scholarly journals EXPLORING CAPABILITIES OF SENTINEL-2 FOR VEGETATION MAPPING USING RANDOM FOREST

Author(s):  
R. Saini ◽  
S. K. Ghosh

Accurate vegetation mapping is essential for monitoring crop and sustainable agricultural practice. This study aims to explore the capabilities of Sentinel-2 data over Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) data for vegetation mapping. Two combination of Sentinel-2 dataset have been considered, first combination is 4-band dataset at 10m resolution which consists of NIR, R, G and B bands, while second combination is generated by stacking 4 bands having 10 m resolution along with other six sharpened bands using Gram-Schmidt algorithm. For Landsat-8 OLI dataset, six multispectral bands have been pan-sharpened to have a spatial resolution of 15 m using Gram-Schmidt algorithm. Random Forest (RF) and Maximum Likelihood classifier (MLC) have been selected for classification of images. It is found that, overall accuracy achieved by RF for 4-band, 10-band dataset of Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 OLI are 88.38 %, 90.05 % and 86.68 % respectively. While, MLC give an overall accuracy of 85.12 %, 87.14 % and 83.56 % for 4-band, 10-band Sentinel and Landsat-8 OLI respectively. Results shown that 10-band Sentinel-2 dataset gives highest accuracy and shows a rise of 3.37 % for RF and 3.58 % for MLC compared to Landsat-8 OLI. However, all the classes show significant improvement in accuracy but a major rise in accuracy is observed for Sugarcane, Wheat and Fodder for Sentinel 10-band imagery. This study substantiates the fact that Sentinel-2 data can be utilized for mapping of vegetation with a good degree of accuracy when compared to Landsat-8 OLI specifically when objective is to map a sub class of vegetation.

Author(s):  
H. Sahu ◽  
D. Haldar ◽  
A. Danodia ◽  
S. Kumar

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> A study was conducted in Saharanpur District of Uttar Pradesh to asses the potential of Sentinel-1A SAR Data in orchard crop classification. The objective of the study was to evaluate three different classifiers that are maximum likelihood classifier, decision tree algorithm and random forest algorithm in Sentinel-1A SAR Data. An attempt is made to study Sentinel-1A SAR Data to classify orchard crop using this approach. Here the rule-based classifiers such as decision tree algorithm and random forest algorithm are compared with conventional maximum likelihood classifier. Statistical analysis of the classification show that the distribution of the crop, forest orchard, settlement and waterbody was 17.47<span class="thinspace"></span>%, 0.47<span class="thinspace"></span>%, 28.3<span class="thinspace"></span>%, 28.3<span class="thinspace"></span>% and 25.5<span class="thinspace"></span>% respectively in all the classification algorithm but root mean square error for maximum likelihood classifier (1.278) is more than decision tree algorithm (1.196) and random forest algorithm (1.193). Out of three, a percentage correct prediction is highest in case of decision tree algorithm (73.4) than random forest algorithm (72.5) and least for maximum likelihood classifier (66.8) in December 2017. The accuracy for orchard class is 0.81 for maximum likelihood classifier, 0.80 for decision tree algorithm and 0.78 for random forest algorithm. Thus Sentinel-1A SAR Data was effectively utilized for the classification of orchard crops.</p>


Agronomy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 846
Author(s):  
Mbulisi Sibanda ◽  
Onisimo Mutanga ◽  
Timothy Dube ◽  
John Odindi ◽  
Paramu L. Mafongoya

Considering the high maize yield loses caused by incidences of disease, as well as incomprehensive monitoring initiatives in crop farming, there is a need for spatially explicit, cost-effective, and consistent approaches for monitoring, as well as for forecasting, food-crop diseases, such as maize Gray Leaf Spot. Such approaches are valuable in reducing the associated economic losses while fostering food security. In this study, we sought to investigate the utility of the forthcoming HyspIRI sensor in detecting disease progression of Maize Gray Leaf Spot infestation in relation to the Sentinel-2 MSI and Landsat 8 OLI spectral configurations simulated using proximally sensed data. Healthy, intermediate, and severe categories of maize crop infections by the Gray Leaf Spot disease were discriminated based on partial least squares–discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) algorithm. Comparatively, the results show that the HyspIRI’s simulated spectral settings slightly performed better than those of Sentinel-2 MSI, VENµS, and Landsat 8 OLI sensor. HyspIRI exhibited an overall accuracy of 0.98 compared to 0.95, 0.93, and 0.89, which were exhibited by Sentinel-2 MSI, VENµS, and Landsat 8 OLI sensor sensors, respectively. Furthermore, the results showed that the visible section, red-edge, and NIR covered by all the four sensors were the most influential spectral regions for discriminating different Maize Gray Leaf Spot infections. These findings underscore the potential value of the upcoming hyperspectral HyspIRI sensor in precision agriculture and forecasting of crop-disease epidemics, which are necessary to ensure food security.


