基于SAR与Landsat TM的小区域稻田的识别研究——以南京市江宁区为例

以南京市江宁区为研究区域,根据区域特征、作物物候期和水稻的生长特点,采用分层分类的方法提取稻田分布信息。通过比较多时相SAR数据、TM和多时相SAR融合与TM和单时相SAR融合数据识别水稻的精度和提取的水稻种植面积,分析了不同数据对区域多云雨,不同种植方式、面积小且分布破碎的水稻稻田的识别程度,并根据野外实地走访调查分析了主要影响因素。结果表明:多时相SAR数据、TM和多时相SAR数据的水稻识别精度都高于72%,高于TM和单时相SAR融合数据的结果;前两者提取的水稻种植面积和稻田分布接近,主要影响因素是地物分布、不同种植方式水稻物候期和水稻稻田面积小且分布破碎。     

Mapping paddy rice agriculture in South and Southeast Asia using multi-temporal MODIS images

In this paper, we developed a new geospatial database of paddy rice agriculture for 13 countries in South and Southeast Asia. These countries have ∼ 30% of the world population and ∼ 2/3 of the total rice land area in the world. We used 8-day composite images (500-m spatial resolution) in 2002 from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor onboard the NASA EOS Terra satellite. Paddy rice fields are characterized by an initial period of flooding and transplanting, during which period a mixture of surface water and rice seedlings exists. We applied a paddy rice mapping algorithm that uses a time series of MODIS-derived vegetation indices to identify the initial period of flooding and transplanting in paddy rice fields, based on the increased surface moisture. The resultant MODIS-derived paddy rice map was compared to national agricultural statistical data at national and subnational levels. Area estimates of paddy rice were highly correlated at the national level and positively correlated at the subnational levels, although the agreement at the national level was much stronger. Discrepancies in rice area between the MODIS-derived and statistical datasets in some countries can be largely attributed to: (1) the statistical dataset is a sown area estimate (includes multiple cropping practices); (2) failure of the 500-m resolution MODIS-based algorithm in identifying small patches of paddy rice fields, primarily in areas where topography restricts field sizes; and (3) contamination by cloud. While further testing is needed, these results demonstrate the potential of the MODIS-based algorithm to generate updated datasets of paddy rice agriculture on a timely basis. The resultant geospatial database on the area and spatial distribution of paddy rice is useful for irrigation, food security, and trace gas emission estimates in those countries.     

Rice crop identification and area estimation using remotely-sensed data from Indian cropping patterns

Abstract

This study attempts to give an appraisal of the use of remotely-sensed data for different rice cropping patterns specific to India. Using even 80 m spatial resolution data of LANDSAT MSS in the form of false colour composites (FCCs), the rice crop was identified with an accuracy of 90 to 94 per cent from cropping patterns having more than 50 per cent of cropped area under rice. Cropping patterns having less than 50 percent of cropped area under rice and the rest of the area under multiple crops were identified with an accuracy of 75 percent. From the Indian experiences of higher spatial resolution multispcctral scanner data (3m resolution) and in the present study, it was observed that besides higher spatial resolution, acquisition of data at the critical crop windows (the periods of minimum overlap of greenness of rice with other crops) is necessary to reach 90 per cent accuracy for multiple cropping patterns.     

Classification of rice cropping systems by empirical mode decomposition and linear mixture model for time-series MODIS 250 m NDVI data in the Mekong Delta,Vietnam

Estimating the area of rice planting is vital for production prediction. This study utilizes time-series MODIS NDVI data from 2002 to 2007 to discriminate rice cropping systems in the Mekong Delta (MD), Vietnam. Data are processed using Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) and the Linear Mixture Model (LMM). Various spatial and non-spatial data are also collected for accuracy validation. The results indicate that EMD acts as a well-fitted filter for noise reduction of the time-series NDVI data. The classification results derived from the LMM for 2002 showed an overall classification accuracy of 71.6% and a Kappa coefficient of 0.6. The provincial level area estimates were strongly correlated with the rice statistics. An examination of the change in cropping patterns between 2002 and 2007 showed that 29.0% of the triple irrigated-rice cropping systems had been changed to double irrigated-rice cropping systems and that 12.0% and 9.0% of the double irrigated and rainfed-rice cropping systems, respectively, had been changed to triple rice cropping systems. These changes were verified by visual comparisons with Landsat images.     

