RQADeforestation.py

Python bindings for the Julia package RQADeforestation.jl. It provides functions for fast recurrence quantification analysis (RQA), accelerated using Julia. This library is part of the FAIRSenDD project that utilize Sentinel-1 data for FAIR deforestation detection.

Get Started

Install:

pip install rqadeforestation

Run RQA analysis on a single time series:

from rqadeforestation import rqatrend
import numpy as np

x = np.arange(1, 30, step=0.01)
y = np.sin(x) + 0.1 * x
rqatrend(y, 0.5, 10, 1)
# -0.14028027430322332

Use in openEO:

# Import required packages
import openeo
from openeo.processes import process

# Connect to the back-end
connection = openeo.connect("https://openeo.eodc.eu/openeo/1.2.0/")
connection.authenticate_oidc()

bbox =  {"west": 11.655947222212369, "east": 11.715643117926051, "south": 50.87929082462556, "north": 50.92129080534822}
datacube1 = connection.load_collection(collection_id = "SENTINEL1_SIG0_20M", spatial_extent = bbox,
  temporal_extent = ["2020-01-01T00:00:00Z", "2020-02-01T00:00:00Z"], bands = None, properties = {}
)

def reducer1(data, context):
    rqadeforestation1 = process("rqadeforestation", data = data, threshold = 0.4)
    return rqadeforestation1

reduce3 = datacube1.reduce_dimension(reducer = reducer1, dimension = "t")
save4 = reduce3.save_result(format = "NETCDF")

# The process can be executed synchronously (see below), as batch job or as web service now
result = connection.execute(save4)

Motivation

Analyzing high resolution sattelite images at global scale requires to optimize the execution efficiency. Python is required for most openEO workflows in which performance critical parts of the code are written in a compiled programming language. Usually, this is done in C, e.g., array operations in numpy. Julia provides an alternative to accellerate code using a more user-friendly language.

Development

Development workflow:

1. Write Julia code at https://github.com/EarthyScience/RQADeforestation.jl
2. Compile using StaticCompiler
3. Put the binary libraries at rqadeforestation/lib
4. Add python binding functions to this package
5. Install this package in openEO and use it in an User-Defined-Function

Citation

F. Cremer, M. Urbazaev, J. Cortés, J. Truckenbrodt, C. Schmullius and C. Thiel, "Potential of Recurrence Metrics from Sentinel-1 Time Series for Deforestation Mapping," in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 13, pp. 5233-5240, 2020, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3019333.

Funding

This project was funded by the European Space Agency in the Science Result Long-Term Availability & Reusability Demonstrator Initiative. In addition, this project was supported by the ESA Network of Resources.