A new re-structuring across the JRC has taken place on 1st Jan 2012, following the implementation of the new JRC Strategy 2010-2020.
The Monitoring Agricultural ResourceS (MARS) Unit Mission
Focusing on crop production, agricultural activities and rural development, the MARS Unit provides timely forecasts, early assessments and the scientific underpinning for efficient monitoring and control systems. The work serves the Agriculture and Food policies of the European Union, their impact on rural economies and on the environment, encompassing the global issues of food security and climate change.
In Focus
MARS 2012
Job Opportunities
Job openings in the MARS Unit
Job openings have just been published. Deadline is March 7th, 2012.
The MARS Unit is looking for 2 Grant Holders.
Latest News & Events
MARS Unit is looking for Grant Holders
A number of posts for Grant Holders are currently opened in the MARS Unit.
Workshop on Modelling Environments for Biophysical Modelling in Hydrology and Agriculture
Modelling Environments for Biophysical Modelling in Hydrology and Agriculture: Object Modeling System 3 (OMS3) and Biophysical Model Applications (BioMA).
LPIS_2012_WS_Malta
The MARS unit of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Joint Research Centre and the Malta Paying Agency within the Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs are pleased to announce the workshop "LPIS applications and quality" which will take place on Mon 4th – Wed...
Latest Bulletins & Publications
Mars Bulletin Vol. 20 No. 04 (Agro-meteorological overview and weather forecast - 23 April 2012)
Current Prospects for EU27 yields are on average
MARSBulletin_Vol_No4_web.pdf 7.39 MB
Mars Bulletin Vol. 20 No.03 (Agro-meteorological overview and weather forecast - 26 Mar 2012)
Drought in Spain and Portugal, a difficult start of the season with unfavourable biomass development in eastern France, Germany, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece...
Bulletin_Vol20_No03.pdf 6.84 MB
Quality check of the accuracy of the WV-2, performed in the frame of the 2010 LPIS QA in Scotland
The objective of the report is to assess the geometric quality of the WV-2 orthoimagery, produced for the LPIS QA in Scotland in 2010. The accuracy assessment was done on the base of the ground truth data collected during the field trip in the area of Kelso (Scottish Borders, Scotland), organ...
JRCPUBSY_68019.pdf 1.89 MB
LPIS QA Framework, ETS Annex III: The Concept of land cover and “eligible hectares” version 5.1
ANNEX III: The concept of land cover and “eligible hectares" describes the concept of the land cover mapping used in the ETS and the way to express the raw ETS observations (mapped land cover and landscape features) in eligibility terms, using an eligibility profile to perform the conver...
LBNA25185ENN.pdf 1.79 MB
LPIS QA Framework, ETS Annex II: Flow of events, related to the inspection of the Reference Parcel, Version 5.1
ANNEX II: ETS inspection procedure – Description of the workflow contains more detailed and comprehensive description of the ETS parcel inspection workflow, given above. The operator's steps and events are grouped into Action Packages, following the structure of an UML Activity Diagram, devel...
JRCPUBSY_68017.pdf 1.79 MB