不同辐射校正水平下水稻植被指数监测对比分析

归一化植被指数(NDVI)是反映植被长势特征的重要参数之一。获取准确的植被指数对揭示植被长势变化等定量遥感分析至关重要。基于不同辐射校正水平(辐射定标与大气校正),分别利用Landsat ETM+影像的灰度值(DN)、表观(TOA)反射率与地表(Surface)反射率计算相应NDVI,并根据鄱阳湖区野外定点观测数据,从农田、景观尺度揭示不同辐射校正水平下水稻生育期内NDVI动态变化特征。结果表明,根据DN、TOA反射率与Surface反射率提取的NDVI基本上可以反映出年内水稻不同熟制种植信息变化特征,即移栽期NDVI处于谷值,孕穗抽穗期NDVI达到峰值。但相应NDVI逐渐增加,且波动范围逐渐增大。就不同熟制水稻生育期而言,根据DN值计算并构建的NDVI曲线差异较小,而根据TOA反射率与Surface反射率反演的NDVI曲线差异明显。在植被定量遥感研究中,通过大气校正反演地表反射率计算植被指数相对客观准确。     

南方丘陵地区水稻种植面积遥感信息提取的可行性分析*

以浙江省为试验区,在地理信息系统支持下综合利用多种地理信息,探讨丘陵地区大面积提取水稻种植面积信息的可行性。开展了分类识别方法的比较试验及训练样点相对稳定性试验。针对丘陵地区的复杂地形,在数字化地形图的基础上,建立数字地形模型(DTM),并衍生出地面坡度等地貌因子的数字化图像,结合NOAA/AVHRR数据,进行分类。试验结果表明,传统的分类识别方法中,最大似然法的分类精度可满足业务化运行的要求;建立在混合像元分解基础上的模糊监督分类,有较高的分类精度和较好的稳定性,具有较强的适应性;地貌因子参与遥感影像的分类,不仅可以有效地提高丘陵地区水稻种植面积信息的提取精度,而且还可以使面积信息提取精度保持一定的稳定性,提高空间精度;为探讨丘陵地区水稻种植面积信息遥感提取的可靠性和客观性,在训练样点保持相对稳定的前提下,对1996年和1997年浙江省水稻种植面积进行测算,两年的数量精度均在92%以上。     

南方丘陵地区水稻种植面积遥感信息提取的可行性分析

以浙江省为试验区，在地理信息系统支持下综合利用多种地理信息，探讨丘陵地区大面积提取水稻种植面积信息的可行性。开展了分类识别方法的比较试验及训练样点相对稳定性试验。针对丘陵地区的复杂地形，在数字化地形图的基础上，建立数字地形模型（ＤＴＭ），并衍生出地面坡度等地貌因子的数字化图像，结合ＮＯＡＡ／ＡＶＨＲＲ数据，进行分类。试验结果表明，传统的分类识别方法中，最大似然法的分类精度可满足业务化运行的要求；建立在混合像元分解基础上的模糊监督分类，有较高的分类精度和较好的稳定性，具有较强的适应性；地貌因子参与遥感影像的分类，不仅可以有效地提高丘陵地区水稻种植面积信息的提取精度，而且还可以使面积信息提取精度保持一定的稳定性，提高空间精度；为探讨丘陵地区水稻种植面积信息遥感提取的可靠性和客观性，在训练样点保持相对稳定的前提下，对１９９６年和１９９７年浙江省水稻种植面积进行测算，两年的数量精度均在９２％以上。     

