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Validation of a Crop Yield and CO2 Fixation Model over Southeast Asia by Carbon Partitioning in Grain Plants

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A photosynthetic-sterility model for grain production monitoring has been developed and validated under the background of climate change and Asian economic growth in developing countries. This paper presents an application of the model to evaluate carbon-fixation rates in yields of paddy rice, winter wheat, and maize in Asia. The validation of the model is based on carbon partitioning in grain plants. The carbon hydrate in grains has the same chemical formula as that of cellulose in grain vegetation. The partitioning of carbon in plants can validate fixation amounts of computed carbon using a satellite-based photosynthesis model. The model estimates the photosynthesis fixation of rice reasonably in Japan and China. Results were validated through examination of carbon in grains, but the model tends to underestimate results for winter wheat and maize. This study also provides daily distributions of the PSN, which is the CO2 fixation in Asian areas combined with a land-cover distribution classified from MODIS data, NDVI from SPOT VEGETATION, and meteorological re-analysis data by European Centre for Medium-Range Forecasts (ECMWF). The mean CO2 and carbon fixation rates in paddy areas were 25.92 (t CO2/ha) and 5.28 (t C/ha) in Japan, respectively. Comparisons between the model’s values and MODIS seasonal PSNs show similar trends. The writers are preparing to compare computed photosynthesis rates with observed AsiaFlux data for the validation of this model at field sites of paddy, grassland and forests in Japan and Asian countries.

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Acknowledgement

This study is funded by Grants-in-Aid (No. 21580319) for Scientific Research. We wish to express thanks to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, which belongs to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

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  1. Remote Sensing Environmental Monitor, Inc., 4-5-5, Kamariya-nishi, Kanazawaku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, 236–0046

    Daijiro Kaneko

  2. Key Laboratory of Resources Remote Sensing & Digital Agriculture (Ministry of Agriculture), Institute of Agricultural Resources & Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12, Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, 100081

    Peng Yang

  3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603–1, Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, 940–2188

    Toshiro Kumakura

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Kaneko, D., Yang, P. & Kumakura, T. Validation of a Crop Yield and CO2 Fixation Model over Southeast Asia by Carbon Partitioning in Grain Plants. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 39, 297–306 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-011-0096-0

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