Zeng, Ju and Tan, Mou Leong and Tew, Yi Lin and Zhang, Fei and Wang, Tao and Samat, Narimah and Tangang, Fredolin and Yusop, Zulkifli (2022) Optimization of open-access optical and radar satellite data in Google Earth engine for oil palm mapping in the Muda River Basin, Malaysia. Agriculture (Switzerland), 12 (9). pp. 1-19. ISSN 2077-0472
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12091435
Abstract
Continuous oil palm distribution maps are essential for effective agricultural planning and management. Due to the significant cloud cover issue in tropical regions, the identification of oil palm from other crops using only optical satellites is difficult. Based on the Google Earth Engine (GEE), this study aims to evaluate the best combination of open-source optical and microwave satellite data in oil palm mapping by utilizing the C-band Sentinel-1, L-band PALSAR-2, Landsat 8, Sentinel-2, and topographic images, with the Muda River Basin (MRB) as the test site. The results show that the land use land cover maps generated from the combined images have accuracies from 95 to 97%, the best combination goes to Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 for the overall classification. Meanwhile, the best combination for oil palm classification is C5 (PALSAR-2 + Landsat 8), with the highest producer accuracy (96%) and consumer accuracy (100%) values. The combination of C-band radar images can improve the classification accuracy of oil palm, but compared with the combination of L-band images, the oil palm area was underestimated. The oil palm area had increased from 2015 to 2020, ranging from 10% to 60% across all combinations. This shows that the selection of optimal images is important for oil palm mapping.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | climate adaptation, Google Earth Engine, land use, Landsat, Malaysia, Muda River Basin, oil palm, PALSAR, sentinel |
Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
Divisions: | Civil Engineering |
ID Code: | 100607 |
Deposited By: | Widya Wahid |
Deposited On: | 30 Apr 2023 08:13 |
Last Modified: | 30 Apr 2023 08:13 |
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