This study confirms that WFCP can be applied to MODIS data with 500-m resolution for determination of rice phenological stages over wide areas and can build a smoothed EVI profile in paddy fields. In the near future, we will release a map of rice phenology in East Asia, revealing the relationship between seasonal changes in rice growth and regional characteristics of climatology. At the moment, various problems including the mix-pixel effect remain. Using MODIS/Aqua data (acquired after July 2002) together with MODIS/Terra data could improve the accuracy of our method.
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