Review on estimation of evapotranspiration from remote sensing data: From empirical to numerical modeling approaches

Different methods have been developed to estimate evapotranspiration from remote sensing data, from empirical approaches such as the simplified relationship to complex methods based on remote sensing data assimilation along with SVAT models. The simplified relationship has been applied from small spatial scale using airborne TIR images to continental scale with NOAA data. Assimilation procedures often require remote sensing data over different spectral domains to retrieve input parameters which characterize surface properties such as albedo, emissivity or Leaf Area Index. A brief review of these different approaches is presented, with a discussion about the main physical bases and assumptions of various models. The paper reports also some examples and results obtained over the experimental area of the Alpilles Reseda project, where various types of models have been applied to estimate surface fluxes from remote sensing data.     

地形效应下的区域蒸散遥感估算

在地表起伏地区,由于受到坡度、坡向等的影响,地表能量通量表现出与水平地表不一样的特征,为了定量表征起伏地表条件下的蒸散格局,以位于陕甘宁交界区的华池县、庆城县、镇原县、西峰区和合水县为研究区,从能量平衡原理入手,对各能量通量进行了量化计算,并着重考虑了蒸散的能量来源即地表净辐射的地形效应;同时,针对研究区地表特征,确定了土壤热通量的计算方案和感热通量的参数化方案,如零平面位移、动量粗糙长度、热量粗糙长度、动量和热量的稳定度校正项等算法;在此基础上,计算了研究区的瞬时蒸散,计算结果表明采用的蒸散遥感估算方案     

作物病虫害遥感监测研究进展与展望

病虫害是农业生产过程中影响粮食产量和质量的重要生物灾害。目前,我国的作物病虫害监测方式以点状的地面调查为主,无法大面积、快速获取作物病虫害发生状况和空间分布信息,难以满足作物病虫害的大尺度科学监测和防控的需求。近年来,随着国内外卫星光谱、时间和空间分辨率的不断提升,利用遥感手段开展高效、无损的病虫害监测成为有效提升我国病虫害测报水平的重要手段。与此同时,多平台、多种方式的作物病虫害遥感监测也为病虫害的有效防治和管理提供了重要科技支撑。本文从作物病虫害光谱特征、遥感监测方法和遥感监测系统等方面阐述了作物病虫害遥感监测研究的进展,分析了当前面临的挑战,并对未来发展趋势进行了展望。     

基于遥感和蚁群算法的多目标种植结构优化

针对农业种植结构与水资源不匹配的问题,以主要作物不同生育期需水特点和区域降水特点吻合性为基础,建立了考虑灌区节水效益、经济效益和生态效益的多目标种植结构优化模型,并以宝鸡峡五泉灌区为例,利用遥感快速获取灌区种植结构信息,并以不同口粮面积约束为条件建立2种优化方案,采用蚁群算法对模型在不同约束下的2种优化方案进行优化求解.结果表明：方案1,2的灌区需水总量为现状的85.4%和83.4%,纯收入比现状在平水年低5.4%和高7.1%,在干旱年低5.9%和高7.3%,降雨耦合度分别在平水年高12.6%和15.6%,干旱年高17.5%和28.6%,对2种不同约束方案优化结果比较得出,方案2为最优调整方案.该研究在未改变原有灌区种植面积的条件下,经种植结构优化调整后,既可保持灌区生态环境的可持续发展,又使灌区经济收入有很大的提高.这对农业节水规划具有较高的实用价值和理论意义.     

基于遥感数据和气象数据的水旱地冬小麦产量估测

研究利用遥感数据进行了运城地区冬小麦不同生育时期归一化差值植被指数和产量关系的研究,利用气象数据和光谱数据构建了冬小麦光谱产量模型、气象产量模型以及光谱气象产量模型。结果表明：运城地区水旱地冬小麦均以5月8日左右的NDVI值与产量相关性最好,且达极显著水平,因此该时期为建立冬小麦遥感估产模型的最佳时相。通过对冬小麦光谱产量模型、气象产量模型以及光谱气象产量模型预测效果进行的F检验,表明各模型均达到极显著水平。与其他两种模型相比,光谱气象产量模型的决定系数（R2）有明显的提高,并且相对均方根误差（RRMSE     

The use of remote sensing for estimating ET of irrigated wheat and cotton in Northwest Mexico

Components of a satellite-based system for estimating the crop water requirements of irrigated vegetation have been combined, applied, and tested against field data in the Yaqui Valley, northwest Mexico. Frequent satellite observations have the potential to provide snap shots of cloud variability at the high spatial and temporal resolutions that are needed for making simple, near real-time estimates of incoming solar radiation and, thus, daytime evaporation required for irrigation scheduling. Less frequent polar orbiting satellites offer the capacity of following the vegetation development at higher spatial resolution. The operational framework for obtaining cloud cover has been developed and applied using hourly sampled, 1 km resolution, GOES-10 data received in real-time. The high-resolution, cloud-screening algorithm has proved to be efficient and reliable and has been used to provide high-resolution (4 km) estimates of solar radiation. Relationships between vegetation indices (NDVI and SAVI) and crop coefficients (the ratio of measured to reference evapotranspiration) have been derived with four different models (Shuttleworth, Penman, Priestley–Taylor and Makkink), using ground-based surface reflectance measured over the crop. Continuous measurements of surface fluxes and other meteorological variables were made following almost the entire vegetative cycle of the plant using a station equipped with standard meteorological instruments and an eddy-correlation system. Actual evapotranspiration was computed as the product of the estimated crop coefficients, derived from field radiometer measurements, and reference evapotranspiration. In comparison with ground data, RMSE values are on the order of 1 mm per day. Finally the opportunity to use high-resolution satellite data to make near real-time estimates of crop evaporation is discussed.     