Artificial neural networks paddy-field classifier using spatiotemporal remote sensing data

Monitoring changes in a paddy-field area is important since rice is a staple food and paddy agriculture is a major cropping system in Asia. For monitoring changes in land surface, various applications using different satellites have been researched in the field of remote sensing. However, monitoring a paddy-field area with remote sensing is difficult owing to the temporal changes in the land surface, and the differences in the spatiotemporal characteristics in countries and regions. In this article, we used an artificial neural network to classify paddy-field areas using moderate resolution sensor data that includes spatiotemporal information. Our aim is to automatically generate a paddy-field classifier in order to create localized classifiers for each country and region.     

Observation of flooding and rice transplanting of paddy rice fields at the site to landscape scales in China using VEGETATION sensor data

A unique physical feature of paddy rice fields is that rice is grown on flooded soil. During the period of flooding and rice transplanting, there is a large proportion of surface water in a land surface consisting of water, vegetation and soils. The VEGETATION (VGT) sensor has four spectral bands that are equivalent to spectral bands of Landsat TM, and its mid-infrared spectral band is very sensitive to soil moisture and plant canopy water content. In this study we evaluated a VGT-derived normalized difference water index (NDWI VGT =(B3-MIR)/ (B3+MIR)) for describing temporal and spatial dynamics of surface moisture. Twenty-seven 10-day composites (VGT- S10) from 1 March to 30 November 1999 were acquired and analysed for a study area (175 km by 165 km) in eastern Jiangsu Province, China, where a winter wheat and paddy rice double cropping system dominates the landscape. We compared the temporal dynamics and spatial patterns of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI VGT ) and NDWI VGT . The NDWI VGT temporal dynamics were sensitive enough to capture the substantial increases of surface water due to flooding and rice transplanting at paddy rice fields. A land use thematic map for the timing and location of flooding and rice transplanting was generated for the study area. Our results indicate that NDWI and NDVI temporal anomalies may provide a simple and effective tool for detection of flooding and rice transplanting across the landscape.     

Application of neural network swarm optimization for paddy-field classification from remote sensing data

Monitoring changes in paddy areas is important for economic and environmental research, since rice is a staple food in Asia and paddy agriculture is a major cropping system. Recently, remote sensing has been used to observe changes in the areas of paddy. However, monitoring paddy areas by remote sensing is difficult owing to the temporal changes in paddy, and the differences in the spatiotemporal characteristics of paddy agriculture between countries or regions. In our previous research using a multilayered perceptron and spatiotemporal satellite sensor data, the proposed classifier yielded a correct classification rate of 90.8%. In this article, we proposed a cooperative learning method using particle swarm optimization as the global search method and a multilayered perceptron as the local search method in order to improve the classification accuracy for practical use.     

Mapping paddy rice fields by applying machine learning algorithms to multi-temporal Sentinel-1A and Landsat data

Sentinel-1A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data present an opportunity for acquiring crop information without restrictions caused by weather and illumination conditions, at a spatial resolution appropriate for individual rice fields and a temporal resolution sufficient to capture the growth profiles of different crop species. This study investigated the use of multi-temporal Sentinel-1A SAR data and Landsat-derived normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data to map the spatial distribution of paddy rice fields across parts of the Sanjiang plain, in northeast China. The satellite sensor data were acquired throughout the rice crop-growing season (May–October). A co-registered set of 10 dual polarization (VH/VV) SAR and NDVI images depicting crop phenological development were used as inputs to Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Random Forest (RF) machine learning classification algorithms in order to map paddy rice fields. The results showed a significant increase in overall classification when the NDVI time-series data were integrated with the various combinations of multi-temporal polarization channels (i.e. VH, VV, and VH/VV). The highest classification accuracies overall (95.2%) and for paddy rice (96.7%) were generated using the RF algorithm applied to combined multi-temporal VH polarization and NDVI data. The SVM classifier was most effective when applied to the dual polarization (i.e. VH and VV) SAR data alone and this generated overall and paddy rice classification accuracies of 91.6% and 82.5%, respectively. The results demonstrate the practicality of implementing RF or SVM machine learning algorithms to produce 10 m spatial resolution maps of paddy rice fields with limited ground data using a combination of multi-temporal SAR and NDVI data, where available, or SAR data alone. The methodological framework developed in this study is apposite for large-scale implementation across China and other major rice-growing regions of the world.     