2021 ◽  
pp. 513
Author(s):  
Mohammad Slamet Sigit Prakoso ◽  
Rizki Dwi Safitri

Ruang Terbuka Hijau (RTH) adalah suatu tempat yang luas dan terbuka yang dimaksudkan untuk penghijauan suatu kota, di mana di dalamnya ditumbuhi pepohonan. Dalam analisis ruang terbuka hijau dapat menggunakan beberapa metode, di antaranya yaitu metode Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) dan metode Maximum Likelihood Classification. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui perbedaan hasil dari analisis metode NDVI dan Maximum Likelihood Classification yang digunakan untuk mengetahui ruang terbuka hijau di Kota Pekalongan. Metode yang digunakan pada penelitian ini yaitu dengan menggunakan metode NDVI dan metode Maximum Likelihood Classification. Data yang digunakan yaitu Citra Landsat 8 OLI. Pengolahan data menggunakan software Arcgis 10.3. Hasil dari pengolahan berupa peta ruang terbuka hijau dari masing - masing metode. Secara kuantitatif dari hasil perhitungan luas metode NDVI, luas permukiman sebesar 3.016,53 ha, persawahan 609,39 ha, hutan kota 573,3 ha, dan badan air seluas 482,04 ha. Sedangkan untuk metode Maximum Likelihood Classification didapatkan hasil luas permukiman 2.278,26 ha, persawahan 1.141,83 ha, hutan kota 738,18 ha, dan badan air seluas 522,99 ha. Berdasarkan luasan RTH terhadap luas Kota Pekalongan, pada metode NDVI sebesar 25,2%, sedangkan untuk metode Maximum Likelihood Classification sebesar 40,1%. Dari hasil analisis diperoleh perbedaan luasan yang cukup signifikan yaitu pada luasan persawahan dan permukiman. Perbedaan hasil analisis terjadi akibat perbedaan klasifikasi warna citra pada saat pengolahan data.


Author(s):  
M. Sibanda ◽  
O. Mutanga ◽  
T. Dube ◽  
J. Odindi ◽  
P. L. Mafongoya

Abstract. Considering the high maize yield loses that are caused by diseases incidences as well as incomprehensive monitoring initiatives in the crop farming sector of agriculture, there is a need to come up with spatially explicit, cheap, fast and consistent approaches for monitoring as well as forecasting food crop diseases, such as maize gray leaf spot. This study, therefore, we sought to investigate the usability, strength and practicality of the forthcoming HyspIRI in detecting disease progression of Maize Gray leafy spot infections in relation to the Sentinel-2 MSI, Landsat 8 OLI spectral configurations. Maize Gray leafy spot disease progression that were discriminated based on partial least squares –discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) algorithm were (i) healthy, (ii) intermediate and (ii) severely infected maize crops. Comparatively, the results show that the HyspIRI’s simulated spectral settings slightly performed better than those of Sentinel-2 MSI, VENμS and Landsat 8 OLI sensor. HyspIRI exhibited an overall accuracy of 0.98 compared to 0.95, 0.93 and 0.89 exhibited by Sentinel-2 MSI, VENμS and Landsat 8 OLI sensor sensors, respectively. Further, the results showed that the visible section the red-edge and NIR covered by all the four sensors were the most influential spectral regions for discriminating different Maize Gray leafy spot infections. These findings underscore the added value and potential scientific breakthroughs likely to be brought about by the upcoming hyperspectral HyspIRI sensor in precision agriculture and forecasting of crop disease epidemics to ensure food security.


2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 702-725
Author(s):  
Nayara Vasconcelos Estrabis ◽  
José Marcato Junior ◽  
Hemerson Pistori

O Cerrado é um dos biomas existentes no Brasil e o segundo mais extenso da América do Sul. Possui grande importância devido a sua biodiversidade, ecossistema e principalmente por servir como um reservatório, ou “esponja”, que distribui água para os demais biomas, além de ser berço de nascentes de algumas das maiores bacias da América do Sul. No entanto, devido às atividades antrópicas praticadas (com destaque para a pecuária e silvicultura) e a redução da vegetação nativa, este bioma está ameaçado. Considerado como hotspot em biodiversidade, o Cerrado pode não existir em 2050. Com a necessidade de sua preservação, o objetivo desse trabalho consistiu em investigar o uso de algoritmos de aprendizado de máquina para realizar o mapeamento da vegetação nativa existente na região do município de Três Lagoas, utilizando a plataforma em nuvem Google Earth Engine. O processo foi realizado com uma imagem Landsat-8 OLI, datada de 10 de outubro de 2018, e com os algoritmos Random Forest (RF) e Support Vector Machine (SVM). Na validação da classificação, o RF e o SVM apresentaram índices kappa iguais a 0,94 e 0,97, respectivamente. O RF, quando comparado ao SVM, apresentou classificação mais ruidosa. Por fim, verificou-se a existência de vegetação nativa de aproximadamente 2556 km² ao adotar o RF e 2873 km² ao adotar SVM.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. e0232962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Ngadze ◽  
Kudzai Shaun Mpakairi ◽  
Blessing Kavhu ◽  
Henry Ndaimani ◽  
Monalisa Shingirayi Maremba

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