多尺度遥感综合监测我国北方典型草原区植被盖度

利用多尺度遥感影像综合进行全球和区域尺度的土地利用/覆盖变化(LUCC)研究是最近全球变化研究的重要方向之一.本文综合利用野外群落样方、数字相机、ETM+影像、NOAA/AVHRR影像,在遥感、GIS和GPS支持下,对我国北方典型草原区植被盖度进行了综合监测、模拟与分析.结果表明:(1)利用经处理后的数字相机影像测量盖度的结果准确性较高,可以作为植被盖度测量的标准结果,反映真实的覆盖特征,并用以验证利用其它方法测量结果的精度.(2)利用野外1 m2样方网格法目视估测的植被盖度结果变化较大,不稳定.本次实验中,与数字相机测量结果相比,样方估测的盖度普遍偏高,平均偏差为9.92%;但两者相关性较好(r2=0.89).(3)采用Gutman模型ETM+影像、NOAA/AVHRR影像反演植被盖度的结果与数字相机测量结果偏差分别为7.03%、7.83%,ETM+像元分解NOAA像元后得到的植被盖度与数字相机测量结果偏差5.68%.三者与数字相机测量结果的相关系数r2分别为0.78、0.6l和0.76.(4)利用野外实测植被盖度数据直接与NOAA-NDVI影像建立统计模型估算植被盖度的精度较低(r2=0.65),而通过空间分辨率介于两者之间的ETM+影像进行转换后,该精度得到一定的提高(r2=0.80).利用像元分解的方法提高了大尺度植被盖度监测的精度,是利用遥感数据进行尺度转换研究的重要实践.多尺度遥感影像的综合对地观测对大区域上反演植被盖度有很好的促进作用.     

多尺度遥感综合监测我国北方典型草原区植被盖度

利用多尺度遥感影像综合进行全球和区域尺度的土地利用/覆盖变化(LUCC)研究是最近全球变化研究的重要方向之一。本文综合利用野外群落样方、数字相机、ETM+影像、NOAA/AVHRR影像,在遥感、GIS和GPS支持下,对我国北方典型草原区植被盖度进行了综合监测、模拟与分析。结果表明:(1) 利用经处理后的数字相机影像测量盖度的结果准确性较高,可以作为植被盖度测量的标准结果,反映真实的覆盖特征,并用以验证利用其它方法测量结果的精度。(2) 利用野外1 m2样方网格法目视估测的植被盖度结果变化较大,不稳定。本次实验中,与数字相机测量结果相比,样方估测的盖度普遍偏高,平均偏差为9.92%;但两者相关性较好(r2=0.89)。(3) 采用Gutman模型ETM+影像、NOAA/AVHRR影像反演植被盖度的结果与数字相机测量结果偏差分别为7.03%、7.83%,ETM+像元分解NOAA像元后得到的植被盖度与数字相机测量结果偏差5.68%。三者与数字相机测量结果的相关系数r2分别为0.78、0.61和0.76。(4)利用野外实测植被盖度数据直接与NOAA-NDVI影像建立统计模型估算植被盖度的精度较低(r2=0.65),而通过空间分辨率介于两者之间的ETM+影像进行转换后,该精度得到一定的提高(r2=0.80)。利用像元分解的方法提高了大尺度植被盖度监测的精度,是利用遥感数据进行尺     

