Integration of CERES-rice crop simulation model and MODIS LAI (MOD15A2) for rice yield estimation
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https://doi.org/10.54386/jam.v27i3.2973Keywords:
DSSAT-CERES-rice model, remote sensing, rice yield prediction, MODIS LAI, IntegrationAbstract
In this study assimilation of MODIS LAI (MOD15A2) into DSSAT-CERES-rice crop simulation model was used to develop advance yield estimates of rice crop during pre-harvest stage (F3) in Palakkad district of Kerala during Mundakan (September- January) season 2022-23 and 2023-24. The free parameters identified as inputs for the DSSAT-CERES-rice crop simulation model were adjusted and optimized sequentially during assimilation process until a minimum value of cost function is reached. This helped to minimize the deviation between MODIS- LAI and model generated LAI and the yield predicted by the model consequently is taken as the predicted yield. The average predicted yield during 2022-23 and 2023-24 was 5590 kgha-1 and 5124 kgha-1 respectively. The yield prediction by simulation model integrated with remote sensing products had higher accuracy than using simulation model alone during both the years with number of panchayats having the BIAS above ± 10 per cent reduced from 20 to 12 and 23 to 11 during 2022-23 and 2023-24 respectively. The findings clearly show that incorporating satellite data into crop simulation models can produce more accurate rice production forecasts than crop simulation techniques used alone.
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