利用MERIS数据植被指数分析福建省植被长势季节变化

监测植被长势动态变化可以提供生态系统状况有价值的信息,可以检测到人类或气候作用引起的变化。本研究利用2004—2005年间10期MERIS影像数据,以福建省为例,探讨MERIS数据在区域植被长势季节变化监测中的应用效果;分析了MERIS数据用于区域植被季节变化监测时的数据处理方法;比较了MERIS数据几种植被指数,提出了利用10和8波段组合改进MERISNDVI的建议;利用多时相合成的NDVI简单分析了2004年夏季—2005年夏季三个季节的植被长势状况。结果表明,MERIS植被指数的时空变化有效反映了气候变化对植被长势的影响。     

利用改进的CASA模型估算城市尺度NPP——以徐州城区为例

针对城市地物的特点,本文基于两种不同空间分辨率的遥感数据,利用原始与改进后的CASA估算了徐州城区的NPP,探讨了CASA模型的改进和遥感影像的空间分辨率对城市尺度NPP估算结果的影响。研究结果表明：①城市建筑用地对城市NPP的估算结果有较大的影响。改进的CASA模型将建筑用地的光合有效辐射（FPAR）归零,其估算值降至15.503 gC·m^-2·month^-1,有效去除了建筑用地对城区NPP估算的影响。②低空间分辨率的遥感数据对城市尺度的NPP存在高估现象。MOD13Q1+改进的CASA模型估算的NPP均值为18.607 gC·m^-2·month^-1,比Landsat 8 OLI+改进的CASA模型估算结果高出了3.104 gC·m^-2·month^-1。该研究结果可为城市尺度NPP估算提供新的方法,为城市碳汇估算提供科学依据。     

国产高分数据在草原露天煤矿植被监测中的应用

利用高分一号卫星数据建立小尺度CASA－NPP估算模型,反演及监测草原露天煤矿区草地NPP空间分布格局,以及煤矿区内部复垦植被的NPP与表层土壤之间的关系。利用归一化植被指数、归一化水体指数等获取CASA模型有效光辐射参数、水分胁迫系数等,从而简化并改进小尺度CASA模型,遥感反演数据与实测样点数据拟合度达到0．94。结果表明,该模型能够高精度地完成小区域NPP估测。从利用CASA模型反演得到的NPP空间格局可以看出,这一地区的植被退化以采矿、放牧等人类活动为主导,原地貌区域围栏的典型草甸草原NPP在300～400 gC／m2· yr 之间,高于放牧区域 NPP,矿区内 NPP 空间变化显著,矿区内部 NPP 低于100 gC／m2· yr,明显低于周边原地貌地区。对于矿区复垦排土场区域,复垦年限和表土的养分是决定植被生长和NPP的主要因素。研究得出国产高分卫星数据可以高精度地完成小尺度NPP的估测,从而为其在草原地区以及矿山环境中监测提供了研究基础。     

Modelling the Gross Primary Productivity of West Africa with the Regional Biomass Model RBM+, using optimized 250 m MODIS FPAR and fractional vegetation cover information

Global warming associated with climate change is one of the greatest challenges of today’s world. Increasing emissions of the greenhouse gas CO₂ are considered as a major contributing factor to global warming. One regulating factor of CO₂ exchange between atmosphere and land surface is vegetation. Measurements of land cover changes in combination with modelling the Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) can contribute to determine important sources and sinks of CO₂.The aim of this study is to accurately model the GPP for a region in West Africa with a spatial resolution of 250 m, and the differentiation of GPP based on woody and herbaceous vegetation. For this purpose, the Regional Biomass Model (RBM) was applied, which is based on a Light Use Efficiency (LUE) approach. The focus was on the spatial enhancement of the RBM from the original 1000–250 m spatial resolution (RBM+). The adaptation to the 250 m scale included the modification of two main input parameters: (1) the fraction of absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) based on the 1000 m MODIS MOD15A2 FPAR product which was downscaled to 250 m using MODIS NDVI time series; (2) the fractional cover of woody and herbaceous vegetation, which was improved by using a multi-scale approach. For validation and regional adjustments of GPP and the input parameters, in situ data from a climate station and eddy covariance measurements were integrated.The results of this approach show that the input parameters could be improved significantly: downscaling considerably reduces data gaps of the original FPAR product and the improved dataset differed less than 5.0% from the original data for cloud free regions. The RMSE of the fractional vegetation cover varied between 5.1 and 12.7%. Modelled GPP showed a slight overestimation in comparison to eddy covariance measurements. The in situ data was exceeded by 8.8% for 2005 and by 2.0% for 2006. The model results were converted to NPP and also agreed well with previous NPP measurements reported from different studies. Altogether a high accuracy and suitability of the regionally adjusted and downscaled model RBM+ can be concluded. The differentiation between vegetation growth forms allows a separation of long-term and short-term carbon storage based on woody and herbaceous vegetation, respectively.     