基于时差特征与随机森林的水稻种植面积提取

准确提取水稻种植面积是探讨气候变化背景下水稻生产与粮食安全的重要前提。我国南方的水稻种植区域,地块破碎且受云雨天气影响严重,如何充分利用有限时相的数据获得较高精度的水稻面积提取是亟需解决的关键问题。提出了一种利用两个时相的数据,通过构建差值特征突出水稻物候变化的特点,并与随机森林算法结合高精度提取水稻种植面积的方法。将之应用于湖南省常德市鼎城区的水稻种植面积提取,结果表明:采用本方法进行水稻提取的最终总体精度达到93.01%,Kappa系数0.91,与单时相提取结果相比,总体精度提高了近3%。为了进一步分析差值特征对其他分类器的改进效果,分别将差值特征与决策树和随机森林组合,并分析了两种组合提取水稻的精度。研究发现构建的差值特征能够有效反映植物的生长状况,增加地物的可区分性,可为对象的分割及分类提供更多有用的信息,能够有效改善水稻种植面积的提取精度。
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Spatio-temporal distribution of rice phenology and cropping systems in the Mekong Delta with special reference to the seasonal water flow of the Mekong and Bassac rivers

Multi-temporal Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data was used to estimate the spatial distribution of heading date and rice-cropping system employed in the Mekong Delta relative to seasonal changes in water resources in 2002 and 2003. We improved a Wavelet-based Filter for determining Crop Phenology (WFCP) and developed a Wavelet-based Filter for evaluating the spatial distribution of Cropping Systems (WFCS) to the interpretation of MODIS time-series data to determine the spatial distribution of rice phenology and various rice-cropping systems from the seasonal Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) data. The findings correspond well the physical characteristics of the cropping system in the Mekong Delta, which have changed over time in response to localized and seasonal changes in water resources. One such example is the double-irrigated rice-cropping system commonly employed in the upper Mekong Delta in the dry season to avoid damage due to the subsequent floods. The shortage of suitable irrigation water and intrusion of saline water in the coastal regions during the dry season has constrained the practice dry-season cropping and has meant that the double- and single-rainfed rice-cropping systems are employed in the rainy season. A triple-irrigated rice-cropping system is used in the central part of the Mekong Delta which is located midway between the flood-prone and salinity intrusion areas. Analysis of annual changes in the rice cropping systems between 2002 and 2003 showed that the triple-cropped rice expanded to the flood- and salinity-intrusion areas. This expansion indicates that the implementation of measures to limit the extent of flooding and salinity intrusion by improved farming technologies and improvements in land management. The heading dates in the upper Mekong Delta in 2003 were earlier than in 2002 by approximately 20 to 30 days. The reasons for this would be due to decreased flood runoff in 2002 compared to 2001, and implementation of government policies regarding early sowing of dry-season crops. Subsequent analysis of the MODIS data confirmed that the spatial distribution of rice-cropping systems was closely related to seasonal changes in river runoff regime in the Mekong Delta.     

