Two years of in situ measurements of biophysical variables of mountain meadows in northeastern Italy

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 grassland productivity, climate response, and land use impacts 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) Users of the data are requested to cite this data descriptor, where details on methods and data are reported: ADD REF