Intensive measurements of sugarcane taken at four fields close to Capivari, São Paulo state, Brazil, from October 2014 to October 2015. The objective was to collect data for training and validating optical and radar remote sensing-based sugarcane growth models. The measurements include LAI, stalk thickness, stalk height, leaf length, cane density, plant density, biomass, soil moisture, plant and leaf water content, and photos. Devices used include LAI (Leaf Area Index) LICOR-2000, measurement tape and pole, caliper rule, GPS device, Falcker HidroFarm HFM2010 device, weight scale, drying ovens. The work has been partially carried out within the framework of the joint BE-Basic FAPESP project: 2013/50942-2.@en

Land cover reference data containing original point layer, relocated point layer to the fields and field polygons. Information includes date of acquisition, geolocation, photograph web address, crop type, phenological stage, crop height, additional notes of field. The objective was to collect data for training and validation of optical and radar remote sensing-based land cover monitoring models. The ground reference data was acquired through the freely available mobile app EpiCollect, developed at Imperial College London. The work has been carried out within the framework of the joint BE-Basic FAPESP project: 2013/50943-9@en