融合高时空分辨率数据估算植被净初级生产力

植被净初级生产力NPP(Net Primary Production)遥感估算与分析,有赖于高时空分辨率的遥感数据,但目前中高分辨率的遥感数据受卫星回访周期及天气的影响,在中国南方地区难以获取连续时间序列的数据,从而影响了高精度的区域植被净初级生产力的遥感估算。为此,提出一种基于多源遥感数据时空融合技术与CASA模型估算高时空分辨率NPP的方法。首先,利用多源遥感数据,即Landsat8 OLI数据与MODIS13Q1数据,采用遥感数据时空融合方法,获得了时间序列的Landsat8 OLI融合数据;然后,基于Landsat8 OLI时空融合数据,并采用CASA模型,以长株潭城市群核心区为例,进行区域植被NPP的遥感估算。研究结果表明,基于时间序列Landsat融合数据估算的30m分辨率的NPP具有良好的空间细节信息,且估算值与实测值的相关系数达0.825,与实测NPP数据保持了较好的一致性。     

湖北省植被净初级生产力时空变化特征及其影响因素分析

基于改进的光能利用率模型,本文利用MODIS数据和同期气象数据估算分析了湖北省2001—2012年间植被净初级生产力(NPP)的时空变化特征并借助多元统计分析方法定量探究自然因素(气温、降水量、太阳辐射)和人为因素(土地覆被/土地利用、粮食播种面积、粮食产量、人口数量)对NPP变化的影响。结果表明:1)湖北省NPP呈波动上升趋势,年际增加趋势为8.19 g/m~2·a;2) NPP空间分布差异明显,呈现西高东低、北高南低、从西向东逐渐递减的态势;3)造林累计面积和太阳辐射变化是影响NPP变化的主要因素。     

基于MERIS影像空间、光谱及时间维信息提取亚像元级的土地覆盖组分

及时获取有效的土地覆盖信息是地球系统模拟的基础。因此,中等空间分辨率传感器如MODIS或MERIS空前的通道设置与观测能力,使其具有快速更新土地覆盖图的能力。本文说明了如何结合MERIS的空间维（像元大小为300m）、光谱维（可见光与近红外范围内15个通道）和时间维（重返周期2—3d）,用于获取不同区域土地覆被组分的亚像元级组成权重。利用4月、7月和8月三期MERIS FR1b级数据得到荷兰主要土地覆被类型的组成权重。单一时相和多时相的数据都使用单个像元最优化的端元数进行线性光谱分解。利用一种形态偏离指数得到MERIS的空间维并用于端元的选择。应用荷兰土地利用数据库（LGN5）25m分辨率的栅格数据作为本文的参考数据。基于这种数据的高分辨率,因此可以从像元和亚像元的水平同时评价的分类精度。结果显示,结合4月和7月的影像可以获得最优的分类结果,精度约为58%。总的说来,亚像元和像元级的分类精度相似。通过几种组分类别和日期的光谱融合表明,物候状况对于数据获取时相最佳结合的选择以及正确识别土地覆盖类型的重要性。     

净初级生产力遥感估算模型空间尺度转换

采用基于混合像元的结构分析方法和支持向量机(SVM)算法,建立了高分辨率遥感数据(TM)向低分辨率遥感数据(MODIS)的尺度转换模型,实现了由高分辨率遥感数据获得的NPP向低分辨率遥感数据获得的NPP的空间尺度转换。对低分辨率遥感数据(MODIS)估算的NPP结果进行了尺度效应校正。结果表明:SVM回归模型模拟出的尺度效应校正因子Rj_corrected与1-F中覆盖度草地之间的相关性较高,R2达到0.81。尺度效应校正前的NPPMODIS与NPPTM的相关性较低,R2仅为0.69,RMSE为3.47;尺度效应校正后的NPPMODIS_corrected与NPPTM的相关性较高,R2达到0.84,RMSE为1.87。因此,经过尺度效应校正后的NPP无论是在相关性还是在误差方面有了很大程度的提高。     

皖江城市带植被NPP时空变化及其气候响应

针对现有植被净初级生产力研究对城市圈、城市带尺度缺乏关注的问题,基于MODIS遥感数据、地面气象资料等,利用改进的CASA模型,结合回归分析、相关分析等方法探究了2000—2013年皖江城市带植被NPP的时空变化及其对气候因子的响应,为区域生态环境质量评价提供参考。结果表明:近14年来,皖江城市带植被NPP总体呈增加趋势;不同土地利用类型NPP差异显著,林地草地耕地建设用地未利用土地水体;年NPP均值呈现由南部向西北部减少的空间分布特征;植被NPP年际变化率较小,介于±10gC·m-2·a-1范围内;温度是影响研究区植被NPP时空变化的主要气候因子。     

Modeling net primary productivity of terrestrial ecosystems in the semi-arid climate of the Mongolian Plateau using LSWI-based CASA ecosystem model