基于多端元光谱混合分析方法的大兴安岭火后植被盖度恢复研究

火干扰是北方针叶林结构、功能及动态的主要调节因子之一。研究火后植被恢复对理解火干扰和生态系统的交互作用具有重要意义。火烧迹地通常由植被与基质混合组成,在中低分辨率（ > 10 m）遥感影像中表现为混合像元,因此研究亚像元尺度上植被的恢复是精确量化植被恢复的关键。本研究以2000年大兴安岭呼中自然保护区中8700 hm²火烧迹地为研究区,以两期（2014年6月1日和2010年6月22日）中分辨率Landsat ETM+影像（30 m）为基础数据,比较多端元光谱混合分析（Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Analysis,MESMA）和归一化植被指数（Normalized Difference Vegetation Index,NDVI）获得的植被盖度,以高分辨率（2 m）WorldView-2影像（2014年7月1日）为验证数据,对两种方法计算的植被盖度精度进行比较。结果表明,MESMA方法获得的植被盖度（R²=0.691）与传统的NDVI获得的植被盖度（R²=0.700）精度无统计差异,中烈度下获得的植被覆盖精度高于低、高火烧烈度。为验证同一端元能否运用到不同时相的Landsat影像中,本研究将从2014年影像中获取的最佳端元运用到2010年影像中获得植被盖度图,结果表明2014年与2010年得到的RMSE（均方根误差）均值分别为0.0015和0.0065,说明最佳端元可用于不同时相的影像分解。本研究表明MESMA方法可有效监测北方针叶林中火后植被盖度恢复,并可运用于时间序列遥感影像监测植被恢复动态。     

基于数字相机、ASTER和MODIS影像综合测量植被盖度

选择我国北方温带典型草原作为研究对象,基于Bottom-up方法,采用地表实测和多尺度遥感综合测量的方法,建立基于地表实测与多尺度遥感数据综合测量的两阶段植被盖度经验模型。此外,还将该模型与常用的亚像元分解模型相比较,结果表明:1)两阶段经验模型可以较好地实现将地面数据扩展到中尺度空间范围,从而完成数据空间尺度的转换,提高大区域草地植被盖度的测量精度;2)MODIS遥感影像数据,结合地面数据和ASTER遥感影像数据可以较好地在区域范围内对北方典型草原的植被盖度进行估测;3)目前常用的亚像元分解模型,应用于中空间分辨率的MODIS影像,估测北方温度典型草原植被盖度的精度不够理想。     

基于地-空遥感耦合的冬小麦叶片氮积累量估算

利用不同冬小麦生态区同步的SPOT-5多光谱遥感影像、地面光谱数据和植株取样数据,提出一种基于波谱响应函数拟合和混合像元分解的纯净像元光谱提取方法,并对比分析了纯净像元光谱、模拟像元光谱和实测像元光谱与冬小麦叶片氮积累量（LNA）的定量关系.结果表明： 模拟像元光谱对叶片氮积累量的反演效果较好,纯净像元光谱反演效果次之,实测像元光谱最差;但基于模拟像元光谱的LNA监测模型不能直接外推至空间尺度.模型检验结果表明,基于纯净像元光谱的LNA监测模型在2个小麦生态区均具有较好的精度和稳定性,该方法综合利用了地-空遥感的优点,可以推广应用到其他不同空间分辨率和光谱分辨率的遥感数据,从而为区域性冬小麦氮素营养状况的遥感监测提供技术依据.     

基于中分辨率TM数据的湿地水生植被提取

利用湿地水生植被生长旺盛、光谱反射较强、光谱信息比较丰富的8月份中分辨率Landsat TM和ETM+多光谱遥感影像,采用面向对象的分类方法,进行野鸭湖湿地水生植被的提取。研究表明:在提取过程中,通过对原始影像进行主成分变换和穗帽变换,将主要信息与噪声分离,不仅减小了数据冗余和波段间的相关性,而且增大了影像上湿地水生植被与其他地物类型光谱和空间信息的差异性,并结合野外水生植被光谱特征分析,选择归一化植被指数NDVI与归一化水体指数NDWI辅助分类,构建特征波段或波段组合,然后,确定适当的隶属度函数和阈值范围,构建分类决策树,完成湿地水生植被的自动分类,提高了影像分割与面向对象分类的精度,取得了较为理想的湿地水生植被提取结果。2002年和2008年两景影像的总体分类精度分别达到86.5%和85.44%,表明中分辨率TM影像可以满足湿地水生植被提取的需要,又因为其具有较高的波谱分辨率、极为丰富的信息量、相对较低的价格、长时间序列,可以作为近20a湿地水生植被提取和动态变化监测的主要数据源。     

