GlobalNitroLink: Global Integration of Satellite-Derived Crop Indicators and Yield Monitoring for Sustainable Nitrogen Management

Overview

Duration: 01.2026 – 07.2026
Funded by: BayIntAn (Bavarian International Academic Network), Bayerische Forschungsallianz (BayFOR)

GlobalNitroLink is an international collaboration initiation project funded through the BayIntAn programme of the Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR), which supports the development of new research partnerships between Bavarian universities and leading international institutions.

This project promotes collaboration between the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Georgia (UGA) on integrative precision agriculture research.

The core scientific goal is to develop and explore a globally transferable workflow that integrates satellite-derived crop indicators (multi-temporal time series) with yield monitoring data to support more robust and sustainable nitrogen (N) management at the farm and regional scale.

Objectives

• Establish a TUM–UGA research partnership in precision agriculture and sustainable N management.
• Develop integrative workflows that combine multi-temporal satellite time series (e.g., Sentinel-2) with harvester-derived yield maps for N management support.
• Assess global transferability of satellite-based crop N indicators across contrasting agro-climatic regions.
• Identify shared datasets and benchmarks to enable cross-continental comparison of precision N management approaches.

Project Partners

• Technical University of Munich (TUM): Precision Agriculture, Organic Agriculture
• University of Georgia (UGA): Integrative Precision Agriculture
• Funded by: BayIntAn, Bayerische Forschungsallianz (BayFOR)