Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security (Remote Sensing Applications)

558 Pages·2009·24.45 MB·English

by  Prasad Thenkabail

REMOTE SENSING OF
GLOBAL CROPLANDS
FOR FOOD SECURITY
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Taylor & Francis Series in
Remote Sensing Applications
Series Editor
Qihao Weng
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.A.
Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security, edited by
Prasad S. Thenkabail, John G. Lyon, Hugh Turral, and Chandashekhar M. Biradar
Global Mapping of Human Settlement: Experiences, Datasets,
and Prospects, edited by Paolo Gamba and Martin Herold
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications,
Marcus Borengasser, William S. Hungate, and Russell Watkins
Remote Sensing of Impervious Surfaces, Qihao Weng
Multispectral Image Analysis Using the Object-Oriented Paradigm,
Kumar Navulur
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REMOTE SENSING OF
GLOBAL CROPLANDS
FOR FOOD SECURITY
Edited by
PRASAD S. THENKABAIL
JOHN G. LYON
HUGH TURRAL
CHANDRASHEKHAR M. BIRADAR
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Contents
Series Foreword ........................................................................................................ix
Preface.......................................................................................................................xi
Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................xv
Editors .....................................................................................................................xix
Contributors .........................................................................................................xxiii
Abbreviations and Acronyms...............................................................................xxvii
SectIon I Background and History of Global
Irrigated Area Maps (GIAM)
Chapter 1 Context, Need: The Need and Scope for
Mapping Global Irrigated and Rain-Fed Areas ....................................3
Hugh Turral, Prasad S. Thenkabail, John G. Lyon, and
Chandrashekhar M. Biradar
Chapter 2 A History of Irrigated Areas of the World .........................................13
Y.J. Li, Prasad S. Thenkabail, Chandrashekhar M. Biradar,
Praveen Noojipady, Venkateswarlu Dheeravath, Manohar
Velpuri, Obi Reddy P. Gangalakunta, and Xueliang L. Cai
SectIon II Global Irrigated Area Mapping
(GIAM) Using Remote Sensing
Chapter 3 Global Irrigated Area Maps (GIAM) and Statistics
Using Remote Sensing ........................................................................41
Prasad S. Thenkabail, Chandrashekhar M. Biradar, Praveen
Noojipady, Venkateswarlu Dheeravath, MuraliKrishna Gumma,
Y.J. Li, Manohar Velpuri, and Obi Reddy P. Gangalakunta
SectIon III G IAM Mapping Section for Selected
Global Regions
Chapter 4 Uncertainty of Estimating Irrigated Areas in China ........................121
Songcai You, Shunbao Liao, Suchuang Di, and Ye Yuan
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Chapter 5 Irrigated Areas of India Derived from Satellite Sensors and
National Statistics: A Way Forward from GIAM Experience ..........139
Obi Reddy P. Gangalakunta, Venkateswarlu Dheeravath,
Prasad S. Thenkabail, G. Chandrakantha, Chandrashekhar M.
Biradar, Praveen Noojipady, Manohar Velpuri, and Maji Amal Kumar
Chapter 6 Mapping Irrigated Lands across the United States Using
MODIS Satellite Imagery .................................................................177
Jesslyn F. Brown, Susan Maxwell, and Shariar Pervez
Chapter 7 Use of Remote Sensing to Map Irrigated Agriculture in Areas
Overlying the Ogallala Aquifer, United States .................................199
Bethany Kurz and Santhosh Seelan
Chapter 8 Assessing the Extent of Urban Irrigated Areas
in the United States ...........................................................................217
Cristina Milesi, Christopher D. Elvidge, and Ramakrishna R. Nemani
Chapter 9 The Challenges of Mapping Irrigated Areas in a Temperate
Climate: Experiences from England .................................................237
Jerry W. Knox, S.A.M. Shamal, E.K. Weatherhead, and
J.A. Rodriguez-Diaz
Chapter 10 I rrigated Area Mapping in the CWANA Region and Its Use in
Spatial Applications for Land Use Planning, Poverty Mapping,
and Water Resources Management .................................................251
Eddy De Pauw
Chapter 11 Subpixel Mapping of Rice Paddy Fields over Asia Using
MODIS Time Series .......................................................................281
Wataru Takeuchi and Yoshifumi Yasuoka
SectIon IV evapotranspiration Models, Water
Use, and Irrigated Areas
Chapter 12 Assessment of Water Resources and Demands of Agriculture
in the Semiarid Middle East ...........................................................299
Roland A. Geerken, Ronald B. Smith, Z. Masri, and Eddy De Pauw
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Chapter 13 E stimating Actual Evapotranspiration from Irrigated Fields
Using a Simplified Surface Energy Balance Approach ..................317
Gabriel B. Senay, Michael E. Budde, James P. Verdin, and
James Rowland
Chapter 14 Satellite-Based Assessment of Agricultural Water
Consumption, Irrigation Performance, and Water Productivity
