A multiple-frame approach of crop yield estimation from satellite remotely sensed data

Abstract

Many studies have recently explored the information from the satellite-remotely sensed data (SRSD) for estimating the crop production statistics. The value of this information depends on the aerial and spatial resolutions of SRSD. The SRSD with fine spatial resolution is costly and the aerial coverage is less. Use of multiple frames of SRSD in the estimation process of crop production can increase the precision. We propose an estimator for the average yield of wheat for the state of Haryana, India. This estimator uses the information from the Wide Field Sensor (WiFS) and the Linear Imaging Self Scanner (LISS-III) data from the Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1D) and the crop cutting experiment data collected by probability sampling design from a list frame of villages. We find that the relative efficiencies of the multiple-frame estimators are high in comparison to the single frame estimators.