Remote sensing multivariate / multidimensional agriculture enhancement apparatus and method of use thereof

A method for managing cropland for a client, comprising the steps of:

• optically measuring, each of a set of spatially resolved locations, level zero data with an orbiting satellite, said level zero data comprising:
• first reflected cropland radiation, in a first range of 400 to 1,000 nm;
• second reflected cropland radiation in a second range of 1,000 to 2,500 nm;
• and
• emitted radiation, in a third range of 2,500 to 12,000 nm;
• processing, on-board said orbiting satellite, said level zero data comprising a first data storage size, to yield crop condition information comprising a second data storage size of less than one percent of said first data storage size;
• receiving from said orbiting satellite to a ground-based communication system said crop condition information, comprising a prescription for crop stress mitigation;
• measuring, on-board said satellite, a first water content in an outer 0.25 mm of a leaf of a crop with at least one wavelength in a range of 2350 to 2600 nm;
• determining, on-board said satellite, a second water content in an outer 0.5 millimeter of a leaf of a crop with at least one wavelength in a range of at least one of:
• 700 to 1350 nm and 1500 to 1750 nm and a carbon dioxide emission in a range of 1500 to 2100 nm;
• and
• relaying at least a portion of said crop condition information to the client within twenty-four hours.