in a Large Irrigation System in Pakistan ........................................331
Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad, Hugh Turral, Aamir Nazeer, and
Asghar Hussain
SectIon V Rain-Fed cropland Areas of the World
Chapter 15 Global Map of Rainfed Cropland Areas (GMRCA) and
Statistics Using Remote Sensing ....................................................357
Chandrashekhar M. Biradar, Prasad S. Thenkabail, Praveen
Noojipady, Y.J. Li, Venkateswarlu Dheeravath,
Manohar Velpuri, Hugh Turral, Xueliang L. Cai,
MuraliKrishna Gumma, Obi Reddy P. Gangalakunta, Mitchell
A. Schull, Ranjith D. Alankara, Sarath Gunasinghe, and
Xiangming Xiao
SectIon VI Methods of Mapping croplands
Using Remote Sensing
Chapter 16 Multiangle Spectral Measurements: A Way to Distinguish
Cropping Areas ...............................................................................393
Francis Canisius
Chapter 17 Applying Pattern Recognition to Satellite Data for Detecting
Irrigated Lands: A Case Study for Georgia, United States ............409
Vijendra K. Boken, Gerrit Hoogenboom, and Gregory L. Easson
Chapter 18 Mapping Irrigated Crops from Landsat ETM + Imagery for
Heterogeneous Cropping Systems in Pakistan ...............................421
M.S.D.N. Gamage, Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad, and
Hugh Turral
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SectIon VII Accuracies and errors
Chapter 19 A ccuracy and Error Analysis of Global and Local Maps:
Lessons Learned and Future Considerations ..................................441
Russell G. Congalton
SectIon VIII W ay Forward in Mapping Global
Irrigated and Rain-Fed croplands
Chapter 20 Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food
Security: Way Forward ...................................................................461
Prasad S. Thenkabail and John G. Lyon
Index ......................................................................................................................467
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Series Foreword
Remote sensing refers to the technology of acquiring information about the Earth’s
surface (land and ocean) and atmosphere, using sensors onboard airborne (aircraft,
balloons) or spaceborne (satellites, space shuttles) platforms. After World War II,
the technology of remote sensing gradually evolved into a scientific subject. Its early
development was mainly driven by military uses. Later, remotely sensed data became
widely applied for civic usages. The range of remote-sensing applications includes
archaeology, agriculture, cartography, civil engineering, meteorology and climatol-
ogy, coastal studies, emergency response, forestry, geology, geographic information
systems, hazards, land use and land cover, natural disasters, oceanography, water
resources, and so on. Most recently, with the advent of high spatial-resolution imag-
ery and more capable techniques, commercial applications of remote sensing are
rapidly gaining interest in the remote-sensing community and beyond.
The “Taylor & Francis Series in Remote Sensing Applications” is dedicated to
recent developments in the theories, methods, and applications of remote sensing.
Written by a team of leading authorities, each book is designed to provide up-to-date
developments in a chosen subfield of remote-sensing applications. Each book may
vary in format, but often contains similar components, such as review of theories
and methods, analysis of case studies, and examination of the methods for applying
remote-sensing techniques to a particular practical area. This book series may serve
as guide or reference books for professionals, researchers, scientists, and alike in
academics, governments, and industries. College instructors and students may also
find them excellent sources for textbooks or as a excellent supplement to their chosen
textbooks.
This book, Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security, presents a
major effort in global mapping of irrigated and rain-fed cropland areas using remote-
sensing techniques. The chapters collected in this volume illustrate various estima-
tion and mapping methods, and lessons learned in different regions of the world.
These mapping methods reflect the application of evolving sensor technology to map
large geographical regions of different physical, climatic, economic, and cultural
settings. Estimating and mapping of croplands at the global and regional scales are
of prime significance in food security, land and water resources management, and
global sustainability. This is especially true when considering the increasing human
population and changing climate. The evolving sensor technology, image processing
methods, and computing power continue to drive users’ interest on better quality
and globally consistent datasets and maps of global croplands from remotely sensed
data.
Dr. Thenkabail has rich experience and excellent achievements in the area of
hyperspectral remote sensing of agriculture and vegetation. By coordinating the
efforts of a group of leading figures as contributors and co-editors, this edited
volume is expected to have a great impact on global mapping of land and water
resources.
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