Irrigation reliability and the productivity of water: A proposed methodology using evapotranspiration mapping

Irrigation is the dominant user of water worldwide, but provision of potable water and water for industry are higher priorities and give higher social and economic returns. Irrigation will continue to lose water to competing sectors and the productivity of irrigation systems (since food demand continues to grow) remains a central issue in water management. Performance assessment of irrigation has traditionally been difficult when based on field measurements of flows, deliveries and depths over large areas. Furthermore, performance measures have shifted from narrow engineering indicators to broader productivity issues of production achieved per unit of water consumed. Remote sensing, applied to the estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) over large areas, provides analysts of irrigation systems with extraordinary new tools for the objective assessment of consumption and production – constituting a quantum leap in the assessment of irrigation system performance. Awareness and utilisation of these tools is spreading, but important areas remain to be “converted” from traditional approaches that rely on an array of estimated parameters. The next challenge for remote sensing will be to map the frontier between the reliability of the irrigation service and the productivity achieved. Reliability provides the inducement for farmers to invest in higher productivity – to the benefit of themselves and society – and understanding better how the individual maximises profits within an uncertain irrigation environment can provide important guidance to managers and system designers.     

基于遥感数据的大尺度区域水田空间格局及生态服务价值变化分析

受经济和气候驱动,长江经济带水田空间格局发生了显著变化,影响区域粮食安全与生态安全。本研究基于1990-2015年土地利用遥感监测数据,利用GIS的空间分析功能,探究长江经济带水田空间格局动态变化特征,采用当量因子法计算生态系统服务价值（ESV）,分析了水田变化的综合影响。结果表明：1）1990-2015年长江经济带水田规模持续缩减,共减少了17390km²,减幅呈增长态势具有显著地域差异,长江中上游与下游的水田减幅相差约为9.56%。其中下游减幅较大,水田占区域比例随之降低,中上游恰好相反。2）由于经济建设及水产养殖的发展,水田主要转化为建设用地和水系,水田主要由水系、旱地和湿地等转化而来。长江三角洲城市群、长江中游及成渝城市群的水田变化最为剧烈,建设用地侵占水田扩张的现象分布广泛,水田转为水系主要在两湖平原局部地区。3）水田与其他生态系统的转化对ESV是正影响,水田转为水系对此贡献最大,其转化规模决定了不同时期ESV净增量的大小,水系转化为水田损失的价值最多,建设用地侵占水田次之。不同市域的水田变化情况不一致,因此ESV增减情况具有明显差异。4）生态系统服务中水文调节、水资源供给增强的同时,食物生产、气体调节受到严重损害,与水资源规模扩大和水田资源大量流失有直接关系。研究结果有助于揭示长江流域水田的时空变化过程及其对各项生态系统服务的影响,可为区域土地利用规划、农业政策与生态可持续发展提供理论支持。     

Integrating remote sensing, census and weather data for an assessment of rice yield, water consumption and water productivity in the Indo-Gangetic river basin

Crop consumptive water use and productivity are key elements to understand basin water management performance. This article presents a simplified approach to map rice (Oryza sativa L.) water consumption, yield, and water productivity (WP) in the Indo-Gangetic Basin (IGB) by combining remotely sensed imagery, national census and meteorological data. The statistical rice cropped area and production data were synthesized to calculate district-level land productivity, which is then further extrapolated to pixel-level values using MODIS NDVI product based on a crop dominance map. The water consumption by actual evapotranspiration is estimated with Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEB) model taking meteorological data and MODIS land surface temperature products as inputs. WP maps are then generated by dividing the rice productivity map with the seasonal actual evapotranspiration (ET) map. The average rice yields for Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh in the basin are 2.60, 2.53, 3.54 and 2.75 tons/ha, respectively. The average rice ET is 416 mm, accounting for only 68.2% of potential ET. The average WP of rice is 0.74 kg/m³. The WP generally varies with the trends of yield variation. A comparative analysis of ET, yield, rainfall and WP maps indicates greater scope for improvement of the downstream areas of the Ganges basin. The method proposed is simple, with satisfactory accuracy, and can be easily applied elsewhere.     

Combining remote sensing and in situ soil moisture data for the application and validation of a distributed water balance model (HIDROMORE)

An application of the FAO56 approach to calculate actual evapotranspiration (AET) and soil moisture is reported, implemented by means of the HIDROMORE computerized tool, which performs spatially distributed calculations of hydrological parameters at watershed scale. The paper describes the application and validation of the model over 1 year in an area located in the central sector of the Duero Basin (Spain), where there is a network of 23 stations for continuous measurement of soil moisture (REMEDHUS; Soil Moisture Measurement Stations Network) distributed over an area of around 1300 km². The application integrated a series of Landsat 7 ETM+ images of 2002, from which the NDVI series (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) and the map of land covers/uses were derived. Validation consisted of the use of the REMEDHUS soil moisture series and their comparison with the series resulting from the application. Two simulations were performed, with soil parameters values at the surface (0-5 cm depth) and at the mean of the profile scale (0-100 cm depth). The behaviour of the simulated soil moisture was described by means of its correlation with the measured soil moisture (determination coefficient, R² = 0.67 for the surface values and 0.81 for the mean profile values), and the Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), resulting in a range of it for the 23 stations between 0.010 and 0.061 cm³ cm⁻³. The application afforded an underestimation of the soil moisture content, which suggests the need for a redefinition of the limits of the plant available water used in the calculation. The results showed that HIDROMORE is an efficient tool for the characterization of hydrological parameters at global scale in the study zone. The combination of the FAO56 methodology and remote sensing techniques was efficient in the spatially distributed simulation of soil moisture.