Elahe Khesali; Mohammadreza Mobasheri
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Extended Abstract Introduction Frost causes a lot of damage to the agricultural sector every year.From the meteorological point of view, when the temperature drops below a certain value, frost occurs. This threshold may vary from one crop to the other. Not much research has been done to predict frost ...
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Extended Abstract Introduction Frost causes a lot of damage to the agricultural sector every year.From the meteorological point of view, when the temperature drops below a certain value, frost occurs. This threshold may vary from one crop to the other. Not much research has been done to predict frost using remote sensing technology. Most of the models used to predict frost have been provided by climatologists, geographers and meteorologists based on data collected at meteorological stations.The measurements at meteorological stations are at a point and the number of these stations are limited. Therefore, depending on the surface coverage and texture around the station, the air temperature would only be valid in certain and limited distance from the stations. On the other hand, satellite images have relatively acceptable spatial resolution specially for using in the environmental studies.This indicates the necessity of using remote sensing data in many occasions including frost prediction.This work tried to predict areas at risk of frost using the NEAT method in the state of Georgia, USA. For this purpose, the MODIS satellite data and the data collected in meteorological stations of AEMN network are used. Materials and Methods The State of Georgia, in the southern part of the United States between latitude of 30o31’ to 35o north, and longitude of 81o to 85o53’ west with an area of 154077 square kilometers, was chosen for this case study.The reason for choosing this region was merely because of accessibility and availability of surface collected data mostly in cultivating and agricultural zones. In this study, data collected in 10 AEMN stations from 2005 to 2015 were used for modeling and evaluation. Also, data collected in 68 stations of AEMN were used for evaluation of model for two different periods. The satellite images used in this study is collected by Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board of Terra and Aqua platforms. The MODIS products used in this study consist of LST (MOD11 and MYD11), lifted index (MOD07 and MYD07), total precipitable water (MOD05 and MYD05), and normalized differential vegetation index (MOD13). Also, in this study, to estimate air temperature in each 1 by 1 km grid box, the method developed by Mobashari et al. (2018) was used. The method offered an accuracy of 2.33 °C and a correlation coefficient of 0.94. Khesali and Mobasheri, 2019 presented Near-surface Estimated Air Temperature (NEAT) model in which extrapolation coefficients for air temperature to the next hours are calculated. To increase the accuracy of the NEAT model, it was recalculated using AEMN data at Aqua and Tera passing times. The methodology in this study consists of the following steps. • Selection of study area and collecting temperature data from AEMN meteorological stations, • Reproducing NEAT model coefficients usinga set of AEMN data, • Evaluating NEAT equation using another set of AEMN data, • Receiving and preparation of MODIS products and calculation of air temperature at the passing time of Terra and Aqua, • Applying NEAT to the MODIS images, • Producing Frost map using temperatures estimated by NEAT • Evaluation of frost prediction accuracy Results and Discussion In order to implement the model, Two periods were selected: 3–9 December 2006 and 3–11 April 2007 in which severe crop damage across the southeastern United States has happened (Prabha and Hoogenboom, 2008). First, the NEAT model coefficients are calculated using the AEMN network data, and evaluated for air temperature extrapolation to the next hours. Then, the air temperature was extracted using MODIS products for Aqua and Terra night time sensors. Finally, the NEAT model was applied to the air temperature extracted from satellite images, and the nighttime temperature was predicted from approximately 22:30 pm to 7:30 am of next day at 15 minute intervals. Then in the extracted images the air temperature was classified into two degreeintervals. Areas with temperatures below zero degrees Celsius are considered frost zones. Data from 68 AEMN network stations were used for evaluation. Statistical parameters like RMSE and variations of User Accuracy and Overall Accuracy were analyzed over the night. The RMSE value for all data, which is 13,840, is estimated to be 2.5 degrees. This parameter has an increasing trend from the satellite passing time to 6 hours and varies from 0.1 to 2.5 degrees Celsius. The results show the effectiveness of the proposed model in frost prediction. Conclusion In this study, AEMN meteorological data and MODIS satellite images were used for frost prediction. The study area is located in the Georgia state in the southeast of the US. Using the Neat model, air temperature is extrapolated during night in 15 minute intervals. Air temperature maps for two periods of time are produced. The results and accuracy assessment parameters show the ability of the proposed model in air temperature prediction and its effectivenessin frost prediction
Mahdi Modiri; Zahra Alibakhshi; Faramarz Khoshakhlaq; Ali Hanafi
Volume 21, Issue 84 , February 2013, , Pages 7-20
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In order to recognize the effective synoptic system in creation of moderate and severe frosts in Tehran and the conditions under which sever and moderate storms transform into one another, synoptic analysis has been implemented by mean sea level 850 and 700 hp maps in a period of 45 years (1961-2005). ...
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In order to recognize the effective synoptic system in creation of moderate and severe frosts in Tehran and the conditions under which sever and moderate storms transform into one another, synoptic analysis has been implemented by mean sea level 850 and 700 hp maps in a period of 45 years (1961-2005). The synoptic results indicated that the transformation of moderate frost into severe and exterminator frost is because of cold weather advection from higher latitude, setting of through over region or earthly radiation. Surveying 850 hp maps, it was recognized that decreasing of temperature in research region arises from the cold advection of various systems from northwest to northeast. In mean sea level maps, extension of Siberian high pressure ridge, and in 700 hp level, setting of through over the eastern part of the district has the most frequency and share in moderate and severe frost formation.
Mehrdad Hosseini; Reza Borhani; Maryam Khattar
Volume 15, Issue 58 , August 2006, , Pages 22-27
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In this research, in order to investigate the frosts occurred at Ekbatan station (Hamedan), the minimum daily temperatures of this station were studied. In general, the frosts were divided into three weak (mild), moderate, and severe categories. Next, the range of changes in the time of occurrence of ...
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In this research, in order to investigate the frosts occurred at Ekbatan station (Hamedan), the minimum daily temperatures of this station were studied. In general, the frosts were divided into three weak (mild), moderate, and severe categories. Next, the range of changes in the time of occurrence of these frosts was determined and the frequency of their occurrence was calculated. It was also attempted to obtain an experimental formula for the first autumn frost in a particular year based on the date of the last frosts of the spring of that year, and to determine the probability of occurrence of temperature thresholds between 0 and -15 ° C in different months of year by calculating different statistical parameters. In addition, it has been tried by dividing the the year into 36 distinct decades (ten days) to calculate the temperatures that are possible to occur with different percentages of probability.
