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Changes in Cambodia from Sentinel-1A readings at 20 m resolution, acquired every 12 days from March 2015 to March 2016. Dark blue represents water surfaces, light blue to magenta represents agriculture (bare soil and cultivated fields), light to dark green represents forests, and white indicates settlements. In particular, the varying shades of magenta indicate rice sowing and transplanting between mid-September and the end of October. Source: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2015–16)/sarmap/RIICE project/OpenStreetMap contributors (background map).

Using Remote Sensing to Map Rice Paddy Drop in the Mekong Delta

by Elizabeth Borneman

Satellites including Europe’s Sentinel-1A can now track the rise and fall of different agricultural products around the world. The satellite’s imagery showed that rice production in the Mekong Delta has decreased in the past year.