1. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey GFSAD30m Australia Field Work Summary Pardha Teluguntla and Prasad Thenkabail 20 th November, 2014

2. GFSAD30- Australia Field Work 2014 Ground reference data collection U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of Interior 1.Covered NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia 2.Collected 3000+ samples 3.Identified 10 major crop types

3. GFSAD30- Australia Field Work 2014 Ground reference data collection Approaches used for Ground reference data collection : 1.Digital copy of ground survey form (using Tap forms HD with IPad)

4. GFSAD30- Australia Field Work 2014 Ground reference data collection Approaches used for Ground reference data collection : 1.Digital copy of ground survey form (using Tap forms HD with IPad) 2.Sampling by tracking dynamically in ArcGIS software with recent Landsat 8 image

5. GFSAD30- Australia Field Work 2014 Ground reference data collection (Region wise) U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of Interior NSW and VICTORA (1300+) South Australia (800+) Western Australia (1100+)

6. GFSAD30- Australia Field Work 2014 Ground reference data collection (Crop wise) Crop typeNo of samples 1. Wheat805 2. Barley510 3. Canola503 4. Oats211 5. Lentils144 6. Lupin/ Peas176 7. Beans83 8. Sown Pastures154 9. Orchards73 10. Grazing315 11. 2 nd Season crops37 12. Other Land use110

7. GFSAD30- Australia Field Work 2014 Ground reference data samples U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of Interior Rainfed, single crop, Canola Rainfed, single crop, Wheat Rainfed, single crop, Lupin Rainfed, single crop, Barley Rainfed, single crop, Wheat Rainfed, Pastures Rainfed, single crop, Wheat

8. GFSAD30- Australia Field Work 2014 Ground reference samples and NDVI signatures U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of Interior Rainfed, single crop, Canola Rainfed, single crop, Wheat Rainfed, single crop, Lupin Rainfed, single crop, Barley Rainfed, single crop, Wheat Rainfed, Pastures

9. Major Goal  Now major challenge is to develop an automated algorithm to map crop types of Australia using current year MODIS 250m data.

10. Acknowledgements University of Technology, Sydney, NSW Prof. Alfredo Huete Dr. Rakhesh Devdas Mr. Kim Mikael and Mr. Leandro Giovanni University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Mr. Venkataradha Akuraju Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA Mr. Sreedhar Acharya and Mr. Samuel