: alekmartyanov@yandex.ru E.A. Baldina - Ph.D. (Geor.), Leading Research Scientist, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University P.V. Denisov - Head of Sector, Research Center for Earth Operative Monitoring (NTS OMZ), Joint Stock Company «Russian Space Systems» K.A. Troshko - Post-graduate Student, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2nd Category Engineer, Research Center for Earth Operative Monitoring (NTS OMZ), Joint Stock Company «Russian Space Systems»

The review of possibilities and peculiarities of radar data use for agriculture is represented. Parameters of radar data acquisition and objects features influencing the radar image are analyzed. The possibility of practical application of satellite radar data is investigated on the example of the assessment of abandoned and cultivated agricultural lands in the Volga Delta using Radarsat-2.

 

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