Nataliia Kussul Space Research Institute NASU-NSAU EO for agriculture monitoring in Ukraine within international initiatives GLAM and JECAM Nataliia Kussul Space Research Institute NASU-NSAU

Who we are: Current Expertise & International Activities Space Research Institute National Academy of Science & National Space Agency of Ukraine Department of Space Information Technologies Active participation in the Working Group on Information System and Services (WGISS) of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS). Participation in international collaborative activities within GEO Working Plan UN-SPIDER RSO

Space Research Institute (Ukraine) in GEOSS GEO 2012-2015 Work Plan IN-05 GEOSS Design and Interoperability Architecture Implementation Pilot 2 (AIP-2) “Sensor Web for Flood Applications” DI-01 Informing Risk Management and Disaster Reduction “Namibia SensorWeb Pilot Project” AG-01 Global Agricultural Monitoring and Early Warning GEO-GLAM JECAM GEO-UA Conference on “Earth Observations for Sustainable Development and Security” (2008, 2010, 2012) Prof. José Achache, GEO Secretariat Director, at GEO-UA Conference, 2008 Meeting at NASA on Namibian SensorWeb Project, 2011 Meeting at University of Maryland on GEO-GLAM and JECAM, 2011

JECAM-Ukraine Test sites were officially established in 2011 Kyiv oblast (SRI) Crop area estimation In-situ measurements crop types, along the roads and segment surveys Pshenychne (National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine) Biopar parameters retrieval and crop growth model calibration crop types, crop height, LAI, fCover, soil parameters Lviv oblast (The State Science-Technological Centre of Soil Fertility Protective) Crop rotation identification Administrative map of Ukraine and location of Kyiv and Lviv region Map of intensive observation sub-site Relationship between humus and satellite-derived biomass

JECAM-related tasks (cont’) SOAR-JECAM “SAR parameters optimization for crop classification” Based on Radarsat-2 quad-polarized images GEO-GLAM Winter Wheat Yield Forecasting for the whole Ukraine Based on satellite data, meteorological observations, crop growth model ESA Sentinel2-Agriculture Participation as a “Champion User” SPOT-4 will observe JECAM Ukraine every 5 days to simulate Sintenel-2

Area frame sampling (segments) and along the road surveys (curves) Methodology: the EC project “The Monitoring Agricultural ResourceS” (MARS) Project ЕС JRC “Crop area estimation with satellite images in Ukraine”, 2009-2011 Data: MODIS AWiFS Landsat-5/TM LISS-III RapidEye Area frame sampling (segments) and along the road surveys (curves) The benefit from satellite data usage: Decrease of work cost in 1.5 times

SOAR-JECAM SAR parameters optimization for crop classification Data Radarsat-2 (quad-pol) 27 and 30 August 2012 EO-1/ALI 28 July and 05 August 2012 Major crop types Maize Soybeans Sunflower Sugar beet Winter and spring crops (wheat) Radarsat-2, 2012-07-30 RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.(2012) - All Rights Reserved. EO-1, 2012-08-05

SOAR-JECAM (cont’) Classification algorithms Overall accuracy DT SVM NN (MLP) Overall accuracy 80.4% (MLP) Classification map of Radarsat-2 and EO-1/ALI images using ensemble of MLPs

Crop rotation identification Lviv oblast Satellite data Landsat7 (2012.05.10) Landsat5 (2011.05.25) Crop rotation violation Winter rapeseed Landsat 5 2011-05-25 Landsat 7 2012-05-10

Winter wheat yield forecasting Three approaches empirical regression-based model using MODIS data, empirical regression-based model using meteorological parameters, and adapted for Ukraine Crop Growth Monitoring System (CGMS) based on WOFOST crop growth simulation model and meteorological parameters;

Winter wheat forecast for 2012 Operational forecasting of winter wheat yield in Ukraine for 2012 based on Earth observation Winter wheat forecasts for Ukraine for 2012 as of 2 June 2012

Collaboration with Univ. of Maryland on GEO-GLAM Meeting in College Park, MD, USA, 07 November 2011 Discussion of tasks and current results in JECAM, and participation in GEO-GLAM Meeting on GEO-GLAM in Kyiv, 07 April 2013 Discussion of progress in JECAM and SOAR-JECAM Participation of Ukraine in GEO-GLAM Implementation Phases 1 and 2 Meeting at University of Maryland on GEO-GLAM and JECAM, 2011 Meeting in Kyiv on GEO-GLAM and JECAM, 2013

Geoportal: delivery of EO products (jecam.org.ua) soybean, 90 ha Not planted, 40 ha

Summary – 1/2 Active participation in JECAM Main tasks (using EO) 3 tests sites officially established in 2011 Main tasks (using EO) Crop area estimation Crop yield forecasting Winter wheat at NUTS2 level Crop rotation identification Winter rape seed Involvement of end-users The State Science-Technological Centre of Soil Fertility Protective => crop rotation identification Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center => crop yield forecasting

Summary – 2/2 SOAR-JECAM Geoportal Feasibility of using SAR images for crop mapping for Ukrainian landscape Geoportal Delivery of EO products to end-users via Web Planned contribution to GEO-GLAM Phases 1 and 2 Participation in ESA Sentinel2-Agriculture As a “Champion User”

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