This dataset contains vegetation biophysical variables of eight meadows in the Provinces of Bolzano and Trento, in the Italian Eastern Alps, monitored approximately every two weeks during the growing seasons of 2023 and 2024. 

Keywords: Leaf Area Index, fPAR, soil moisture, chlorophyll, biomass, grasslands, remote sensing validation, in-situ observations, ground truth, agri-environmental monitoring.

Intended Use:

• Validation of vegetation biophysical variables derived from Sentinel-2 satellite data

• Research on mountain grassland ecosystems

• Supporting European initiatives like the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) monitoring, Farm to Fork, and the Agriculture of Data partnership

Funding: Horizon Europe, ScaleAgData project (Grant Agreement No. 101086355)

How to cite these data:

If you use this dataset, please cite both of the following:

1. The Zenodo dataset record, to identify the data and version used.
2. The associated Data Descriptor, which documents the data-collection and quality-control methods.

Please use the references provided below:

Castelli, M., Mejia-Aguilar, A., Göhner, C., Stendardi, L. & Peratoner, G. Two years of in situ measurements of biophysical variables of mountain meadows in northeastern Italy. Sci Data (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-08074-6

Castelli, M., Mejia-Aguilar, A., Göhner, C., Stendardi, L., & Peratoner, G. (2026). Two years of in situ measurements of biophysical variables of mountain meadows in northeastern Italy [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21040483