Mapping irrigated lands at 250-m scale by merging MODIS data and National Agricultural Statistics
Remote Sensing
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Abstract
Accurate geospatial information on the extent of irrigated land improves our understanding of agricultural water use, local land surface processes, conservation or depletion of water resources, and components of the hydrologic budget. We have developed a method in a geospatial modeling framework that assimilates irrigation statistics with remotely sensed parameters describing vegetation growth conditions in areas with agricultural land cover to spatially identify irrigated lands at 250-m cell size across the conterminous United States for 2002. The geospatial model result, known as the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Irrigated Agriculture Dataset (MIrAD-US), identified irrigated lands with reasonable accuracy in California and semiarid Great Plains states with overall accuracies of 92% and 75% and kappa statistics of 0.75 and 0.51, respectively. A quantitative accuracy assessment of MIrAD-US for the eastern region has not yet been conducted, and qualitative assessment shows that model improvements are needed for the humid eastern regions where the distinction in annual peak NDVI between irrigated and non-irrigated crops is minimal and county sizes are relatively small. This modeling approach enables consistent mapping of irrigated lands based upon USDA irrigation statistics and should lead to better understanding of spatial trends in irrigated lands across the conterminous United States. An improved version of the model with revised datasets is planned and will employ 2007 USDA irrigation statistics.
Suggested Citation
Pervez, M., Brown, J., 2010, Mapping irrigated lands at 250-m scale by merging MODIS data and National Agricultural Statistics: Remote Sensing, v. 2, no. 10, p. 2388-2412, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs2102388.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Mapping irrigated lands at 250-m scale by merging MODIS data and National Agricultural Statistics |
| Series title | Remote Sensing |
| DOI | 10.3390/rs2102388 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Publication Date | October 19, 2010 |
| Year Published | 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Description | 25 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Remote Sensing |
| First page | 2388 |
| Last page | 2412 |