Automated in-season rice crop mapping using Sentinel time-series data and Google Earth Engine: A case study in climate-risk prone Bangladesh

cg.contributor.affiliationNorth Carolina State Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationBangladesh Rice Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationBangladesh Agricultural Research Councilen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.initiativeTransforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia
cg.coverage.countryBangladesh
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BD
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierMollie D. Gaines: 0000-0001-9166-8150en
cg.creator.identifierTimothy Joseph Krupnik: 0000-0001-6973-0106en
cg.creator.identifierMustafa Kamal: 0000-0003-0473-5322en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119615en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0301-4797en
cg.issn1095-8630en
cg.journalJournal of Environmental Managementen
cg.placeUnited States of Americaen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health & biodiversity
cg.volume351en
dc.contributor.authorTiwari, Varunen
dc.contributor.authorTulbure, Mirela G.en
dc.contributor.authorCaineta, Júlioen
dc.contributor.authorGaines, Mollie D.en
dc.contributor.authorPerin, Viniciusen
dc.contributor.authorKamal, Mustafaen
dc.contributor.authorKrupnik, Timothy J.en
dc.contributor.authorMd Abdullah Azizen
dc.contributor.authorAFM Tariqul Islamen
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-13T22:23:21Zen
dc.date.available2023-12-13T22:23:21Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/135348
dc.titleAutomated in-season rice crop mapping using Sentinel time-series data and Google Earth Engine: A case study in climate-risk prone Bangladeshen
dcterms.abstractHigh-resolution mapping of rice fields is crucial for understanding and managing rice cultivation in countries like Bangladesh, particularly in the face of climate change. Rice is a vital crop, cultivated in small scale farms that contributes significantly to the economy and food security in Bangladesh. Accurate mapping can facilitate improved rice production, the development of sustainable agricultural management policies, and formulation of strategies for adapting to climatic risks. To address the need for timely and accurate rice mapping, we developed a framework specifically designed for the diverse environmental conditions in Bangladesh. We utilized Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 time-series data to identify transplantation and peak seasons and employed the multi-Otsu automatic thresholding approach to map rice during the peak season (April–May). We also compared the performance of a random forest (RF) classifier with the multi-Otsu approach using two different data combinations: D1, which utilizes data from the transplantation and peak seasons (D1 RF) and D2, which utilizes data from the transplantation to the harvest seasons (D2 RF). Our results demonstrated that the multi-Otsu approach achieved an overall classification accuracy (OCA) ranging from 61.18% to 94.43% across all crop zones. The D2 RF showed the highest mean OCA (92.15%) among the fourteen crop zones, followed by D1 RF (89.47%) and multi-Otsu (85.27%). Although the multi-Otsu approach had relatively lower OCA, it proved effective in accurately mapping rice areas prior to harvest, eliminating the need for training samples that can be challenging to obtain during the growing season. In-season rice area maps generated through this framework are crucial for timely decision-making regarding adaptive management in response to climatic stresses and forecasting area-wide productivity. The scalability of our framework across space and time makes it particularly suitable for addressing field data scarcity challenges in countries like Bangladesh and offers the potential for future operationalization.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2023-12-12en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTiwari, V., Tulbure, M. G., Caineta, J., Gaines, M. D., Perin, V., Kamal, M., Krupnik, T. J., Aziz, M. A., & Islam, A. T. (2024). Automated in-season rice crop mapping using Sentinel time-series data and Google Earth Engine: A case study in climate-risk prone Bangladesh. Journal of Environmental Management, 351, 119615.en
dcterms.issued2024-02-01en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherAcademic Pressen
dcterms.subjectsar (radar)en
dcterms.subjectriceen
dcterms.subjectfloodingen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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