ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2018, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 13-30

Methods for analyzing satellite monitoring data on plant areals to identify illegal crop fields in the conduct of special examinations

V.P. Savorskiy 1, 2 , O.Yu. Panova 1 , E.V. Savchenko 1 
1 V.A. Kotelnikov Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics RAS, Fryazino Dept., Fryazino, Moscow Region, Russia
2 Space Research Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia
Accepted: 26.10.2018
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2018-15-5-13-30
The work is devoted to the development of requirements for the methodological support of an information system containing the services necessary to detect illegal crop plantations from satellite multispectral observations. The rationale for these requirements is ensured by the results of an analytical review of methods for detecting illicit plant cultivation from satellite multispectral observations in the visible and near-IR bands. As typical samples of such sites, the areas of cultivation of narcotic species — opium poppy and cannabis — were examined. For these species, a brief historical overview of the application of remote monitoring technologies is presented, features of their observed spectral signatures are examined, and techniques for improving the accuracy of estimates based on observing the features of the phenology cycle of these plants are shown. Examples of application of remote sensing data for the compilation of annual regional surveys of UNODC are presented. The results of the analytical review were used in formulating the specifics of the use of remote sensing data for the detection of illegal agriculture sites. This allowed to formulate requirements for ERS information systems, which provides the solution of problems of identifying and evaluating the productivity of illegal land use.
Keywords: satellite monitoring, illicit crop cultivation, spectral signatures
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