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C-band radar data and in situ measurements for the monitoring of wheat crops in a semi-arid area (center of Morocco)
Nadia Ouaadi
LMFE, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
CESBIO, University of Toulouse, IRD/CNRS/UPS/CNES, Toulouse, France
Jamal Ezzahar
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
MISCOM, National School of Applied Sciences, Cadi Ayyad University,
Safi, Morocco
CRSA, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University UM6P, Benguerir, Morocco
Saïd Khabba
LMFE, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
CRSA, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University UM6P, Benguerir, Morocco
Salah Er-Raki
CRSA, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University UM6P, Benguerir, Morocco
ProcEDE, Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Sciences and
Technologies, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
Adnane Chakir
LMFE, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
Bouchra Ait Hssaine
CRSA, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University UM6P, Benguerir, Morocco
Valérie Le Dantec
MISCOM, National School of Applied Sciences, Cadi Ayyad University,
Safi, Morocco
Zoubair Rafi
LMFE, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
CESBIO, University of Toulouse, IRD/CNRS/UPS/CNES, Toulouse, France
Antoine Beaumont
Atmo Hauts-de-France, Lille, France
Mohamed Kasbani
MISCOM, National School of Applied Sciences, Cadi Ayyad University,
Safi, Morocco
Lionel Jarlan
MISCOM, National School of Applied Sciences, Cadi Ayyad University,
Safi, Morocco
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In this paper, a radar remote sensing database composed of processed Sentinel-1 products and field measurements of soil and vegetation characteristics, weather data, and irrigation water inputs is described. The data set was collected over 3 years (2016–2019) in three drip-irrigated wheat fields in the center of Morocco. It is dedicated to radar data analysis over vegetated surface including the retrieval of soil and vegetation characteristics.
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