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, 2021, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 171-185

Opportunities and experience of operational remote monitoring of winter crops condition in Russia

P.V. Denisov 1, 2 , I.I. Sereda 1 , K.A. Troshko 1, 3 , E.A. Loupian 1 , D.E. Plotnikov 1 , V.A. Tolpin 1 
1 Space Research Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia
2 OOO Space Research Institute for the Earth, Moscow, Russia
3 Institute of Geography RAS, Moscow, Russia
Accepted: 10.04.2021
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2021-18-2-171-185
This paper considers the data, products, and tools implemented in Vega-Science (http://sci-vega.ru/) and Vega-Pro (http://pro-vega.ru/) services, which make it possible to assess agricultural crops condition in different periods of their development. The experience gained at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAS) allowed creating a methodology for continuous operational monitoring of winter crops, assessing their condition and further development. This methodology is based on the crop area detection, the determination of vegetation index NDVI dynamics on the lands occupied by winter crops, and the analysis of this information along with meteorological indicators. In addition, the analysis of more than 20 years of such data allowed us to calculate the average long-term patterns of the NDVI time dynamics for each observation area. Deviations of the NDVI patterns are also used as one of the parameters for assessing winter crops condition. On the basis of the authors’ experience, the recommendations are formulated for the use of various parameters and tools for assessing conditions and development of winter crops in different years and periods. The possibilities of using data analysis tools implemented in the Vega-Science and Vega-Pro services are demonstrated by various examples. Among other things, the potential of assessing the winter crops yield is demonstrated. The paper also presents an analysis of the quality of the estimates discussed, which shows extremely high coincidence with the actual observed dynamics of winter crops development.
Keywords: Vega-Science, Vega-Pro, crops monitoring, winter crops, Earth observation satellite systems, remote sensing
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