Systems for adjusting agronomic inputs using remote sensing, and related apparatus and methods
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1. A method comprising:
- identifying, based on data from an agronomic simulation model, a first indication regarding existence of a first agricultural characteristic in a particular portion of a first geographic region;
receiving one or more images of the first geographic region, the received images having been obtained using one or more remote sensing devices;
identifying, based on the received images, a second indication regarding existence of the first agricultural characteristic in the particular portion of the first geographic region;
determining that the second indication is distinct from the first indication;
in response to determining that the second indication is distinct from the first indication, inferring one or more inputs to the agronomic simulation model based on the received images to account for the existence of the first agricultural characteristic as indicated by the second indication, andgenerating a first predicted value for crop yield in the first geographic region by executing the agronomic simulation model with the inferred inputs, wherein the first predicted value for the crop yield is more accurate than a second predicted value for the crop yield generated by executing the agronomic simulation model without the inferred inputs,wherein inferring one or more inputs to the model includes adjusting one or more parameters of the model and/or one or more agronomic inputs to the model to account for the existence of the first agricultural characteristic, andwherein adjusting the parameters of the model and/or the agronomic inputs to the model to account for the existence of the first agricultural characteristic includes iteratively adjusting the parameters and/or the agronomic inputs and executing the agronomic simulation model until output data provided by the model predict the existence of the first agricultural characteristic.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for using remote sensing data to infer agronomic inputs to an agronomic simulation model.
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying, based on data from an agronomic simulation model, a first indication regarding existence of a first agricultural characteristic in a particular portion of a first geographic region; receiving one or more images of the first geographic region, the received images having been obtained using one or more remote sensing devices; identifying, based on the received images, a second indication regarding existence of the first agricultural characteristic in the particular portion of the first geographic region; determining that the second indication is distinct from the first indication; in response to determining that the second indication is distinct from the first indication, inferring one or more inputs to the agronomic simulation model based on the received images to account for the existence of the first agricultural characteristic as indicated by the second indication, and generating a first predicted value for crop yield in the first geographic region by executing the agronomic simulation model with the inferred inputs, wherein the first predicted value for the crop yield is more accurate than a second predicted value for the crop yield generated by executing the agronomic simulation model without the inferred inputs, wherein inferring one or more inputs to the model includes adjusting one or more parameters of the model and/or one or more agronomic inputs to the model to account for the existence of the first agricultural characteristic, and wherein adjusting the parameters of the model and/or the agronomic inputs to the model to account for the existence of the first agricultural characteristic includes iteratively adjusting the parameters and/or the agronomic inputs and executing the agronomic simulation model until output data provided by the model predict the existence of the first agricultural characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of using remote sensing data to infer one or more inputs to an agronomic simulation model, the method comprising:
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receiving remote sensing data associated with a first geographic region, the received remote sensing data having been obtained using one or more remote sensing devices; determining, based on the received remote sensing data, that one or more portions of the first geographic region are associated with a particular agricultural characteristic; determining whether the particular agricultural characteristic is produced by one or more biotic factors; in response to determining that the particular agricultural characteristic is produced by the one or more biotic factors, inferring one or more inputs to the agronomic simulation model to account for the one or more biotic factors; and generating a first predicted value for crop yield in the first geographic region by executing the agronomic simulation model with the inferred inputs, wherein the first predicted value for the crop yield is more accurate than a second predicted value for the crop yield generated by executing the agronomic simulation model without the inferred inputs, wherein inferring one or more inputs to the agronomic simulation model includes adjusting one or more parameters of the agronomic simulation model to account for the one or more biotic factors, and wherein adjusting the parameters of the model to account for the biotic factors includes iteratively adjusting the parameters and executing the agronomic simulation model until output data provided by the model predict existence of the particular agricultural characteristic in the first geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system comprising:
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one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising; identifying, based on data from an agronomic simulation model, a first indication regarding existence of a first agricultural characteristic in a particular portion of a first geographic region; receiving one or more images of the first geographic region, the received images having been obtained using one or more remote sensing devices; identifying, based on the received images, a second indication regarding existence of the first agricultural characteristic in the particular portion of the first geographic region; determining that the second indication is distinct from the first indication; in response to determining that the second indication is distinct from the first indication, inferring one or more inputs to the agronomic simulation model based on the received images to account for the existence of the first agricultural characteristic as indicated by the second indication; and generating a first predicted value for crop yield in the first geographic region by executing the agronomic simulation model with the inferred inputs, wherein the first predicted value for the crop yield is more accurate than a second predicted value for the crop yield generated by executing the agronomic simulation model without the inferred inputs, wherein inferring one or more inputs to the model includes adjusting one or more parameters of the model and/or one or more agronomic inputs to the model to account for the existence of the first agricultural characteristic, and wherein adjusting the parameters of the model and/or the agronomic inputs to the model to account for the existence of the first agricultural characteristic includes iteratively adjusting the parameters and/or the agronomic inputs and executing the agronomic simulation model until output data provided by the model predict the existence of the first agricultural characteristic.
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29. A system comprising:
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one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising; receiving remote sensing data associated with a first geographic region, the received remote sensing data having been obtained using one or more remote sensing devices; determining, based on the received remote sensing data, that one or more portions of the first geographic region are associated with a particular agricultural characteristic; determining whether the particular agricultural characteristic is produced by one or more biotic factors; in response to determining that the particular agricultural characteristic is produced by the one or more biotic factors, inferring one or more inputs to the agronomic simulation model to account for the one or more biotic factors; and generating a first predicted value for crop yield in the first geographic region by executing the agronomic simulation model with the inferred inputs, wherein the first predicted value for the crop yield is more accurate than a second predicted value for the crop yield generated by executing the agronomic simulation model without the inferred inputs, wherein inferring one or more inputs to the agronomic simulation model includes adjusting one or more parameters of the agronomic simulation model to account for the one or more biotic factors, and wherein adjusting the parameters of the model to account for the biotic factors includes iteratively adjusting the parameters and executing the agronomic simulation model until output data provided by the model predict existence of the particular agricultural characteristic in the first geographic region.
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