Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2024, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 203-218
Dynamics of used agricultural lands of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain based on seasonal Sentinel-2 composite images
1 Federal Scientific Center of Agroecology, Complex Meliorations and Agroforestry RAS, Volgograd, Russia
Accepted: 16.09.2024
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2024-21-5-203-218
Monitoring the condition and use of agricultural fields in intrazonal floodplain landscapes is necessary for the development of rational environmental management. The article analyzes the features of the distribution of values of the NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) within the fields used throughout the growing season, which were recorded using composite satellite images of the Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B satellites. It was revealed that the agricultural fields and pairs used can be identified by a set of NDVI distribution features. It has been experimentally proven that the greatest identification accuracy is achieved through the use of ranges in composites of minimum, maximum and range values for the growing season. Using an error matrix based on materials from expert interpretation and field research, the identification accuracy was calculated, making it possible to separate used and unused agricultural fields with a total accuracy of up to 93.1 %. The identified area of agricultural fields used correlates with statistical materials and within the floodplain in the period 2018–2022 is growing annually by 1–2 % (from 36.2 thousand hectares to 40.7 thousand hectares). It has been established that within the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain, the main places where agricultural lands are involved are associated with the infrastructure factor and are concentrated close to water sources, the main roads, sales places.
Keywords: Volga-Akhtuba floodplain, remote sensing, composite images, agricultural fields, NDVI, Sentinel-2
Full textReferences:
- Baldina E. A., Troshko K. A., The creation of a map of the Volga delta agricultural lands current state and long-term changes, Geodeziya i kartografiya, 2016, No. 11, pp. 39–46 (in Russian), DOI: 10.22389/0016-7126-2016-917-11-39-46.
- Barmin A. N., Iolin M. M., Sharova I. S., Golub V. B., Structure and dynamics of land use in the Astrakhan region, Geologiya, geografiya i global’naya energiya, 2011, No. 3(42), pp. 143–149 (in Russian).
- Barmin A. N., Iolin M. M., Grigorenkova E. N., Shakhmedov I. S., Sharova I. S., Serebryakova V. I., Almamedov Y., Structure and dynamics of land use in the northern Volga-Akhtuba floodplain, Geologiya, geografiya i global’naya energiya, 2012, No. 2(45), pp. 174–179 (in Russian).
- Bartalev S. A., Egorov V. A., Loupian E. A., Plotnikov D. E., Uvarov I. A., Recognition of arable lands using multi-annual satellite data from spectroradiometer MODIS and locally adaptive supervised classification, Komp’yuternaya optika, 2011, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 103–116 (in Russian).
- Biarslanov A. B., Shinkarenko S. S., Gadzhiev I. R., Mapping and analysis of desertification areas seasonal dynamics in the north of Dagestan based on Sentinel-2 monthly composites, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2023, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 160–175 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2023-20-1-160-175.
- Vasilchenko A. A. (2022a), Spatial analysis of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain irrigated fields infrastructure in the Volgograd Region, Nauchno-agronomicheskii zhurnal, 2022, No. 4(119), pp. 12–18 (in Russian), DOI: 10.34736/FNC.2022.119.4.002.12-18.
- Vasilchenko A. A. (2022b), Experience in developing local GIS for irrigated lands of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain on the territory of the Volgograd region, InterCarto. InterGIS, 2022, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 761–772 (in Russian), DOI: 10.35595/2414-9179-2022-2-28-761-772.
- Vasilchenko A. A., Hayfields mapping in the floodplain landscapes of southern Russia based on multi-temporal Sentinel-2 data, Issledovanie Zemli iz kosmosa, 2023, No. 4, pp. 72–82 (in Russian), DOI: 10.31857/S0205961423030077.
- Golub V. B., Sorokin A. N., Maltsev M. V., Chuvashov A. V., Soils and vegetation of the perennial bed in the Volga delta, Vestnik Volzhskogo universiteta im. V. N. Tatishcheva, 2012, No. 3(10), pp. 308–317 (in Russian).
- Golub V. B., Chuvashov A. V., Nikolaychuk L. F., Malov D. N., Review of materials for monitoring the vegetation cover of the Lower Volga valley, Samarskaya Luka: problemy regional’noj i global’noj ekologii, 2021, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 52-65 (in Russian), DOI: 10.24412/2073-1035-2021-10411.
- Gorokhova N., Pankova E. I., Shishkonakova E. A., The experience of application of space images for creation of the land use map of irrigated lands and laylands of Svetloyarsk irrigation system, Dokuchaev Soil Bull., 2017, No. 89, pp. 68–89 (in Russian), DOI: 10.19047/0136-1694-2017-89-68-89.
- Zaitsev V. F., Melnik I. V., Filippova A. A., Current state of the land fund of the Astrakhan region, Antropogennye vyzovy kachestvu okruzhayushchei sredy Severnogo Prikaspiya: sbornik statei (Anthropogenic challenges to the environmental quality of the Northern Caspian region: Proc.), 2017, Vol. 1, pp. 71–111 (in Russian).
- Zanozin V. V., Barmin A. N., Analysis of the modern use of natural-territorial landscape complexes of the Volga River delta for agricultural purposes, Izvestia vuzov. Geodesy and Aerophotosurveying, 2020, Vol. 64, No. 2, pp. 186–195 (in Russian), DOI: 10.30533/0536-101X-2020-64-2-186-195.
- Kulik K. N., Zaplavnov D. M., Kishchenko A. A., Degradation of the unique landscapes of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain and the Astrakhan region under the pressure of technogenic loads, Proc. Lower Volga agro-university complex: Science and higher education, 2012, No. 4(28), pp. 6–11 (in Russian).
