Calculating Vegetation Index-Based Crop Coefficients for Alfalfa in the Mesilla Valley, New Mexico Using Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) Data and Eddy Covariance Flux Tower Data

Author:

Sabie Robert1ORCID,Bawazir A. Salim2ORCID,Buenemann Michaela3ORCID,Steele Caitriana4,Fernald Alexander1

Affiliation:

1. New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001, USA

2. Department of Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001, USA

3. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001, USA

4. USDA SW Climate Hub US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001, USA

Abstract

The goal of this study is to investigate the usefulness of the relatively new 30 m spatial and <5.7-day temporal resolution Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) dataset for calculating vegetation index-based crop coefficients (KcVI) for estimating field scale crop evapotranspiration (ETc). Increased spatial and temporal resolution ETc estimates are needed for improving irrigation scheduling, monitoring impacts of water conservation programs, and improving crop yield. The crop coefficient (Kc) method is widely used for estimating ETc. Remote sensing vegetation indices (VI) are highly correlated to Kc and allow the creation of a KcVI but the approach is limited by the availability of high temporal and spatial resolutions. We selected and calculated sixteen commonly used VIs using HLS data and regressed them against field-measured ET for alfalfa in the Mesilla Valley, New Mexico to create linear KcVI models. All models showed good agreement with Kc (r2 > 0.67 and RMSE < 0.15). ETc prediction resulted in an MAE ranging between 0.35- and 0.64-mm day−1, an MSE ranging between 0.20- and 0.75-mm day−1 and an MAPD ranging between 10.0 and 16.5%. The largest differences in predicted ETc occurred early in the growing season and during cutting periods when the spectral signal could be influenced by soil background or irrigation events. The results suggest that applying the KcVI approach to the HLS dataset can help fill in the data gap in remote sensing ET tools. Future work should focus on assessing additional crops and integration into other tools such as the emerging OpenET platform.

Funder

USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture

U.S. Geological Survey

Publisher

MDPI AG

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