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In this study, based on the analysis of existing rice fields extraction methods and the characteristics of intra-annual variation of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) in the different types of ground features, the NDVI difference method is used to extract rice fields using Sentinel data based on the unique feature of rice fields having large differences in vegetation between the pre-harvest and post-harvest periods. Firstly, partial correlation analysis is used to study the influencing factors of the rice harvesting period, and a simulation model of the rice harvesting period is constructed by multiple regression analysis with data from 32 sample points. Sentinel data of the pre-harvest and post-harvest periods of rice fields are determined based on the selected rice harvesting period. The NDVI values of the rice fields are calculated for both the pre-harvest and post-harvest periods, and 33 samples of the rice fields are selected from the high-resolution image. The threshold value for rice field extraction is determined through statistical analysis of the NDVI difference in the sample area. This threshold was then utilized to extract the initial extent of rice fields. Secondly, to address the phenomenon of the \u201cwater edge effect\u201d in the initial data, the water extraction method based on the normalized difference water index (NDWI) is used to remove the pixels of water edges. Finally, the extraction results are verified and analyzed for accuracy. The study results show that: (1) The rice harvesting period is significantly correlated with altitude and latitude, with coefficients of 0.978 and 0.922, respectively, and the simulation model of the harvesting period can effectively determine the best period of remote sensing images needed to extract rice fields; (2) The NDVI difference method based on sentinel data for rice fields extraction is excellent; (3) The mixed pixels have a large impact on the accuracy of rice fields extraction, due to the water edge effect. Combining NDWI can effectively reduce the water edge effect and significantly improve the accuracy of rice field extraction.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s23135876","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,26]],"date-time":"2023-06-26T05:28:02Z","timestamp":1687757282000},"page":"5876","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Research on Rice Fields Extraction by NDVI Difference Method Based on Sentinel Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Jinglian","family":"Tian","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Chongqing Jinfo Mountain Karst Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"},{"name":"Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Remote Sensing Big Data Application, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"},{"name":"Daotian Science and Technology Limited Company, Chongqing 400700, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6938-2006","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yongzhong","family":"Tian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chongqing Jinfo Mountain Karst Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"},{"name":"Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Remote Sensing Big Data Application, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"},{"name":"Daotian Science and Technology Limited Company, Chongqing 400700, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Cao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chongqing Jinfo Mountain Karst Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"},{"name":"Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Remote Sensing Big Data Application, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"},{"name":"Daotian Science and Technology Limited Company, Chongqing 400700, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wenhao","family":"Wan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chongqing Jinfo Mountain Karst Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"},{"name":"Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Remote Sensing Big Data Application, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"},{"name":"Daotian Science and Technology Limited Company, Chongqing 400700, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kangning","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chongqing Geomatics and Remote Sensing Center, Chongqing 400715, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Tiwari, S., Vaish, B., and Singh, P. 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