基于LSMM和改进的FCM提取城市植被覆盖度——以北京市海淀区为例

植被是城市生态系统的重要组成部分,及时获取植被覆盖信息对城市生态环境监测具有重要意义。利用中分辨率Landsat TM遥感数据,采用线性光谱分解模型(LSMM)开展城市植被覆盖度提取;同时,通过改进训练样本选择方式,在最小噪声变换(MNF)、像元纯净指数分析(PPI)、N维可视化分析基础上得到端元样本,再运用模糊C-均值(FCM)获取植被覆盖度;最后以高分辨率SPOT5遥感数据对两种方式的提取结果进行精度检验。结果显示,基于LSMM和改进的FCM提取的城市植被覆盖度与检验数据相关系数分别为0.8252和0.9381,后者可以较好地处理其他要素的非线性影响,因而具有较高精度。     

干旱区荒漠稀疏植被覆盖度提取及尺度扩展效应

选择线性混合像元分解模型、亚像元模型、最大三波段梯度差法模型以及修正的三波段梯度差法的2个变异模型来提取植被覆盖度,结合地面实测数据,探讨了提取干旱区荒漠稀疏植被覆盖度信息的适宜模型,并以简单平均法模拟了不同尺度的覆盖度影像,通过尺度上推检验了模型在MODIS尺度上的反演效应.结果表明：线性混合像元分解模型反演覆盖度的精度高于其他模型,适于稀疏植被地区,但端元的正确选取较难,从而影响其运用;亚像元分解模型是一个通用模型,植被分类图越精细,通过亚像元分解模型得到的覆盖度精度越高,但这也同时意味着该模型需要测定大量的输入参数;最大三波段梯度差法的算法简单、易于操作,其在农田等中高植被覆盖区及裸土区的预测值与实测值接近,但对干旱区稀疏植被的估计精度偏低;修正后的三波段最大梯度差法模型在稀疏植被覆盖区的预测值与实测值基本一致,在不同尺度上反演的覆盖度信息与实测值的一致性较好.该方法可有效提取干旱区低覆盖度植被信息.     

多尺度遥感数据协同的干旱地区植被覆盖度提取

纯植被像元获取是植被覆盖信息遥感反演的必要环节。干旱地区植被分布零散稀疏,使用中、低分辨率遥感数据提取植被覆盖度时,难以获取纯植被像元,致使植被覆盖度提取精度较低。针对上述问题,本文提出一种基于多尺度遥感数据协同的干旱区植被覆盖度反演方法。该方法利用空间分辨率较高的Landsat-8 OLI数据确定纯植被像元,考虑到不同传感器之间的光谱差异,使用实测地物光谱数据进行光谱转换,代替中等分辨率MODIS数据的纯植被像元,应用于像元二分模型,选择典型的干旱区新疆阜康市为研究区,进行植被覆盖度反演实验,最后使用无人机航拍影像对反演结果进行精度验证。结果表明,植被覆盖度反演结果精度较高,与实测值间存在较高的相关性(R2=0.75),均方根误差较低(RMSE=0.10)。该方法能够有效提高干旱区植被覆盖度反演精度,可为利用中低分辨率数据研究干旱地区生态环境变化提供一种新思路。     

基于中高分辨率遥感的植被覆盖度时相变换方法

植被覆盖度是衡量地表植被状况、指示生态环境变化的一个重要指标,也是许多学科的重要参数。传统的测量方法难以获取时间连续的面状数据,且耗时、耗力,很难大范围推广。遥感估算方法虽然可以弥补传统方法的不足,但由于云覆盖等天气条件的影响,获得同一时相覆盖整个研究区的遥感影像非常困难,时相的差异必然导致研究结果产生误差。针对植被覆盖度这一重要生态参数,结合低分辨率遥感数据的时间优势和中高分辨率遥感数据的空间优势,提出一种时相变换方法,将源于中高分辨率影像的植被覆盖度变换到研究需要的时相上。首先,利用像元二分模型计算MODIS尺度的时间序列植被覆盖度,并利用已经获得的SPOT影像计算其获取时相上的植被覆盖度;其次,利用土地利用图划分植被覆盖类型,并利用MODIS数据和土地利用数据之间的空间对应关系制作MODIS像元内各类植被覆盖的面积百分比数据;再次,利用面积百分比数据提取各类植被覆盖的纯像元,结合MODIS植被覆盖度时间序列,从而提取各类植被覆盖纯像元的植被覆盖度时间序列曲线;最后利用像元分解的方法提取MODIS像元内各类植被覆盖组分的植被覆盖度的变化规律,将其应用到该组分对应位置上SPOT像元的植被覆盖度上,从而将其变换到所需要的时相上。在密云水库上游进行试验,将覆盖研究区的10景SPOT5多光谱影像计算的植被覆盖度统一变换到7月上旬,结果显示:视觉效果上明显好转,且空间上连续一致;变换前后植被覆盖度的统计量对比结果也符合植被生长规律;利用外业样点数据与对应位置的植被覆盖度变换结果进行回归分析,结果发现各植被覆盖类型的R2均在0.8左右,表明变换结果与实测值非常接近,时相变换的效果较好,从而可以很好地促进相关研究精度的提高。     

