A New ground open water detection scheme using Sentinel-1 SAR images

The detection of groundwater is essential not only for scientific research but also for agricultural purposes. This research aims to improve the accuracy and reliability of detecting ground standing water in cropland during the spring/early summer season in eastern South Dakota, USA, by reducing mis...

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Main Author: Songxin Tan
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:European Journal of Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22797254.2023.2278743
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description The detection of groundwater is essential not only for scientific research but also for agricultural purposes. This research aims to improve the accuracy and reliability of detecting ground standing water in cropland during the spring/early summer season in eastern South Dakota, USA, by reducing misclassification between water and vegetation. The study utilizes Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. We selected and surveyed 159 ground sites, comprising 78 water sites and 81 nonwater sites, located between Brookings and Sioux Falls, SD, USA. The proposed scheme consists of three steps: 1) developing a modified speckle filter to reduce speckle noise while preserving image details, 2) characterizing the data for water and nonwater sites and providing parameter estimation using the Method of log-cumulants (MoLC) with generalized Gamma distribution (GΓD), and 3) applying Markov random field (MRF) for SAR data classification. The developed scheme demonstrates good performance with a site-based overall detection accuracy of 93.7%. In addition, it provides a computationally efficient solution for water detection, which can be applied in various applications such as crop insurance, precision agriculture and drought monitoring.
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spelling doaj-art-2bd320126d6f4cd1b7cf365bee7287352025-08-20T02:50:02ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEuropean Journal of Remote Sensing2279-72542024-12-0157110.1080/22797254.2023.2278743A New ground open water detection scheme using Sentinel-1 SAR imagesSongxin Tan0Department of EECS, South Dakota State University, Brookings, USAThe detection of groundwater is essential not only for scientific research but also for agricultural purposes. This research aims to improve the accuracy and reliability of detecting ground standing water in cropland during the spring/early summer season in eastern South Dakota, USA, by reducing misclassification between water and vegetation. The study utilizes Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. We selected and surveyed 159 ground sites, comprising 78 water sites and 81 nonwater sites, located between Brookings and Sioux Falls, SD, USA. The proposed scheme consists of three steps: 1) developing a modified speckle filter to reduce speckle noise while preserving image details, 2) characterizing the data for water and nonwater sites and providing parameter estimation using the Method of log-cumulants (MoLC) with generalized Gamma distribution (GΓD), and 3) applying Markov random field (MRF) for SAR data classification. The developed scheme demonstrates good performance with a site-based overall detection accuracy of 93.7%. In addition, it provides a computationally efficient solution for water detection, which can be applied in various applications such as crop insurance, precision agriculture and drought monitoring.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22797254.2023.2278743Microwave remote sensingSAR dataspeckle filterground water detectionimage classificationgeneralized Gamma distribution(GΓD)
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A New ground open water detection scheme using Sentinel-1 SAR images
European Journal of Remote Sensing
Microwave remote sensing
SAR data
speckle filter
ground water detection
image classification
generalized Gamma distribution(GΓD)
title A New ground open water detection scheme using Sentinel-1 SAR images
title_full A New ground open water detection scheme using Sentinel-1 SAR images
title_fullStr A New ground open water detection scheme using Sentinel-1 SAR images
title_full_unstemmed A New ground open water detection scheme using Sentinel-1 SAR images
title_short A New ground open water detection scheme using Sentinel-1 SAR images
title_sort new ground open water detection scheme using sentinel 1 sar images
topic Microwave remote sensing
SAR data
speckle filter
ground water detection
image classification
generalized Gamma distribution(GΓD)
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22797254.2023.2278743
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