基于Sentinel-1 SAR数据的冬小麦灌溉事件识别与频次估算

    Identification and frequency estimation of winter wheat irrigation events using Sentinel-1 SAR data

    • 摘要: 精确识别冬小麦的灌溉事件并获取准确的灌溉频次对于合理利用水资源及精确估算灌溉用水量至关重要。站点观测记录可以提供准确的灌溉信息,但该类数据不易获取且能提供灌溉信息的观测站点较少,不能准确反映区域尺度的灌溉事件和频次信息,区域尺度灌溉事件和频次的精确获取仍然具有一定的挑战性。该研究提出一种冬小麦灌溉事件识别和频次估算的方案,通过比较冬小麦分布(田块或像元)与其一定邻域范围内的Sentinel-1合成孔径雷达信号(synthetic aperture radar,SAR)垂直发射垂直接收(vertical-vertical,VV)单极化后向散射系数时间序列并结合逐日降水量时间序列识别冬小麦灌溉事件,进而估算灌溉频次。该研究使用该方案在3种不同的空间尺度(田块尺度、500 m与30 m像元尺度)分别识别山东省禹城市冬小麦的灌溉事件,利用观测的灌溉数据对3种空间尺度的灌溉事件识别结果进行验证,在灌溉事件识别精度最高的空间尺度估算灌溉频次,获取禹城市2018—2020年冬小麦灌溉频次的空间分布。结果表明,该研究提出的方法在田块尺度、500 m、30 m像元尺度识别灌溉事件的召回率分别为85.71%、78.57%、57.14%,F-score分别为70.59%、66.67%、50.00%,田块尺度应用的精度优于在500 m和 30 m像元尺度应用的精度;基于田块尺度的冬小麦灌溉频次分布的“严格”的总体精度为69.75%,“宽松”的总体精度为90.24%;禹城市2018–2020年冬小麦的灌溉频次集中在1~3之间。该研究可为区域尺度的灌溉事件识别和频次估算提供可靠方法。

       

      Abstract: Accurate identification of winter wheat irrigation events and precise estimation of irrigation frequency are crucial for the rational use of water resources and the accurate estimation of irrigation water consumption. Site observation records can provide accurate irrigation information, but such data are difficult to obtain, and the number of observation sites providing irrigation information is limited. As a result, accurately identifying regional-scale irrigation events and frequency remained a challenge. This study proposed a method for identifying winter wheat irrigation events and estimating irrigation frequency. First, the spatial distribution of winter wheat was obtained. The study used winter wheat distribution data at three different spatial scales (field scale and two pixel scales), where the pixel-scale data had spatial resolutions of 500 m and 30 m, using publicly available data. The field-scale winter wheat distribution was extracted in this study, with the process as follows: acquiring the best cloud-free Sentinel-2 images from 2018 to 2020 for the study area, extracting spectral features, constructing sample sets for each year's image, and using the nearest neighbor classifier based on GEOBIA(geographic object-based image analysis) to extract winter wheat field distribution. Next, grids of 500 m × 500 m or 2 km × 2 km were generated in the study area, and the average values of the Sentinel-1 SAR VV (Vertical-Vertical) single-polarization backscatter coefficient for winter wheat (each field or pixel) and the grid were calculated. By analyzing and comparing the standard deviation and correlation coefficient of winter wheat (each field or pixel) and the grid within a certain time range, combined with daily precipitation data, irrigation events were identified. Finally, the irrigation event identification results at the field and pixel scales from 2018 to 2020 were validated using observed irrigation time and frequency data, and irrigation frequency was calculated based on the identified irrigation events. This provided the spatial distribution of winter wheat irrigation frequency at the field and two pixel scales in the study area. The study applied the proposed method to identify winter wheat irrigation events in Yucheng, Shandong Province, at three different spatial scales (field scale, 500 m, and 30 m pixel scales), and used observed irrigation data to validate the results. Irrigation frequency was then estimated at the spatial scale with the highest irrigation event identification accuracy, and the spatial distribution of winter wheat irrigation frequency in Yucheng from 2018 to 2020 was obtained. The results showed that the recall rates for identifying irrigation events at the field scale, 500 m, and 30 m pixel scales were 85.71%, 78.57%, and 57.14%, respectively, with F-scores of 70.59%, 66.67%, and 49.71%. The accuracy of field scale applications is better than that of applications at 500m and 30m pixel scales. The "Strict" overall accuracy for identifying the winter wheat irrigation frequency distribution at the field scale was 69.75%, while the "Loose" overall accuracy was 90.24%. The irrigation frequency for winter wheat in Yucheng from 2018 to 2020 concentrated between 1 and 3 times. This study provides a reliable method for identifying irrigation events and estimating irrigation frequency at regional scales.

       

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