Differentiating geological fertility derived vegetation zones in Kruger National Park,South Africa,using Landsat and MODIS imagery

Spatial technologies present possibilities for producing frequently updated and accurate habitat maps, which are important in biodiversity conservation. Assemblages of vegetation are equivalent to habitats. This study examined the use of satellite imagery in vegetation differentiation in South Africa's Kruger National Park (KNP). A vegetation classification scheme based on dominant tree species but also related to the park's geology was tested, the geology generally consisting of high and low fertility lithology. Currently available multispectral satellite imagery is broadly either of high spatial but low temporal resolution or low spatial but high temporal resolution. Landsat TM/ETM+ and MODIS images were used to represent these broad categories. Rain season dates were selected as the period when discrimination between key habitats in KNP is most likely to be successful. Principal Component Analysis enhanced vegetated areas on the Landsat images, while NDVI vegetation enhancement was employed on the MODIS image. The images were classified into six field sampling derived classes depicting a vegetation density and phenology gradient, with high (about 89%) indicative classification accuracy. The results indicate that, using image processing procedures that enhance vegetation density, image classification can be used to map the park's vegetation at the high versus low geological fertility zone level, to accuracies above 80% on high spatial resolution imagery and slightly lower accuracy on lower spatial resolution imagery. Rainfall just prior to the image date influences herbaceous vegetation and, therefore, success at image scene vegetation mapping, while cloud cover limits image availability. Small scale habitat differentiation using multispectral satellite imagery for large protected savanna areas appears feasible, indicating the potential for use of remote sensing in savanna habitat monitoring. However, factors affecting successful habitat mapping need to be considered. Therefore, adoption of remote sensing in vegetation mapping and monitoring for large protected savanna areas merits consideration by conservation agencies.     

An effective approach to selecting the appropriate pan-sharpening method in digital change detection of natural ecosystems

In an image fusion process, the spatial resolution of a multispectral image is improved by a panchromatic band. However, due to the spatial and spectral resolution differences between these two data sets, the enhanced image may have two distortions, spatial and spectral. Therefore, to evaluate the efficiency of the pan-sharpening method, the status of these two types of distortions is examined. Unfortunately, there is still no developed acceptance index that can thoroughly investigate the quality of the pansharpened image; moreover, most of the proposed methods for reviewing the quality of output images have been developed with an emphasis on the residential area. Accordingly, to assess the quality of the pansharpened image in this study, we evaluated highly effective conventional methods, such as visual examinations, quantitative evaluation and impact analysis regarding the change detection process of mangrove forests. Finally, we suggested a simple yet efficient approach for such research in natural ecosystems. In the proposed method, based on the nature of the ecosystem, a spectral vegetation index is applied to the pansharpened images; the spectral quality of the images is further evaluated based on two parameters, 1) the areas under the curves of the histogram of the spectral vegetation index in the natural ecosystem region and 2) its centroid. The spatial quality of the pansharpened images is evaluated through implementing of two transects perpendicular to each other in the images of the spectral vegetation index, and creating a spatial deviation on them. With expert reviews and visual evaluation of the pansharpened images, the proposed method, especially in natural ecosystems, has more advantages as regards assessing the quality of the fused images. Based on the evaluations, among 11 methods of pansharpening, including Ehlers Fusion, FuzeGO, Gram-Schmidt, HPF, HCS, PCA, Modified IHS, Brovey Transform, Projective Resolution Merge, Wavelet IHS, and Wavelet PCA; the HPF method the Brovey Transform and Modified IHS methods respectively showed the best performance in the digital change detection of Mangrove forests.     

