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Comparing two sensor data to perceive landscape phenology dynamics at Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, India


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1 Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 002, India
2 Agro-advisory Service Division, India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi 110 003, India
3 Wildlife Division, Sasan-Gir, Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat 362 135, India
4 Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad 380 015, India

Periodic observations of landscape phenology are critical for assessing growth cyclicals of forest covers. The present study attempts to discern the phenology dynamics of dry deciduous forest cover using ground- and satellite-based sensors and to examine their complementarity. Modelled phenophases coming from the data of both sensors reflected dynamics of landscape phenology matching with the pattern of deciduous cover. Phenophases derived from the data of PhenoCam coincided with the observed rainfall dynamics of the region, while satellite-based phenophases could not, largely because of a mismatch in data availability owing to cloud cover hindrance. A correlation was seen between the measured indices of both sensors. The modelled length of the season of deciduous cover obtained from the data of both sensors was similar. The study tries to fill in the existing wide gap in the studies on phenophases of Indian tropical covers and highlights how it can assist better in gauging the ecological dyna­mics of protected areas.

Keywords

PhenoCam, phenology, phenophases, Sentinel-2, vegetation indices.
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Authors

Dhruvi P. Phadke
Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 002, India
Amrita N. Chaurasia
Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 002, India
Sheshakumar Goroshi
Agro-advisory Service Division, India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi 110 003, India
Mohan Ram
Wildlife Division, Sasan-Gir, Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat 362 135, India
C. P. Singh
Wildlife Division, Sasan-Gir, Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat 362 135, India
Bimal K. Bhattacharya
Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
N. S. R. Krishnayya
Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 002, India

Abstract


Periodic observations of landscape phenology are critical for assessing growth cyclicals of forest covers. The present study attempts to discern the phenology dynamics of dry deciduous forest cover using ground- and satellite-based sensors and to examine their complementarity. Modelled phenophases coming from the data of both sensors reflected dynamics of landscape phenology matching with the pattern of deciduous cover. Phenophases derived from the data of PhenoCam coincided with the observed rainfall dynamics of the region, while satellite-based phenophases could not, largely because of a mismatch in data availability owing to cloud cover hindrance. A correlation was seen between the measured indices of both sensors. The modelled length of the season of deciduous cover obtained from the data of both sensors was similar. The study tries to fill in the existing wide gap in the studies on phenophases of Indian tropical covers and highlights how it can assist better in gauging the ecological dyna­mics of protected areas.

Keywords


PhenoCam, phenology, phenophases, Sentinel-2, vegetation indices.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv127%2Fi11%2F1357-1362