I-Corps: An integrated tool for crop ecosystem monitoring, analysis, and prediction

I-Corps：作物生态系统监测、分析和预测的综合工具

• 批准号: 2306392
• 负责人: Xiangming Xiao
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-02-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2306392&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; integrated; tool; crop; ecosystem

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of a software system that uses satellite optical data, weather information, and algorithms to support the precise monitoring, reporting, and yield forecasting of crops and grasses. The proposed technology may help growers to manage their crops in response to climate variation and extreme events such as drought, heatwaves, and flooding. The proposed system may help sugarcane and corn industries to maximize their biofuel feedstock production. Agricultural retailers and insurance companies also may benefit from using this software tool to reduce losses and increase sales. This I-Corps project is based on the development of an integrated software tool for crop ecosystem monitoring, analysis, and prediction, which may be used to assess, diagnose, and predict crop condition, yield, water use, and soil health. As crop production is affected by many factors, crop growers and various crop-related business often face moderate- to high-risk of low crop yield or failure. The proposed technology combines satellite images, climate data, modeling, and machine learning algorithms as well as in situ data to provide data and information on crop types, crop growth conditions (e.g., greenness, leaf area index, and biomass), carbon and water fluxes, grain yield, and soil health over individual crop fields at high spatial resolution (0.025 acre). The proposed software tool has been evaluated across multiple scales from individual crop fields to county, state, and regional fields. The goal is to identify business partners and customers who are involved in the production, processing, trade, and consumption of crop products as well as crop ecosystem conservation and sustainability.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

I-Corps项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发一个软件系统，该系统使用卫星光学数据、天气信息和算法来支持作物和草的精确监测、报告和产量预测。这项拟议中的技术可以帮助种植者管理他们的作物，以应对气候变化和干旱、热浪和洪水等极端事件。拟议的系统可能有助于甘蔗和玉米工业最大限度地提高其生物燃料原料产量。农业零售商和保险公司也可以通过使用这个软件工具来减少损失和增加销售额。I-Corps项目的基础是开发用于作物生态系统监测、分析和预测的综合软件工具，该工具可用于评估、诊断和预测作物状况、产量、水分利用和土壤健康。由于作物生产受多种因素的影响，作物种植者和各种与作物有关的业务往往面临低产量或歉收的中至高风险。拟议的技术结合了卫星图像、气候数据、建模和机器学习算法以及现场数据，以高空间分辨率（0.025英亩）提供有关作物类型、作物生长条件（例如，绿化率、叶面积指数和生物量）、碳和水通量、粮食产量和单个作物田土壤健康的数据和信息。所提出的软件工具已经在多个尺度上进行了评估，从单个农田到县、州和区域农田。目标是确定参与作物产品生产、加工、贸易和消费以及作物生态系统保护和可持续性的商业伙伴和客户。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。