Remote sensing based ecosystem state assessment in the Sandveld Region,South Africa

We present a remote sensing based approach for assessing ecosystem state or intactness to inform land use management and conservation planning. Using segmented multispectral medium resolution satellite imagery, parameters related to the image objects’ spectral brightness and heterogeneity, and compactness are used to derive a scoring system of 0 to 10 for the ecosystem intactness, with 0 being completely degraded and 10 being pristine. Linked to the remote sensing approach we suggest a field validation approach that focuses on 10 ecosystem-relevant visually assessed parameters which, when combined, produce a score out of 10 as well. The approach was tested in the South African Sandveld region using a SPOT 5 image from 2009 and a Landsat 7 ETM+ image from 2011. Field assessments took place in 2011. Both image data sets returned consistent results suggesting an inter-sensor transferability of the approach. Inconsistencies between satellite and field scores occurred mainly on sites where crops were currently being grown and on fields where various stages of succession were underway, following abandonment. Masking out of those sites which are of little interest from an ecosystem state perspective would improve overall accuracies. For regions with vegetation types that differ significantly in cover and structure, a stratified approach is suggested to optimise the results per vegetation type. Outputs suggest that the approach with its standardised and robust results and its repeatability provides a suitable tool for long term monitoring of large regions with a degree of detail sufficiently high to allow for fine scale planning.     

Evaluation of remote sensing techniques for monitoring giant kelp populations

Photographs and maps of the floating canopy of the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, provide an important data source to monitor nearshore water quality in southern California. Declines in water quality related to turbidity from coastal development, ocean discharges, and non-point source runoff have caused reductions in the areal extent of these kelp beds. Historically the kelp beds have been monitored by a variety of methods including small format infrared and color photography. New digital remote sensing instruments combined with geographical information system (GIS) databases offer an efficient method for collecting and analyzing data on changes in kelp bed size and location. SPOT satellite imagery has been found to provide adequate resolution for mapping the larger beds of giant kelp along the California coast. Beds smaller than 10 ha are not resolved well with SPOT imagery and need to be mapped with a resolution greater than the 20 m pixel size provided by the SPOT multispectral imagery. Imagery from a prototype of the Positive Systems ADAR system, an airplane mounted multispectral video sensor, provided a spatial resolution of 2.3 m in 4 spectral bands. ADAR imagery taken on 2 October 1991 of the San Onofre Kelp Bed in northern San Diego County showed 39% more kelp than small format color infrared photography made during the same time period.     

Configuration and Specifications of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Early Site Specific Weed Management

A new aerial platform has risen recently for image acquisition, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). This article describes the technical specifications and configuration of a UAV used to capture remote images for early season site- specific weed management (ESSWM). Image spatial and spectral properties required for weed seedling discrimination were also evaluated. Two different sensors, a still visible camera and a six-band multispectral camera, and three flight altitudes (30, 60 and 100 m) were tested over a naturally infested sunflower field. The main phases of the UAV workflow were the following: 1) mission planning, 2) UAV flight and image acquisition, and 3) image pre-processing. Three different aspects were needed to plan the route: flight area, camera specifications and UAV tasks. The pre-processing phase included the correct alignment of the six bands of the multispectral imagery and the orthorectification and mosaicking of the individual images captured in each flight. The image pixel size, area covered by each image and flight timing were very sensitive to flight altitude. At a lower altitude, the UAV captured images of finer spatial resolution, although the number of images needed to cover the whole field may be a limiting factor due to the energy required for a greater flight length and computational requirements for the further mosaicking process. Spectral differences between weeds, crop and bare soil were significant in the vegetation indices studied (Excess Green Index, Normalised Green-Red Difference Index and Normalised Difference Vegetation Index), mainly at a 30 m altitude. However, greater spectral separability was obtained between vegetation and bare soil with the index NDVI. These results suggest that an agreement among spectral and spatial resolutions is needed to optimise the flight mission according to every agronomical objective as affected by the size of the smaller object to be discriminated (weed plants or weed patches).     

