Tracking crop phenological development using multi-temporal polarimetric Radarsat-2 data

Canisius, Francis; Shang, Jiali; Liu, Jiangui; Huang, Xiaodong; Ma, Baoluo; Jiaoa, Xianfeng; Geng, Xiaoyuan; Kovacs, John M.; Walters, Dan

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Tracking crop phenological development using multi-temporal polarimetric Radarsat-2 data

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dc.contributor.author: Canisius, Francis; Shang, Jiali; Liu, Jiangui; Huang, Xiaodong; Ma, Baoluo; Jiaoa, Xianfeng; Geng, Xiaoyuan; Kovacs, John M.; Walters, Dan
dc.date.accessioned: 2023-04-13T18:17:58Z
dc.date.available: 2023-04-13T18:17:58Z
dc.date.issued: 2018-06-01
dc.description.abstract - en: Information on crop phenological development stages such as emergence, flowering, fruiting, maturing and senescence is essential for crop production surveillance and yield prediction. It has long been related to optical spectral signatures such as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) or spectral shifts in the red-edge range. In recent years, more efforts have been made to explore the sensitivity of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), particularly polarimetric SAR signatures, to crop biophysical parameters or phenological stages. In this study, phenological metrics of canola (Brassica napus) and spring wheat (Triticum spp.) are related with temporal evolution of polarimetric SAR parameters derived from the C-band RADARSAT-2 full polarimetric SAR data. Both crops are very common in north eastern Ontario, Canada, but have very anatomically different development processes. From multi-temporal RADARSAT-2 data acquired in three consecutive years (2012–2014), significant correlations were observed between a number of SAR polarimetric parameters and the growth parameters of both crops. Strong correlation was observed between plant height and the Alpha angle of the Cloude-Pottier decomposition, with the R2 of 0.91 and 0.66 for canola and wheat, respectively. The R2 increased when the polarimetric parameters were smoothed in the time domain (R2 of 0.98 for canola and 0.88 for wheat). Strong correlation was also observed for the two crops between the effective leaf area index (LAIe) and the Beta angle, and between days-after-seeding (DAS) and a combination of the Alpha and the Beta angles. These findings show that multi-temporal C-band polarimetric SAR parameters could be used for tracking crop phenological development stages.
dc.identifier.citation: Canisius, F., Shang, J., Liu, J., Huang, X., Ma, B., Jiao, X., Geng, X., Kovacs, J. M., &; Walters, D. (2018). Tracking crop phenological development using multi-temporal polarimetric RADARSAT-2 data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 210, 508–518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.07.031
dc.identifier.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.07.031
dc.identifier.issn: 1879-0704
dc.identifier.uri: https://open-science.canada.ca/handle/123456789/152
dc.language.iso: en
dc.publisher: Elsevier
dc.rights.openaccesslevel - en: Green
dc.rights.openaccesslevel - fr: Vert
dc.subject - en: Agriculture
dc.subject - fr: Agriculture
dc.subject.en - en: Agriculture
dc.subject.fr - fr: Agriculture
dc.title - en: Tracking crop phenological development using multi-temporal polarimetric Radarsat-2 data
dc.title.fosrctranslation - fr: Tracking crop phenological development using multi-temporal polarimetric Radarsat-2 data
dc.type - en: Article
dc.type - fr: Article
local.article.journaltitle: Remote Sensing of Environment
local.article.journalvolume: 210
local.article.pagination: 508–518
local.peerreview - en: Yes
local.peerreview - fr: Oui