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Operational Crop Monitoring Using Operational Crop Monitoring Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
C PATNAIKSpace Applications Centre
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SAR SYSTEMSSAR SYSTEMS
• Frequent cloud cover during monsoon and sometimes in winter is a hindrance for using data from optical remote sensing
• SAR, due to its self illuminating beam, has all weather and day/night acquisition capability
• Current space borne SAR systems are available in 3 frequencies: C, L and X
• For agricultural crop monitoring C band SAR is found to be most suitable
• A variety of beam modes are available from these sensors based on the look angles
• Operational C band SAR systems currently available are Envisat ASAR and Radarsat
• Envisat ASAR has low swath coverage with an image size of not more than 8500 km2
• Radarsat ScanSAR beam has coverage of 90000 km2 with Pixel spacing of 25 m
• For jute crop, due to small field sizes, Wide 2 beam is chosen. Image size is 22500 km2 and pixel spacing is 12.5 m
• Multi temporal SAR data is acquired to monitor the crop growth and use it for classification
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CROP DISCRIMINATION USING SARCROP DISCRIMINATION USING SAR
• The backscatter response is a function of the crop roughness, moisture and geometry
• Different crops have different backscattering properties based on their canopy structure and moisture content
• In the case of rice crop, the background standing water has a significant contribution to the backscatter till the PI stage
• In the case of crops where there is no background standing water, the backscatter is influenced by row orientation, density, canopy & soil moisture and roughness
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FASAL – SAR COMPONENTFASAL – SAR COMPONENT
RICE JUTE
Number of states covered 13 (K) + 4 (R) 03
Remote Sensing Sensor Radarsat SAR
Mode of pass Descending
Beam Position ScanSAR Narrow B Wide 2
Frequency (GHz) of C band 5.3
Polarisation HH
Swath (km) 300 150
Pixel Spacing (m) 25 12.5
Incidence angle 31-46º 31-38º
Number of repeat passes (acquisitions) 03 (4) 03
Parameter measured Return Signal (backscatter)
Seasons Kharif and Rabi Pre kharif
Forecasts Early Sept, Oct; Dec Mid July
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FASAL - RICEFASAL - RICE
Wet Season (Kharif)Total Coverage: 13 states accounting for>93 % rice production and>88 % acreage
36 Radarsat ScanSAR Narrow B frames acquired on three dates. (108 scenes)
(1999 )
Winter Rice (Rabi)Total Coverage: 04 states accounting for>86 % rice production and>82 % acreage
15 Radarsat ScanSAR Narrow B frames acquired on three dates. (45 scenes)
(2007 )
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PARTICIPATING AGENCIESPARTICIPATING AGENCIES
Scientists from the following centres / agencies participate in the project:
1. Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad2. National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad3. Remote Sensing Applications Centre (RS AC-UP), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh4. State Remote Sensing Applications Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh5. Institute of Environmental Studies and Wetland Management (IES&WM),
Kolkata, West Bengal6. Orissa Space Applications Centre (ORSAC), Bhubaneswar, Orissa7. Bihar Remote Sensing Applications Centre (BIRSAC), Patna, Bihar8. State Remote Sensing Applications Centre (JRSAC), Jharkhand9. Assam Remote Sensing Applications Centre (ARSAC), Guwhati, Assam10.AP State Remote Sensing Applications Centre (APSRAC), Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh11.Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC), Ludhiana, Punjab12.Department of Agriculture, Chennai, Tamil Nadu13.Remote Sensing Applications Centre, Raipur, Chhattisgarh14.Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre, Bangalore, Karnataka15.Haryana Remote Sensing Applications Centre (HARSAC), Hissar, Haryana
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DATA ANALYSISDATA ANALYSIS
DATA &EPHEMERIS DOWNLOAD
SPECKLE SUPPRESSIONSLANT – GROUND RANGE CONV.
DATA TRUNCATION
MULTI LAYER IMAGE STACK
GEOREFHEADER GCPs
ANALYSIS
Generation of Decision Rules & Classification
Accuracy Checking
Signature Generation
Validation and Forecast
Transfer of sample segments
Transfer of GT sites andAncillary Information
to image
Aggregation
8SECOND FORECAST
OPTIMAL DATA SETOPTIMAL DATA SET
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Data is acquired based on the region’s crop calendar. Normally three dates are acquired; however, in some critical cases a fourth date is acquired.
FIRST FORECAST 45 Days after transplanting. Accounts for more than 75% season’s rice
30 days before harvesting
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MULTI TEMPORAL SAR DATAMULTI TEMPORAL SAR DATA
July 05, 2010 July 29, 2010 August 22, 2010
Normal Transplanted Rice Late Transplanted Rice Very late transplanted rice
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RICE IN MULTI TEMPORAL SAR DATARICE IN MULTI TEMPORAL SAR DATA
Two date Composite Three date Composite
(July 05, July 29, 2010) (July 05, 29 and Aug. 22, 2010)
On two date composite, early transplanted rice would show as cyan and due to land preparation late transplanted rice would show red tones
On three date composite, early rice is in blue tones and late transplanted rice is in magenta tones. Yellow tones are very late transplanted rice areas
Plantations
Urban
Water body
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-24 0 24 48 72 96 120 144 168
DAYS (JULY 1 = 1)
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Rice
Water
Urban
Homestead
Cotton
Maize
Sunflower
TransplantationPre-transplantation Tillering Vegetative MaturityHeading Peak-vegetative
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CROP DISCRIMINATION WITH TEMPORAL SAR CROP DISCRIMINATION WITH TEMPORAL SAR
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CLASSIFICATION CLASSIFICATION
1. Mask out the non-agriculture area
2. Within the agriculture area:
i. Delineate the crop phenology based on ground information
ii. Take multiple areas where soil conditions are similar – this would help in correlating backscatter with canopy.
iii. Conversely, with crop condition being similar, study the effect of soil conditions on backscatter
iv. Generate crop profiles based on the backscatter to help in the discrimination
v. Generate a knowledge base
vi. Create the decision rules (hierarchical)
vii. Classify the image and do accuracy check
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SAMPLE SEGMENT APPROACHSAMPLE SEGMENT APPROACH
District/Zone wise classification based on ground truth is done to accommodate different management practices. For each run, image under the segments of a zone is classified.