Microphytobenthos assemblage mapping by spatial visible-infrared remote sensing in a shellfish ecosystem

The aim of this work is to assess the use of (SPOT) multispectral visible infrared remote sensing to study microphytobentos assemblages in a shellfish ecosystem (Bay of Bourgneuf, France). SPOT satellite images (acquired at low tide in spring or autumn between 1986 and 1998) were calibrated using in situ radiometric data, and the normalised vegetation index (NDVI) obtained from these images showed microphytobenthos on bay mudflats. Proliferation was mainly along a north-south strip, essentially localised around the +2 m isobath and covering a surface area of 19 to 25% of the total mudflat area studied (420 to 550 ha). Three factors seem to be responsible for the spatial structure of the assemblages: bathymetry, nutrient input from the Falleron River and its channel, and the location of oyster-farming areas. Although spatial and spectral resolutions of multispectral remote sensing data have certain limitations, this approach opens up a new field of application for hyperspectral remote sensing, particularly for synoptic mapping of biomass distribution.     

基于地形限制特征的泾河流域遥感地表覆被分类

由于在分类方法和空间分辨率等方面存在局限性,基于粗分辨率遥感数据的传统非监督分类结果在不同地物过渡带内往往误差较大。该文提出了基于地形限制特征的分类方法,在非监督分类的基础上,将非监督分类结果按照像元进行细分,并运用地形限制条件对细分后的像元进行二次判别分类。结果表明,分类精度明显提高,其中,农田和居民点分类精度的提高最为明显。这一方法使得完全同质的单元可以进行属性的变更,改善了像元空间分辨率差造成的误差;而地形限制特征的引入减少了传统非监督分类的不确定性,使模糊区域的分类有了较为明确的区分特征,提高了分类的精度。     

基于HJ1B和ALOS/PALSAR数据的森林地上生物量遥感估算

森林地上生物量的精确估算能够减小碳储量估算的不确定性。为了探寻一种有效地提高森林生物量估算精度的方法,探讨了基于遥感物理模型和经验统计模型估算山地森林地上生物量的方法。首先,基于Li-Strahler几何光学模型和多元前向模式(MFM)进行模型模拟,结合查找表算法(LUT)从多光谱图像HJ1B估算贺兰山研究区的森林地上生物量。其次,采用统计方法建立了2种回归模型:(1)多光谱图像HJ1B进行混合像元分解(SMA),并与雷达图像ALOS/PALSAR进行图像融合建立生物量回归模型;(2)雷达图像ALOS/PALSAR后向散射系数和实测生物量建立了生物量回归模型。用实测数据对3种算法估算结果进行精度验证。研究结果表明:采用几何光学模型和MFM算法估算的森林地上生物量精度最好(决定系数R2=0.61,均方根误差RMSE=8.33 t/hm2,P0.001),其估算地上生物量与实测值一致性较好,估算生物量精度略优于SMA估算的精度(R2=0.60,RMSE=9.417 t/hm2);ALOS/PALSAR多元回归估算的精度最差(R2=0.39,RMSE=14.89 t/hm2)。由此可见,采用几何光学模型和混合像元分解SMA适合估算森林地上生物量,利用这2种方法进行森林地上生物量遥感监测研究具有一定的应用潜力。     

南方红壤水土流失区土地利用动态变化——以长汀河田盆地区为例

福建省长汀县曾是我国南方红壤地区水土流失最严重的县份之一,经过20多年的艰辛努力,长汀已成为中国水土流失治理的典范.采用遥感技术和景观格局分析技术,基于1988、1998、2004、2009和2011年的遥感影像,对长汀县水土流失最为严重的河田盆地区进行土地利用动态变化检测与景观格局变化分析.结果表明,研究区在这23a间的土地利用发生了很大变化,其中最主要的特征就是以针叶林为主的林地面积的快速增长和地表裸土面积的大幅下降.景观分析表明,水土流失治理新增的小块林地正逐渐形成连片分布,而裸土面积在大幅减少的同时,其斑块也趋于破碎.总的看来,这23a间的水土流失治理已使得研究区的生态明显趋于好转.