Crop growth and yield monitoring over agricultural fields is an essential procedure for food security and agricultural economic return prediction. Remote sensing satellite data can also be used for improving the crop yield estimation through crop cutting experiments and also for developing models for crop yield using historical data, meteorological data, and remotely sensed satellite data. Results of the study show that yieldindex correlations are str onger for satellite data than for thedrone data. For remote sensing to be useful for analyzing crop yield gaps, methods should be accurate at the field scale without need for local ground calibration. Tobacco crop area and yield forecasts are important in stabilizing tobacco prices at the auction floors. Satellite remotely sensed data provide a realtime assessment of the magnitude and variation of crop condition parameters, and this study investigates the use of these parameters as an input to a crop growth model.
Many studies have been carried out on crop acreage estimation for remote sensing assisted crop survey. Predicting crop yields and malnutrition with remote sensing data lillian. Remote sensing forecasting a blend of planted versus harvested yield satellite sees the corn plants but has no inclination if it is indeed harvested for grain, silage, or abandoned early season forecasts are weak but probably better than educated guess trying to ascertain if the peak has indeed been reached early on is. Satellite remote sensing and gis applications in agricultural meteorology pp. This work builds on core support from nerc nceo, esa, the eu framework 2020 multiply programme, and is directly funded by the newton fund, through stfc and nsfc. The basic aim is to measure the performance of the multipleframe surveys for crop yield estimation through srsd and cce data. An innovative intelligent system based on remote sensing and. Estimation of cropped area and grain yield of rice using. Wheat crop production estimation using satellite data. Remote sensing based crop yield monitoring and forecasting. Aug 16, 2017 estimating crop yield from satellite data date.
An alternative to using administrative data or conducting surveys is the application of satellite remote sensing techniques, which. Satellite remote sensing, crops monitoring, area, yield modeling. One objective of this study is to demonstrate a framework for scalingup crop yield simulations using remote sensing data. The national agricultural statistical service nass of the u. The study, the shared and unique values of optical, fluorescence, thermal and microwave satellite data for estimating largescale crop yields, is published in remote sensing of environment. The yield estimates from remotely sensed imageries provide a primary data. A summary of estimation using satellite remote sensingbased vegetation index is shown in figure 2.
Ndvi, remote sensing, field level, yield estimation. Singha,b, menas kafatosb adepartment of civil engineering, indian institute of technology, kanpur 208016, india. The mars team became much more expert with the action 4 activity b rapid crop area change estimates with remote sensing the big mistake. Improving sitespecific maize yield estimation by integrating. Evi2 at more detailed scale while using various remote sensing methods. Finally, some conclusions and recommendations for future work are presented. With the development of remote sensing techniqu es, many studies have been conducted on lai inversion based on remote sensing data.
Estimating crop yield from multitemporal satellite data. At regional scales 310km pixel resolution, the esi has demonstrated the capacity to capture developing crop stress and impacts on regional yield variability in waterlimited agricultural regions. A summary of estimation using satellite remote sensing based vegetation index is shown in figure 2. Currently, the climate and satellite data are available within weeks of acquisition and can provide data for. Samples of farm operators are selected from the march crops stocks survey small grains and the june crops stocks survey late season crops and tobacco. A study was conducted for identification and acreage estimation of sugarcane crop in kcp sugar factory zones of vuyyuru and lakshmipuram using satellite remote sensing data during cane seasons of 1997 to 2000. Integrating remote sensing data into crop models offers opportunities for improved crop yield estimation. Crop yield estimation by integration of remote sensing and meteorological data miao zhang, bingfang wu, hongwei zeng, qiang xing institute of remote sensing. The agricultural yield survey is conducted in all states except alaska and hawaii. Mapscaperice is the interface from satellite based observation data into sar products such as rice area estimates, start of season sos, phenological field. The advances in remote sensing have enhanced the process of monitoring the development of agricultural crops.
However, most of these studies may be only focused on the single species lai estimation, such as wheat 32,33,42,43, maize 44,45, and sugar beet 26,46. Crop yield estimation model for iowa using remote sensing and surface parameters anup k. Pdf two methods for estimating the yield of different crops in hungary from satellite remote sensing data are presented. To produce the estimates of crops acreage for a target population, there are usually three approaches could be adopted f. Specifically, to identify a key crop biophysical parameter closely related with final yield that can be estimated at an optimum development stage using modis data. Remote sensing, crop yield estimation and agricultural. Pakistan started developing crop area estimation procedures and crop yield. Testing remote sensing approaches for assessing yield. While crop cut estimates of crop yield are widely used to calibrate satellite yield estimation models, these data are time and cost intensive to collect. Methodology for estimation of crop area and crop yield under. Vi to crop yield have been replaced by approaches that involve retrieved biophysical quantities from rs data. Results of the study show that yield index correlations are str onger for satellite data than for thedrone data.
Comparisons show that remote sensing data can provide accurate estimation and can be used for yield forecasting or supplement traditional ways of yield estimation. Estimating crop yield from satellite data sciencedaily. Remote sensing provides a tool for rapid estimation of cover crop biomass production on working farms throughout the landscape. Dynamic monitoring and yield estimation of crops by mainly.
An alternate methodology exploiting the information on crop area and crop condition, derived from satellite remote sensing data on near realtime basis, for improving the ground sampling design has been proposed in this paper. The basic concept of this work was to develop a yield estimation method that is based in operational. Here, we explain and illustrate the ideas behind our crop yield estimation system. Using satellite remote sensing to estimate winter cover crop.