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ACREAGE ESTIMATIONACREAGE ESTIMATION
After classification and accuracy check:
• Crop proportion per segment is calculated
• Proportion is multiplied by N to get the crop area for the stratum
• Correct for the pseudo stratum area based on the factor derived from geographical
area to N segments area.
• Aggregate the stratum wise figures to obtain state level area.
• Project to National rice area
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YIELD MODELINGYIELD MODELING
Yield for the season is modeled based on the following information.
Daily weather data
Station latitude
Rain fall, Tmax, Tmin and solar radiation
GDDs to reach emergence
GDDs from emergence to flowering
Historical yield database of the region for the past 15-20 years is considered.
Production estimates are made and released along with acreage forecasts.
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PROGRESS OF RICE TRANSPLANTATIONPROGRESS OF RICE TRANSPLANTATION
Part of W. Bengal Part of Orissa
15th to 30th June; 1st to 8th July; 9th to 16th July; 17th to 23rd July; 24 th to 31st July;1st to 15th August.
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BIOMASS RETRIEVALBIOMASS RETRIEVAL
RadarsatJul 23Aug 16Sep 09
0
2
4
6
8
10Kg/m2
Sep 09
Rice Biomass Map of the area3-Date FCC of the area
y = 0.3536x2 - 0.3796x - 15.612
R2 = 0.8632
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0 2 4 6 8Wet Bio-mass (kg.m 2̂)
Bac
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DAMAGE ASSESSMENTDAMAGE ASSESSMENT
Flood Affected Rice Area Assessment
Super cyclone of Orissa, Oct 29, 1999
Crop at soft dough stage.
Crop lodging and submergence were the main causes of damage.
Assessment made by Nov.06.
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DAMAGE ASSESSMENTDAMAGE ASSESSMENT
2008 Normal Year
2009 Drought year
2009: Jul 08, Aug 01, Aug 25
Yellow : Rice
2008:
Jul 13, Aug 06, Aug 30
SAR Data FCC Classified
Drought Affected Rice Area
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MONITORING OF RICE CULTURAL TYPE
Legend
Permanent vegetation
Deep water rice
Intermediate water rice
Shallow water rice
Urban
Water
Multi-date FCC ScanSAR image Rice Cultural Types (Derived from remote sensing)
WEST BENGALSIKKIM
BHUTAN
AS
SAM
BANGLADESH
BIHAR
ORISSA
BAY OF BENGAL
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FASAL - JUTEFASAL - JUTE
• Area under jute: 7.71 lakh ha in 2008-09.
• Assam, Bihar, West Bengal and Orissa are the major jute growing states in the country, which account for about 98 % of jute area.
• The following table shows the state contribution to national jute area.
State Per Cent Contribution
Major jute growing districts
West Bengal 78 Nadia, Murshidabad, Uttar & Dakshin Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Hugli, N-24 Parganas, Bardhaman, Malda
Bihar 10 Purnea, Katihar, Kishanganj, Supaul, Madhepura, Araria (Source: NIC)
Assam 09 Dhubri, K.Anglong, Sonitpur, Dibrugarh, Kamrup, Darrang, Nagaon, Barpeta, Goalpara, Marigaon
Orissa <1 Balasore, Cuttack, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Kendrapara
Source:Agricultural Situation in India
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ROAD MAPROAD MAP
• About 85% of world’s jute cultivation is concentrated in Ganges delta.
• Sown by mid April and harvested by mid July. No row spacing.
• Crop identification was possible using 3 date SAR data.
• Other vegetation class found was mostly homesteads, forest and occasional
patches of vegetables (<1 ha).
• Signature generation of various land cover was carried out.
• Signature analysis showed that the crop signature in SAR stands apart from other
land cover.
• Since 2008, state and national level pre-harvest estimates were made.
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• Radarsat Wide beam 2 data of three dates is used.
• 11 frames x 3 dates = 33 scenes
• GT using GPS comprises of land cover, crop and soil parameters.
• Based on signatures of different features, decision rules are developed for
jute crop discrimination.
• Average accuracy around 92 %. Overall accuracy around 91 %.
• Three major Jute growing states of Assam, Bihar and West Bengal are taken up.
• State and national level pre-harvest estimates are made.
• Final forecast of jute is given by mid July.
METHODOLOGYMETHODOLOGY
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JUTE SIGNATURESJUTE SIGNATURES
-27
-24
-21
-18
-15
-12
-9
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0 1 2 3 4Data Acquisition Number
bac
ksca
tter
(d
B)
jute
fallow
river
urban
other veg
FCC and classified image of 3-date Radarsat Wide 2 SAR data (May 3, May 27 and June 20, 2008) showing Jute growing areas ((YellowYellow))
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CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION
• Lack of cloud free data during the rice season necessitated the development of methodology to adopt SAR data for crop monitoring
• Operational crop acreage estimation currently being done for rice and jute crop using multi temporal SAR data
• Acquisition plan has been taken care of depending on each state’s crop calendar
• Stable signature banks have been developed for these crops
• Databases are regularly updated for the program
• Yield estimations done using in-season weather data
•Three forecasts are given pre-harvest for rice and two preharvest forecasts for Jute
• Our estimates match well with the DES figures released post harvest.
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