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RF-CLASS: Remote-sensing-based Flood Crop Loss Assessment Service System

The Remote-sensing-based Flood Crop Loss Assessment Service System (RF-CLASS) is an Earth Observation (EO) based flood crop loss assessment cyber-service system operated by the Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS), George Mason University. RF-CLASS supports flood-related crop statistics and insurance decision-making. Based on the service-orientated architecture, RF-CLASS has been implemented with open interoperability specifications to facilitate the interoperability with EO data systems, particularly the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS), for automatically fetching the input data from the data systems. Validated EO algorithms have been implemented as web services in the system to operationally produce a set of flood-related products from EO data, such as flood frequency, flooded acreage, and degree of crop damage, for supporting decision-making in flood statistics and flood crop insurance policy. The system leverages recent advances in the remote sensing-based flood monitoring and assessment, the near-real-time availability of EO data, the service-oriented architecture, geospatial interoperability standards, and the standard-based geospatial web service technology. The prototype system has automatically generated the flood crop loss products and demonstrated the feasibility of using such products to improve the agricultural decision-making.

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RF-CLASS
Remote-sensing-based Flood Crop Loss Assessment Service System
Modified
2019-08-05
Release Date
2018-12-21
Identifier
9ea68a0e-e7bf-4c08-97cb-b9d912385aae
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area
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Publisher
Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS), George Mason University
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location
Contiguous United States (CONUS)
License
U.S. Public Domain
Contact Name
Yu, Eugene Genong
Contact Email
gyu@gmu.edu
Public Access Level
Public
Bureau Code
005:15 - National Agricultural Statistics Service
Extended Metadata: 
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Authors
Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS), George Mason University
Peer Reviewed
No
Intended Use
RF-CLASS supports flood-related crop statistics and insurance decision-making.
Funding Sources
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NNX12AQ31G
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NNX14AP91G
Primary Article

Di, L., Yu, E. G., Kang, L., Shrestha, R., & BAI, Y.- qi. (2017). RF-CLASS: A remote-sensing-based flood crop loss assessment cyber-service system for supporting crop statistics and insurance decision-making. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 16(2), 408-423. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2095-3119(16)61499-5

AgID: 10113/5629478
Method Citation

Di, L., Yu, E. G., Kang, L., Shrestha, R., & BAI, Y.- qi. (2017). RF-CLASS: A remote-sensing-based flood crop loss assessment cyber-service system for supporting crop statistics and insurance decision-making. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 16(2), 408-423. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2095-3119(16)61499-5

AgID: 10113/5629478
Product Type
Dataset
Related Content
A Remote-sensing-based Flood Crop Loss Assessment Service System (RF-CLASS) for Supporting USDA Crop Statistics and Insurance Decision Making [NASA Applied Sciences Program]
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ISO Topic(s)
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
environment
farming
geoscientificInformation
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
inlandWaters
location
planningCadastre
State or Territory
United States Of America
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus Term
crop losses
statistics
decision making
floods
United States
acreage
crop damage
monitoring
risk management
surveys
farmers
labor
decision support systems
algorithms
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
information systems
Internet
crop insurance
issues and policy
remote sensing
Ag Data Commons Keywords
  • Maps & Multimedia
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Water
  • Hydrology
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Water
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Weather and Climate
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Management
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Socioeconomics
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agroecosystems & Environment
  • Plants & Crops

Suggested Citations:

(original article) Di, L., Yu, E. G., Kang, L., Shrestha, R., & BAI, Y.- qi. (2017). RF-CLASS: A remote-sensing-based flood crop loss assessment cyber-service system for supporting crop statistics and insurance decision-making. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 16(2), 408-423. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2095-3119(16)61499-5

(dataset) Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS), George Mason University (2018). RF-CLASS: Remote-sensing-based Flood Crop Loss Assessment Service System. Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS), George Mason University. https://data.nal.usda.gov/dataset/rf-class-remote-sensing-based-flood-crop-loss-assessment-service-system. Accessed 2023-12-02.