- Loupian E. A., Proshin A. A., Burtsev M. A., Balashov I. V., Bartalev S. A., Efremov V. Yu., Kashnitsky A. V., Mazurov A. A., Matveev A. M., Sudneva O. A., Sychugov I. G., Tolpin V. A., Uvarov I. A., Center for collective use of systems for archiving, processing and analysis of satellite data of the IKI RAS for solving problems of studying and monitoring the environment, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2015, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 263–284 (in Russian).
- Matveev Sh., Assessment of the contemporary structure and characteristics of agricultural land in the Tsimlyansk district of the Rostov Region using GIS-technologies, Nauchno-agronomicheskii zhurnal, 2023, No. 2(121), pp. 51–56 (in Russian), DOI: 10.34736/FNC.2023.121.2.009.51-56.
- Plotnikov D. E., Kolbudaev P. A., Bartalev S. A., Loupian E. A., Automated annual cropland mapping from reconstructed time series of Landsat data, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2018, Vol. 15, pp. 112–127 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2018-15-2-112-127.
- Pyshnenko N. V., Filippov O. V., Cartographic approach to assessing the anthropogenic impact on the natural environment of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain, Materialy 11-i Regional’noi nauchno-prakticheskoi konferentsii “Problemy ustoichivogo razvitiya i ekologo-ekonomicheskoi bezopasnosti regiona” (Proc. 11th Regional Scientific and Practical Conf. “Problems of sustainable development and environmental and economic security of the region”), 2015, pp. 161–165 (in Russian).
- Sinelnikova K. P., Spatial analysis of the Don ridge agricultural landscapes degradation, Nauchno-agronomicheskii zhurnal, 2021, No. 4(115), pp. 30–34 (in Russian), DOI: 10.34736/FNC.2021.115.4.005.
- Sinelnikova K. P., Berdengalieva A. N., Matveev Sh. et al., Mapping of arable lands in agro-landscapes of the Volgograd Region according to remote sensing data, Issledovanie Zemli iz kosmosa, 2023. No. 5, pp. 85–96 (in Russian), DOI: 10.31857/S0205961423050081.
- Sharova I. S., Shvedova I. N., Ivenskaya D. I., Sergunova N. S., Structure of land in northern Volga-Akhtuba floodplain, Ekologiya Rossii: na puti k innovatsiyam, 2013, No. 8, pp. 22–25 (in Russian).
- Shinkarenko S. S., Malyshko E. A., Crop condition monitoring methods with remote sensing, Nauchno-agronomicheskii zhurnal, 2019, No. 1(104), pp. 17–20 (in Russian).
- Shinkarenko S. S., Bodrova V. N., Sidorova N.V., Influence of the exhibition of the slopes on the seasonal dynamics of the vegetation industry NDVI index of area planted, Proc. Lower Volga agro-university complex: Science and higher education, 2019, No. 1(53), pp. 96–105 (in Russian), DOI 10.32786/2071-9485-2019-01-12.
- Shinkarenko S. S., Bartalev S. A., Vasilchenko A. A., Method for protective forest plantations mapping based on multi-temporal high spatial resolution satellite images and Bi-Season Forest Index, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2022, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 207–222 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2022-19-4-207-222.
- Yuferev V. G., Taranov N. N., Geoinformation assessment and modeling of degradation of afforestations of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain, Grani poznaniya, 2015, No. 4(38), pp. 90–93 (in Russian).
- Yuferev V. G., Taranov N. N. (2018a), Geoinformation analysis of the state of agricultural lands on the territory of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain natural park, Materialy Mezhdunarodnoi nauchno-prakticheskoi konferentsii “Mirovye nauchno-tekhnologicheskie tendentsii sotsial’no-ekonomicheskogo razvitiya APK i sel’skikh territorii”, posvyashchennoi 75-letiyu okonchaniya Stalingradskoi bitvy (Proc. Intern. Scientific and Practical Conf. “World scientific and technological trends in the socio-economic development of the agro-industrial complex and rural areas” dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Stalingrad), 2018, Vol. 4, pp. 245–249 (in Russian).
- Yuferev V. G., Taranov N. N. (2018b), Geoinformation analysis of the state of agricultural lands on the territory of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain natural park, Materialy Mezhdunarodnoi nauchno-prakticheskoi konferentsii “Agroekologiya, melioratsiya i zashchitnoe lesorazvedenie” (Proc. Intern. Scientific and Practical Conf. “Agroecology, land reclamation and protective afforestation”), 2018, pp. 556–560 (in Russian).
- Asam S., Gessner U., Almengor González R. et al., Mapping crop types of germany by combining temporal statistical metrics of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Time Series with LPIS data, Remote Sensing, 2022, Vol. 14, No. 13, Article 2981, DOI: 10.3390/rs14132981.
- Loupian E. A., Bourtsev M. A., Proshin A. A. et al., Usage experience and capabilities of the VEGA-Science System, Remote Sensing, 2022, Vol. 14, No. 1, Article 77, 19 p., DOI: 10.3390/rs14010077.
- Mukhamediev R. I., Merembayev T., Kuchin Y. et al., Soil salinity estimation for South Kazakhstan based on SAR Sentinel-1 and Landsat-8,9 OLI data with machine learning models, Remote Sensing, 2023, Vol. 15, No. 17, Article 4269, DOI: 10.3390/rs15174269.
- Snevajs H., Charvat K,, Onckelet V. et al., Crop detection using time series of Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 and existing land parcel information systems, Remote Sensing, 2022, Vol. 14, No. 5, Article 1095, DOI: 10.3390/rs14051095.
- Xue H., Xu X., Zhu Q. et al., Object-oriented crop classification using time series Sentinel Images from Google Earth Engine, Remote Sensing, 2023, Vol. 15, No. 5, Article 1353, DOI: 10.3390/rs15051353.