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Rice areas in India are being mapped for acreage estimation using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data under forecasting agricultural output using space, agrometeorology and land-based observations (FASAL) program for over a decade now. Under this study, an attempt was made to segregate rice areas based on variety in parts of Punjab state. Data acquisition was done at critical stages of rice growth. The shift in transplantation in temporal domain and difference in canopy volume formed the basis of characterization of rice crop into two different varieties namely aromatic and non-aromatic. Multitemporal HH polarization data along with rate of change of cross polarization ratio (HH/HV) from July to September 2011 was used. The aromatic rice could be separated from normal rice with 91% accuracy.
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Authors are thankful to Dr M Chakraborty, Group Director, ATDG/SAC for his technical guidance. The Radarsat data used in this study is due to courtesy of the national project, FASAL.
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Jain, V., Patnaik, C. & Panigrahy, S. A feasibility study on identification of Basmati (aromatic) rice using SAR data. J Earth Syst Sci 123, 1831–1838 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-014-0508-y
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