SENSE-GDD: A Satellite-Derived Temperature Monitoring Service to Provide Growing Degree Days

A new satellite-enabled interoperable service has been developed to provide high spatiotemporal and continuous time series of Growing Degree Days (GDDs) at the field. The GDDs are calculated from MSG-SEVIRI data acquired by EUMETCast station operated IAASARS/NOA downscaled on-the-fly increase initial coarse spatial resolution original 4–5 km 1 km. performance SENSE-GDD, in deriving reliable GDD timeseries dates very close key phenological stages, is assessed using situ air temperature measurements weather stations installed Gerovassiliou Estate vineyard Epanomi (Northern Greece) an apple orchard Agia (Central Greece). Budburst, pollination, start veraison selected as stages for vineyards, whilst budburst pollination orchard. assessment shows that SENSE-GDD provided uninterrupted accurate both crop types. distinct feature proposed can support decisions non-instrumented fields a cost-effective way, paving way its extended operational use agriculture.