Abandoned Farmland Extraction and Feature Analysis Based on Multi-Sensor Fused Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Time Series—A Case Study in Western Mianchi County

Farmland abandonment monitoring is one of the key aspects of land use and land cover research, as well as being an important prerequisite for ecological environmental protection and food security. A Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time series analysis is a common method used for farmla...

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Main Authors: Jiqiu Deng, Yiwei Guo, Xiaoyan Chen, Liang Liu, Wenyi Liu
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-03-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/5/2102
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author Jiqiu Deng
Yiwei Guo
Xiaoyan Chen
Liang Liu
Wenyi Liu
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Yiwei Guo
Xiaoyan Chen
Liang Liu
Wenyi Liu
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description Farmland abandonment monitoring is one of the key aspects of land use and land cover research, as well as being an important prerequisite for ecological environmental protection and food security. A Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time series analysis is a common method used for farmland abandonment data extraction; however, extracting this information using high-resolution data is still difficult due to the limitations caused by cloud influence and data of low temporal resolution. To address this problem, this study used STARFM for GF-6 and Landsat 8 data fusion to enhance the continuity of high-resolution and cloudless images. A dataset was constructed by combining the phenological cycle of crops in the study area and then extracting abandoned farmland data based on an NDVI time series analysis. The overall accuracy of the results based on the NDVI time series analysis using the STARFM-fused dataset was 93.42%, which was 15.5% higher than the accuracy of the results obtained using only GF-6 data and 28.52% higher than those obtained using only Landsat data. Improvements in accuracy were also achieved when using SVM for time series analysis based on the fused dataset, indicating that the method used in this study can effectively improve the accuracy of the results. Then, we analyzed the spatial distribution pattern of abandoned farmland by extracting the results and concluded that the abandonment rate increased with the increase in the road network density and decreased with the increase in the distance to residential areas. This study can provide decision-making guidance and scientific and technological support for the monitoring of farmland abandonment and can facilitate the analysis of abandonment mechanisms in the study area, which is conducive to the sustainable development of farmland.
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spelling doaj.art-d5321439affc4501a00a59fe33ae8c4a2024-03-12T16:40:07ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172024-03-01145210210.3390/app14052102Abandoned Farmland Extraction and Feature Analysis Based on Multi-Sensor Fused Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Time Series—A Case Study in Western Mianchi CountyJiqiu Deng0Yiwei Guo1Xiaoyan Chen2Liang Liu3Wenyi Liu4Key Laboratory of Metallogenic Prediction of Nonferrous Metals and Geological Environment Monitoring, Central South University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410083, ChinaKey Laboratory of Metallogenic Prediction of Nonferrous Metals and Geological Environment Monitoring, Central South University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410083, ChinaKey Laboratory of Metallogenic Prediction of Nonferrous Metals and Geological Environment Monitoring, Central South University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410083, ChinaKey Laboratory of Metallogenic Prediction of Nonferrous Metals and Geological Environment Monitoring, Central South University, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410083, ChinaHenan Academy of Geology, Zhengzhou 450016, ChinaFarmland abandonment monitoring is one of the key aspects of land use and land cover research, as well as being an important prerequisite for ecological environmental protection and food security. A Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time series analysis is a common method used for farmland abandonment data extraction; however, extracting this information using high-resolution data is still difficult due to the limitations caused by cloud influence and data of low temporal resolution. To address this problem, this study used STARFM for GF-6 and Landsat 8 data fusion to enhance the continuity of high-resolution and cloudless images. A dataset was constructed by combining the phenological cycle of crops in the study area and then extracting abandoned farmland data based on an NDVI time series analysis. The overall accuracy of the results based on the NDVI time series analysis using the STARFM-fused dataset was 93.42%, which was 15.5% higher than the accuracy of the results obtained using only GF-6 data and 28.52% higher than those obtained using only Landsat data. Improvements in accuracy were also achieved when using SVM for time series analysis based on the fused dataset, indicating that the method used in this study can effectively improve the accuracy of the results. Then, we analyzed the spatial distribution pattern of abandoned farmland by extracting the results and concluded that the abandonment rate increased with the increase in the road network density and decreased with the increase in the distance to residential areas. This study can provide decision-making guidance and scientific and technological support for the monitoring of farmland abandonment and can facilitate the analysis of abandonment mechanisms in the study area, which is conducive to the sustainable development of farmland.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/5/2102multi-sensor data fusionfarmland abandonmentSTARFMNDVI time seriesMianchi County
spellingShingle Jiqiu Deng
Yiwei Guo
Xiaoyan Chen
Liang Liu
Wenyi Liu
Abandoned Farmland Extraction and Feature Analysis Based on Multi-Sensor Fused Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Time Series—A Case Study in Western Mianchi County
Applied Sciences
multi-sensor data fusion
farmland abandonment
STARFM
NDVI time series
Mianchi County
title Abandoned Farmland Extraction and Feature Analysis Based on Multi-Sensor Fused Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Time Series—A Case Study in Western Mianchi County
title_full Abandoned Farmland Extraction and Feature Analysis Based on Multi-Sensor Fused Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Time Series—A Case Study in Western Mianchi County
title_fullStr Abandoned Farmland Extraction and Feature Analysis Based on Multi-Sensor Fused Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Time Series—A Case Study in Western Mianchi County
title_full_unstemmed Abandoned Farmland Extraction and Feature Analysis Based on Multi-Sensor Fused Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Time Series—A Case Study in Western Mianchi County
title_short Abandoned Farmland Extraction and Feature Analysis Based on Multi-Sensor Fused Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Time Series—A Case Study in Western Mianchi County
title_sort abandoned farmland extraction and feature analysis based on multi sensor fused normalized difference vegetation index time series a case study in western mianchi county
topic multi-sensor data fusion
farmland abandonment
STARFM
NDVI time series
Mianchi County
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/5/2102
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