| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第20-50页 |
| 1.1 Research background and significance | 第20-24页 |
| 1.2 Review of relevant literature | 第24-43页 |
| 1.2.1 Optical remote sensing of paddy rice | 第24-32页 |
| 1.2.1.1 Mapping paddy rice fields | 第25-28页 |
| 1.2.1.2 Mapping paddy rice biomass | 第28-30页 |
| 1.2.1.3 Mapping paddy rice LAI | 第30-32页 |
| 1.2.2 Microwave remote sensing of paddy rice | 第32-38页 |
| 1.2.2.1 Mapping paddy rice fields | 第32-34页 |
| 1.2.2.2 Mapping paddy rice biomass | 第34-37页 |
| 1.2.2.3 Mapping paddy rice LAI | 第37-38页 |
| 1.2.3 Combining optical and microwave satellite data | 第38-43页 |
| 1.2.3.1 Mapping paddy rice fields | 第38-41页 |
| 1.2.3.2 Mapping paddy rice biomass | 第41-42页 |
| 1.2.3.3 Mapping paddy rice LAI | 第42-43页 |
| 1.3 Research problem, objectives and questions | 第43-49页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the thesis | 第49-50页 |
| 2 Materials and Methods | 第50-78页 |
| 2.1 Study area | 第50-51页 |
| 2.2 Field data collection | 第51-56页 |
| 2.2.1 In-situ rice field data | 第51-54页 |
| 2.2.2 In-situ rice biomass and LAI data | 第54-56页 |
| 2.3 Satellite data collection and processing | 第56-70页 |
| 2.3.1 Sentinel-2A data | 第56-59页 |
| 2.3.2 Landsat-8 data | 第59-60页 |
| 2.3.3 Environment(HJ-1A/B)data | 第60-61页 |
| 2.3.4 Gaofen-1(GF-1) WFV data | 第61-63页 |
| 2.3.5 Optical image harmonization | 第63-66页 |
| 2.3.6 Sentinel-1 A data | 第66-69页 |
| 2.3.7 Field surveys and satellite data | 第69-70页 |
| 2.4 Data and models for mapping rice fields | 第70-71页 |
| 2.4.1 Support Vector Machine(SVM) | 第70-71页 |
| 2.4.2 Random Forest (RF) | 第71页 |
| 2.4.3 Accuracy assessment | 第71页 |
| 2.5 Data and models for rice biomass and LAI estimation and dynamic mapping | 第71-76页 |
| 2.6 Summary of methodological approach | 第76-78页 |
| 3 Mapping Rice Distribution | 第78-94页 |
| 3.1 EVI seasonal profiles | 第78-79页 |
| 3.2 VH and VV seasonal profiles | 第79-82页 |
| 3.3 Rice distribution maps | 第82-94页 |
| 3.3.1 Optical satellite data | 第82-83页 |
| 3.3.2 Microwave satellite data | 第83-87页 |
| 3.3.3 Combined optical and microwave satellite data | 第87-94页 |
| 4 Estimation and Dynamic Mapping of Rice Dry Biomass | 第94-120页 |
| 4.1 Rice biomass estimation at all growth stages | 第95-105页 |
| 4.1.1 Relationship between rice biomass and EVI, VH and VV data at allstages | 第95-99页 |
| 4.1.2 Rice biomass estimation models with the VV dataset at all stages | 第99-102页 |
| 4.1.3 Dynamic rice biomass maps with microwave data for the entireseason | 第102-105页 |
| 4.2 Rice biomass estimation at specific growth periods | 第105-112页 |
| 4.2.1 Relationship between biomass and EVI, VH and VV at specificperiods | 第106-108页 |
| 4.2.2 Rice biomass estimation before and after heading with optical data | 第108-109页 |
| 4.2.3 Rice biomass estimation from elongation to milking with microwavedata | 第109-111页 |
| 4.2.4 Biomass estimation from elongation to maturity with microwavedata | 第111-112页 |
| 4.3 Rice biomass estimation with combined satellite datasets | 第112-120页 |
| 4.3.1 Combined optical and microwave datasets from elongation tomilking | 第113-115页 |
| 4.3.2 Combined optical and microwave datasets from elongation tomaturity | 第115-116页 |
| 4.3.3 Summary of biomass estimation models at various rice growthperiods | 第116-120页 |
| 5 Estimation and Dynamic Mapping of Rice Green LAI | 第120-140页 |
| 5.1 Rice LAI estimation at all growth stages | 第120-128页 |
| 5.1.1 Relationship between rice LAI and EVI, VH and VV at all growthstages | 第120-123页 |
| 5.1.2 Rice LAI estimation models with VV and EVI data at all growthstages | 第123-125页 |
| 5.1.3 Dynamic maps of rice LAI with Sentinel-1 A data covering all stages | 第125-128页 |
| 5.2 Rice LAI estimation at specific growth periods | 第128-134页 |
| 5.2.1 Relationship between rice LAI and EVI,VH and VV at specificperiods | 第129-130页 |
| 5.2.2 Rice LAI estimation before and after heading with optical data | 第130-132页 |
| 5.2.3 Rice LAI estimation from elongation to milking with microwavedata | 第132-133页 |
| 5.2.4 Rice LAI estimation from elongation to maturity with microwavedata | 第133-134页 |
| 5.3 Rice LAI estimation with combined satellite datasets | 第134-137页 |
| 5.3.1 Combined optical and microwave datasets from elongation tomilking | 第134-136页 |
| 5.3.2 Combined optical and microwave datasets from elongation tomaturity | 第136-137页 |
| 5.4 Summary of LAI estimation models at various growth periods | 第137-140页 |
| 6 Discussions, Conclusions, Contributions, Limitations and Recommendations | 第140-154页 |
| 6.1 Discussions | 第140-149页 |
| 6.1.1 Mapping paddy rice distribution | 第141-143页 |
| 6.1.2 Estimation and dynamic mapping of rice dry biomass | 第143-146页 |
| 6.1.3 Estimation and dynamic mapping of rice green LAI | 第146-149页 |
| 6.2 Conclusions | 第149-151页 |
| 6.3 Contributions | 第151页 |
| 6.4 Limitations | 第151-152页 |
| 6.5 Recommendations | 第152-154页 |
| References | 第154-172页 |
| Author's publications and submissions arising from PhD thesis | 第172-173页 |
| Author's other publications achieved during doctoral studies | 第173-175页 |