A comparison of multi-spectral, multi-angular, and multi-temporal remote sensing datasets for fractional shrub canopy mapping in Arctic Alaska

Shrub cover appears to be increasing across many areas of the Arctic tundra biome, and increasing shrub cover in the Arctic has the potential to significantly impact global carbon budgets and the global climate system. For most of the Arctic, however, there is no existing baseline inventory of shrub canopy cover, as existing maps of Arctic vegetation provide little information about the density of shrub cover at a moderate spatial resolution across the region. Remotely-sensed fractional shrub canopy maps can provide this necessary baseline inventory of shrub cover. In this study, we compare the accuracy of fractional shrub canopy (> 0.5 m tall) maps derived from multi-spectral, multi-angular, and multi-temporal datasets from Landsat imagery at 30 m spatial resolution, Moderate Resolution Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MODIS) imagery at 250 m and 500 m spatial resolution, and MultiAngle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) imagery at 275 m spatial resolution for a 1067 km² study area in Arctic Alaska. The study area is centered at 69 °N, ranges in elevation from 130 to 770 m, is composed primarily of rolling topography with gentle slopes less than 10°, and is free of glaciers and perennial snow cover. Shrubs > 0.5 m in height cover 2.9% of the study area and are primarily confined to patches associated with specific landscape features. Reference fractional shrub canopy is determined from in situ shrub canopy measurements and a high spatial resolution IKONOS image swath. Regression tree models are constructed to estimate fractional canopy cover at 250 m using different combinations of input data from Landsat, MODIS, and MISR. Results indicate that multi-spectral data provide substantially more accurate estimates of fractional shrub canopy cover than multi-angular or multi-temporal data. Higher spatial resolution datasets also provide more accurate estimates of fractional shrub canopy cover (aggregated to moderate spatial resolutions) than lower spatial resolution datasets, an expected result for a study area where most shrub cover is concentrated in narrow patches associated with rivers, drainages, and slopes. Including the middle infrared bands available from Landsat and MODIS in the regression tree models (in addition to the four standard visible and near-infrared spectral bands) typically results in a slight boost in accuracy. Including the multi-angular red band data available from MISR in the regression tree models, however, typically boosts accuracy more substantially, resulting in moderate resolution fractional shrub canopy estimates approaching the accuracy of estimates derived from the much higher spatial resolution Landsat sensor. Given the poor availability of snow and cloud-free Landsat scenes in many areas of the Arctic and the promising results demonstrated here by the MISR sensor, MISR may be the best choice for large area fractional shrub canopy mapping in the Alaskan Arctic for the period 2000-2009.     

Evaluation of optical satellite remote sensing for rice paddy phenology in monsoon Asia using a continuous in situ dataset

In monsoon Asia, optical satellite remote sensing for rice paddy phenology suffers from atmospheric contaminations mainly due to frequent cloud cover. We evaluated the quality of satellite remote sensing of paddy phenology: (1) through continuous in situ observations of a paddy field in Japan for 1.5 years, we investigated phenological signals in the reflectance spectrum of the paddy field; (2) we tested daily satellite data taken by Terra/Aqua MODIS (MOD09 and L1B products) with regard to the agreement with the in situ data and the influence of cloud contamination. As a result, the in situ spectral characteristics evidently indicated some phenological changes in the rice paddy field, such as irrigation start, padding, heading, harvest and ploughing. The Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) was the best vegetation index in terms of agreement with the in situ data. More than 65% of MODIS observations were contaminated with clouds in this region. However, the combined use of Terra and Aqua decreased the rate of cloud contamination of the daily data to 43%. In conclusion, the most robust dataset for monitoring rice paddy phenology in monsoon Asia would be daily EVI derived from a combination of Terra/MODIS and Aqua/MODIS.     

