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- Title
Impact of High-Cadence Earth Observation in Maize Crop Phenology Classification.
- Authors
Nieto, Luciana; Houborg, Rasmus; Zajdband, Ariel; Jumpasut, Arin; Prasad, P. V. Vara; Olson, Brad J. S. C.; Ciampitti, Ignacio A.
- Abstract
For farmers, policymakers, and government agencies, it is critical to accurately define agricultural crop phenology and its spatial-temporal variability. At the moment, two approaches are utilized to report crop phenology. On one hand, land surface phenology provides information about the overall trend, whereas weekly reports from USDA-NASS provide information about the development of particular crops at the regional level. High-cadence earth observations might help to improve the accuracy of these estimations and bring more precise crop phenology classifications closer to what farmers demand. The second component of the proposed solution requires the use of robust classifiers (e.g., random forest, RF) capable of successfully managing large data sets. To evaluate this solution, this study compared the output of a RF classifier model using weather, two different satellite sources (Planet Fusion; PF and Sentinel-2; S-2), and ground truth data to improve maize (Zea mays L.) crop phenology classification using two regions of Kansas (Southwest and Central) as a testbed during the 2017 growing season. Our findings suggests that high temporal resolution (PF) data can significantly improve crop classification metrics (f1-score = 0.94) relative to S-2 (f1-score = 0.86). Additionally, a decline in the f1-score between 0.74 and 0.60 was obtained when we assessed the ability of S-2 to extend the temporal forecast for crop phenology. This research highlights the critical nature of very high temporal resolution (daily) earth observation data for crop monitoring and decision making in agriculture.
- Subjects
KANSAS; PHENOLOGY; PLANT phenology; BIG data; RANDOM forest algorithms; CROPS; AGRICULTURAL forecasts; CORN
- Publication
Remote Sensing, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 3, p469
- ISSN
2072-4292
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/rs14030469