A Multi-Scale Feature Fusion Deep Learning Network for the Extraction of Cropland Based on Landsat Data

In the face of global population growth and climate change, the protection and rational utilization of cropland are crucial for food security and ecological balance. However, the complex topography and unique ecological environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau results in a lack of high-precision cro...

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Main Authors: Huiling Chen, Guojin He, Xueli Peng, Guizhou Wang, Ranyu Yin
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-10-01
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Guojin He
Xueli Peng
Guizhou Wang
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Ranyu Yin
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description In the face of global population growth and climate change, the protection and rational utilization of cropland are crucial for food security and ecological balance. However, the complex topography and unique ecological environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau results in a lack of high-precision cropland monitoring data. Therefore, this paper constructs a high-quality cropland dataset for the YarlungZangbo-Lhasa-Nyangqv River region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and proposes an MSC-ResUNet model for cropland extraction based on Landsat data. The dataset is annotated at the pixel level, comprising 61 Landsat 8 images in 2023. The MSC-ResUNet model innovatively combines multiscale features through residual connections and multiscale skip connections, effectively capturing features ranging from low-level spatial details to high-level semantic information and further enhances performance by incorporating depthwise separable convolutions as part of the feature fusion process. Experimental results indicate that MSC-ResUNet achieves superior accuracy compared to other models, with F1 scores of 0.826 and 0.856, and MCC values of 0.816 and 0.847, in regional robustness and temporal transferability tests, respectively. Performance analysis across different months and band combinations demonstrates that the model maintains high recognition accuracy during both growing and non-growing seasons, despite the study area’s complex landforms and diverse crops.
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spelling doaj-art-92c1fc7d5ae54294b46da5e8a30f30f42024-11-08T14:40:43ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922024-10-011621407110.3390/rs16214071A Multi-Scale Feature Fusion Deep Learning Network for the Extraction of Cropland Based on Landsat DataHuiling Chen0Guojin He1Xueli Peng2Guizhou Wang3Ranyu Yin4Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, ChinaIn the face of global population growth and climate change, the protection and rational utilization of cropland are crucial for food security and ecological balance. However, the complex topography and unique ecological environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau results in a lack of high-precision cropland monitoring data. Therefore, this paper constructs a high-quality cropland dataset for the YarlungZangbo-Lhasa-Nyangqv River region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and proposes an MSC-ResUNet model for cropland extraction based on Landsat data. The dataset is annotated at the pixel level, comprising 61 Landsat 8 images in 2023. The MSC-ResUNet model innovatively combines multiscale features through residual connections and multiscale skip connections, effectively capturing features ranging from low-level spatial details to high-level semantic information and further enhances performance by incorporating depthwise separable convolutions as part of the feature fusion process. Experimental results indicate that MSC-ResUNet achieves superior accuracy compared to other models, with F1 scores of 0.826 and 0.856, and MCC values of 0.816 and 0.847, in regional robustness and temporal transferability tests, respectively. Performance analysis across different months and band combinations demonstrates that the model maintains high recognition accuracy during both growing and non-growing seasons, despite the study area’s complex landforms and diverse crops.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/21/4071croplandYarlungzangbo-Lhasa-Nyangqv River regiondeep learningmulti-scale featurelandsat datatraining dataset
spellingShingle Huiling Chen
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Xueli Peng
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A Multi-Scale Feature Fusion Deep Learning Network for the Extraction of Cropland Based on Landsat Data
Remote Sensing
cropland
Yarlungzangbo-Lhasa-Nyangqv River region
deep learning
multi-scale feature
landsat data
training dataset
title A Multi-Scale Feature Fusion Deep Learning Network for the Extraction of Cropland Based on Landsat Data
title_full A Multi-Scale Feature Fusion Deep Learning Network for the Extraction of Cropland Based on Landsat Data
title_fullStr A Multi-Scale Feature Fusion Deep Learning Network for the Extraction of Cropland Based on Landsat Data
title_full_unstemmed A Multi-Scale Feature Fusion Deep Learning Network for the Extraction of Cropland Based on Landsat Data
title_short A Multi-Scale Feature Fusion Deep Learning Network for the Extraction of Cropland Based on Landsat Data
title_sort multi scale feature fusion deep learning network for the extraction of cropland based on landsat data
topic cropland
Yarlungzangbo-Lhasa-Nyangqv River region
deep learning
multi-scale feature
landsat data
training dataset
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/21/4071
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