The relationships between electrical conductivity of soil and reflectance of canopy,grain, and leaf of rice in northeastern Thailand

Soil salinity is a global environmental problem and the most widespread land degradation problem that reduces crop yields and agricultural productivity. The characteristic of soil salinity is conventionally measured by the electric conductivity (EC) of soil while remote-sensing techniques have been extensively applied to detect the presence of salts indirectly through the vegetation using crop spectral reflectance. This study aims primarily to investigate whether salt stress the rice can be detected by field reflectance or not, and second, to search the significant bands of vegetation indices that can indicate the relationships between the EC of soil and field hyperspectral reflectance of canopy, grain, and leaf of rice, using the normalized difference spectral index (NDSI). Field investigations on various paddy fields in northeastern Thailand were carried out in late November 2010 during the ripening season just before harvest in an attempt to realize the applications of the field hyperspectral technique for monitoring the spread of saline soils and estimation of the effects of soil salinity on rice plants. Jasmine rice and glutinous rice were two different rice species selected for this study. Rice plant investigations were conducted by collecting data on crop length, panicle length, canopy openness, leaf area index, and digital photographs of plant conditions from each site. The statistical analysis revealed that the changes in soil EC were significantly sensitive to the ripening stages of both jasmine rice and glutinous rice planted on different levels of soil salinity. Among reflectance measurements, canopy reflectance was highly correlated with soil EC. However, the estimated accuracies of the relationship between soil EC and reflectance of glutinous rice were relatively lower than those of jasmine rice.     

基于GF-1影像的耕地地块破碎区水稻遥感提取

耕地地块破碎区水稻遥感提取是作物监测研究的热点问题之一。以苏州市高新区为例，通过挖掘关键物候期水稻与下垫面水体光谱特征组合差异，基于分蘖期与齐穗期两景16 m分辨率的GF-1 WFV数据，构建归一化差值植被指数（NDVI）差值法、归一化水体指数和比值植被指数（NDWI-RVI）差值法提取水稻分布，并深入探究了水稻面积提取精度及空间重合度影响因素。结果显示：与非监督分类和监督分类方法相比，植被指数差值法水稻识别精度贡献率可提升30%以上，NDVI差值法提取水稻种植面积的精度、空间重合度、制图总体精度和Kappa系数分别为86.2%、66.1%、92.2%和0.72；NDWI-RVI差值法上述指标分别高达95.5%、78.4%、93.5%和0.846，实现了利用少量中高分辨率遥感影像精确提取耕地地块破碎区水稻分布的目的，可实际服务于太湖地区农业生产及相关决策支持。     

基于GF-1影像的耕地地块破碎区水稻遥感提取

耕地地块破碎区水稻遥感提取是作物监测研究的热点问题之一。以苏州市高新区为例,通过挖掘关键物候期水稻与下垫面水体光谱特征组合差异,基于分蘖期与齐穗期两景16 m分辨率的GF-1 WFV数据,构建归一化差值植被指数（NDVI）差值法、归一化水体指数和比值植被指数（NDWI-RVI）差值法提取水稻分布,并深入探究了水稻面积提取精度及空间重合度影响因素。结果显示：与非监督分类和监督分类方法相比,植被指数差值法水稻识别精度贡献率可提升30%以上,NDVI差值法提取水稻种植面积的精度、空间重合度、制图总体精度和Kappa系数分别为86.2%、66.1%、92.2%和0.72;NDWI-RVI差值法上述指标分别高达95.5%、78.4%、93.5%和0.846,实现了利用少量中高分辨率遥感影像精确提取耕地地块破碎区水稻分布的目的,可实际服务于太湖地区农业生产及相关决策支持。     

基于定向天线WSNs的水稻田温湿度监测系统设计

针对水稻田中存在的远距离通信问题,利用定向天线通信距离远、方向性好,抗干扰能力强等优点,设计了一种适合水稻田温湿度监测的无线传感器网络(WSNs)系统。节点以MSP430F149单片机作为主控芯片,并以该节点为硬件平台编写了定向天线分簇路由协议和监控终端软件。利用该系统在水稻3个典型生长期:苗期、拔节期和抽穗期进行实验,节点天线所处高度分别为0.5,1,1.5 m,节点的最大通信距离分别为207.4,235.6,258.2 m。进行了温湿度测试实验,结果表明:该系统能够准确监测水稻田中温湿度的变化,各节点间测得的温湿度显示稳定,能够满足水稻田环境信息监测的应用要求。