Linear imaging self scanner lissiii data from the indian remote sensing irs1d satellite. Production estimation cape under the remote sensing. Pdf crop yield estimation by satellite remote sensing. Sep 09, 2016 crop growth and yield monitoring over agricultural fields is an essential procedure for food security and agricultural economic return prediction. Use of remote sensing to estimate biological crop yield is being explored in many countries and likely will become the basis of agricultural statistics in the future zhao et al. Remote sensing forecasting a blend of planted versus harvested yield satellite sees the corn plants but has no inclination if it is indeed harvested for grain, silage, or abandoned early season forecasts are weak but probably better than educated guess trying to. The yield estimation and forecastingsee a later publication project to be discussed uses satellite remote sensing data and second type direct yield models. Methodology remote sensing based rice yield estimation system involves two key modules.
This project combined costshare program enrollment data with satellite imagery and onfarm sampling to evaluate cover crop n uptake on 6 fields within the choptank river watershed, on marylands eastern shore. Additionally, timeseries spectral data from remote sensing devices are also used to develop models to characterize temporal change in crop growth, such as leaf area index, which have been found to be promising for crop yield estimation 15. Satellite remote sensing and gis based crops forecasting. Remote sensing can provide timely information on crop spectral characteristics which can be used to.
Aug 17, 2017 the study, the shared and unique values of optical, fluorescence, thermal and microwave satellite data for estimating largescale crop yields, is published in remote sensing of environment. Estimation of multispecies leaf area index based on. Improved ground sampling and crop yield estimation using. Crop yield estimation by satellite remote sensing article pdf available in international journal of remote sensing 2520. A multipleframe approach of crop yield estimation from. Estimating maize grain yield from crop biophysical parameters. The work was initiated and designed by kaiyu guan from u of i and david lobell from stanford university. In addition, the system includes the development of new mathematical model to compensate for the absence of satellite data due to climatic factors and low temporal resolution. The new crop yield estimation system deploys models, techniques, and remote sensing data that are based on using landsat 7 and 8 satellite images. Combining crop models and remote sensing for yield prediction.
Three images taken on different days were visually and digitally. Methodology remotesensing based rice yield estimation system involves two key modules. The landsat images and weather data are the two major inputs parameters in the vegetation index method. Crop yield estimation in 2014 for vojvodina using methods of. Methods for estimating crop area, yield and production under mixed, repeated and continuous cropping, proposing an appropriate methodology for the estimation of crop area and crop yield under mixed and continuous cropping. The satellite data was analyzed using supervised classification techniques for acreage estimation and normalized difference vegetation index ndvi was employed for condition assessment. This workshop was organized to exchange knowledge on crop models and remote sensing for yield prediction, especially for heterogeneous, smallholder environments. Estimation of crop evapotranspiration using satellite remote. Crops yield estimation model crop area and yield estimation models have been studied for a. Pakistan started developing crop area estimation procedures and crop yield models, based on the application of satellite remote sensing, gis technology, agronomy, agrometeorology, statistics and other allied disciplines. Two methods for estimating the yield of different crops in hungary from satellite remote sensing data are presented.
The steps of preprocessing the remote sensing data for geometric, radiometric. Crops yield estimation through remote sensing victor m. Small area estimation for crop acreage in remote sensing. The next section briefly summarizes the capabilities and limitations of remote sensing for measuring crop yields. Improved ground sampling and crop yield estimation using satellite data. Prediction of potato crop yield using precision agriculture. The purpose is to identify the advantages and complexity of. Three images taken on different days were visually and digitally analysed for the estimation of rice cultivated area. Crop yield estimation by satellite remote sensing cs.
Remote sensing applications in tobacco yield estimation and. Crop yield estimation model for iowa using remote sensing and. Apr 11, 2017 crop yield estimation from satellite for tropical agriculture. Cook, and alan stern abstract monitoring crop condition and production estimates at the state and county level is of great interest to the u. Using satellite data to estimate crop yield morning ag clips. Methodology for estimation of crop area and crop yield under mixed and continuous cropping technical report series go212017 march 2017. These methods are costly, time consuming, and are prone to large errors. Timely and reliable crop yield prediction is an essential component of crop production forcasting system. The satellite data was analyzed using supervised classification techniques for acreage estimation and normalized difference vegetation index ndvi was employed for condition. Wheat crop identification and discrimination using indian remote sensing irs id liss iii satellite data was carried out by supervised maximum likelihood classification. Crop yield estimation using remote sensing is based on the principle of spectral reflectance of green plants, which can be captured in satellite images as. Tobacco yield estimation in zimbabwe is currently based on statistical surveys and groundbased field reports. This may lead to the development of an efficient integrated system for crop statistics like crop. In particular, in the domain estimation approach proposed, various.
Crop yield estimation by integration of remote sensing and. Crop yield estimation model for iowa using remote sensing. Toward precision in crop yield estimation using remote sensing. Crop yield estimation from satellite for tropical agriculture.
In this research, the crop model epic erosion productivity impact calculator was adapted for simulations at regional scales. We mainly focus on estimating the crop yield per area in this paper. In this study, we examine the ability of selfreported yield estimates, which are much faster and easier to collect at large scales, to train satellite yield estimation models. The following two sections discuss examples and potential uses of remote sensing for the two main goals of crop yield analysis. Specifically, to identify a key crop biophysical parameter closely related with final yield that can be estimated at an. Remote sensing rs by satellites offers several options for reducing crop forecasting errors, particularly. Crop production estimation and forecasts have two components. Conventionally, crops area estimation system traditionally is based on village. Methodology for estimation of crop area and crop yield. Hence there is a need to improve the sampling design to achieve more accurate estimates. Estimating maize grain yield from crop biophysical. Pdf crop yield assessment from remote sensing semantic. Studies for estimating cultivated area and yield of rice using remote sensing data acquired from the landsat thematic mapper tm system with six bands 1, 2, 3,4, 5,7 were conducted.