Development of a simplified technique for gap filling of Normalize Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time series data
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The presence of gaps or missing values in time series prevents the practical use of such data. The current research aims at developing a simplified, straightforward technique for gap-filling the time series data of the Normalize Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) generated using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). This research assumes that a relationship exists between the pixel location, date of acquisition and its NDVI value within a defined timeline. Therefore, two relatively simple methods were tested: the Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) analysis and the Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)to fill the NDVI missing values. While MLR is a well-known simple statistical method, the ANN has been successfully applied for the analysis of various scientific data, including the gap-filling of time series data. Nevertheless, ANN proved its supremacy in such approach. The accuracy of estimation utilizing the developed ANN model reached an average of r2 of 0.8, while the average accuracy of MLR was about 0.3. Nevertheless, the developed model could only be applied within the same timeframe of the images used for developing the model. Otherwise, the accuracy of determination was reduced significantly. The results showed that according to its performance, ANN are promising for filling missing data of NDVI time series and could be applied to any other vegetation indices as well.
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Artificial neural networks, Gap filling, Multiple linear regression, MODIS-NDVI, Time series
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Myneni, R.B., Hall, F.G., Sellers, P.J. & Marshak, A.L. (1995). The interpretation of spectral vegetation indexes. IEEE T Geosci Remote, 33,481-486
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Reddy, D.S. & Prasad, P.R. (2018). Prediction of vegetation dynamics using NDVI time series data and LSTM. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 4,409-419.
Rouse, J.W., Haas, R.H., Schell J.A. & Deering, D.W. (1974). Monitoring vegetation systems in the Great Plains with ERTS, In: S.C. Freden, E.P. Mercanti, and M. Becker (eds) Third Earth Resources Technology Satellite–1 Syposium. Volume I: Technical Presentations, NASA SP-351, NASA, Washington, D.C., pp. 309-317
Sarafanov, M., Kazakov, E., Nikitin N.O. and Kalyuzhnaya, A.V. (2020). A machine learning approach for remote sensing data gap-filling with open-source implementation: an example regarding land surface temperature, surface albedo and NDVI. Remote Sensing, 12(23), 3865-3886.https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12233865.
Savtchenko, A., Ouzounov, D., Ahmad, S., Acker, J., Leptoukh, G., Koziana, J. &Nickless, D. (2004). Terra and Aqua MODIS products available from NASA GES DAAC. Advances in Space Research, 34, 710–714.
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Vermote, E. (2015b). MOD09Q1 MODIS/Terra surface reflectance 8-Day L3 global 250m SIN grid V006 [Data set]. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD09Q1.006.
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Yu, W., Li, J., Liu, Q., Zhao, J., Dong, Y., Zhu, X., Lin, S., Zhang H. & Zhang, Z. (2021). Historical landsat NDVI time series by integrating climate data. Remote Sensing, 13, 484. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030484.
Zhou, Q., Zhu, Z., Xian, G. & Li, C. (2022). A novel regression method for harmonic analysis of time series. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 185, 48-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2022.01.006.
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Development of a simplified technique for gap filling of Normalize Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time series data . (2022). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 14(4), 1500-1506. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v14i4.4095