Since the estimate of moisture stress coefficients (MSC) in the current Carnegie-Ames-Stanford-Approach (CASA) model still requires considerable inputs from ground meteorological data and many soil parameters, here we present a modified CASA model by introducing the land-surface water index (LSWI) and scaled precipitation to model the vegetation net primary productivity (NPP) in the arid and semiarid climate of the Mongolian Plateau. The field-observed NPP data and a previously proposed model (the Yu-CASA model) were used to evaluate the performance of our LSWI-based CASA model. The results show that the NPP predicted by both the LSWI-based CASA model and the Yu-CASA model showed good agreement with the observed NPP in the grassland ecosystems in the study area, with coefficients of determination of 0.717 and 0.714, respectively. The LSWI-based CASA model also performed comparably with the Yu-CASA model at both biome and per-pixel scales when keeping other inputs unchanged, with a difference of approximately 16 g C in the growing-season total NPP and an average value of 2.3 g C bias for each month. This indicates that, unlike an earlier method that estimated MSC based entirely on climatic variables or a soil moisture model, the method proposed here simplifies the model structure, reduces the need for ground measurements, and can provide results comparable with those from earlier models. The LSWI-based CASA model is potentially an alternative method for modelling NPP for a wide range of vegetation types in the Mongolian Plateau.     

Spatial Assessment of Soil Organic Carbon Density Through Random Forests Based Imputation

Regional estimates of soil carbon pool have been made using various approaches that combine soil maps with sample databases. The point soil organic carbon (SOC) densities are spatialized employing approaches like regression, spatial interpolation, polygon based summation, etc. The present work investigates a data mining based spatial imputation for spatial assessment of soil organic carbon density. The study area covers Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states of India. Field sampling was done using stratified random sampling method with land cover/use, soil type, agro-ecological regions for defining strata. The spatial data at 1 km resolution on climate, NDVI, land cover, soil type, topography was used as input for modeling the top 30 cm Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) density. To model the SOC density, a Random Forest (RF) based model with optimal parameters and input variables has been adopted. Experiment results indicate that 500 number of trees with 5 variables at each split could explain the maximum variability of soil organic carbon density of the study area. Out of various input variables used to model SOC density, land use / cover was found to be the most significant factor that influences SOC density with a distinct importance score of 34.7 followed by NDVI with a score of 12.9. The predicted mean SOC densities range between 2.22 and 13.2 Kg m^?2 and the estimated pool size of SOC in top 30 cm depth is 923 Tg for Andhra Pradesh and 1,029 Tg for Karnataka. The predicted SOC densities using this model were in good agreement with the measured observations (R?=?0.86).     

Net primary productivity of forest stands in New Hampshire estimated from Landsat and MODIS satellite data

Background

A simulation model that relies on satellite observations of vegetation cover from the Landsat 7 sensor and from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was used to estimate net primary productivity (NPP) of forest stands at the Bartlett Experiment Forest (BEF) in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Results

Net primary production (NPP) predicted from the NASA-CASA model using 30-meter resolution Landsat inputs showed variations related to both vegetation cover type and elevational effects on mean air temperatures. Overall, the highest predicted NPP from the NASA-CASA model was for deciduous forest cover at low to mid-elevation locations over the landscape. Comparison of the model-predicted annual NPP to the plot-estimated values showed a significant correlation of R² = 0.5. Stepwise addition of 30-meter resolution elevation data values explained no more than 20% of the residual variation in measured NPP patterns at BEF. Both the Landsat 7 and the 250-meter resolution MODIS derived mean annual NPP predictions for the BEF plot locations were within ± 2.5% of the mean of plot estimates for annual NPP.

Conclusion

Although MODIS imagery cannot capture the spatial details of NPP across the network of closely spaced plot locations as well as Landsat, the MODIS satellite data as inputs to the NASA-CASA model does accurately predict the average annual productivity of a site like the BEF.     

An approach to estimate the evapotranspiration using NOAA/AVHRR DATA

Evapotranspiration (ET) is continued process wherein moisture from soil and vegetated surface is transferred to the atmosphere. Changes in evapotranspiration are likely to have large impacts on terrestrial vegetation. Evapotranspiration is a seasonally varying property at a given place; changes in it reflect the status of soil moisture and terrestrial vegetation. Through water balance, ET can include major shifts in vegetative patterns and or its condition leading to climate change. Therefore, in this paper, it is attempted to estimate the evapotranspiration over various land cover using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/ Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data at coarse spatial resolution of 1.1 km. For this purpose, a semi-empirical model has been proposed to estimate the ET. Regression analysis has been carried out to develop an empirical relation between individual land cover surface temperature and ET, which will be helpful to know the effect of each land cover surface temperature on ET. In which, it is observed that surface temperature over grassland is more effective on ET in comparison to other land cover in March 1999 on the Mupfure, Zimbabwe catchment area. This type of estimation will be helpful for climate modeler, climatologists, ecosystem modeler and regional planner.     

2009年武汉市植被净初级生产力估算

利用CASA模型,结合实测的光合有效辐射（PAR）数据、MODIS归一化植被指数（NDVI）和Land Cover数据、气象数据等资料,估算了2009年武汉市的植被净初级生产力（NPP）。结果显示,武汉市的植被平均单位面积年NPP产量达到464.19gC·m^-2·a^-1。6、7、8三个月NPP积累值最高,占全年的56.8%;12、1、2三个月NPP值最低,仅占5.6%。黄陂区由于林地较广,NPP值较大,在1 000gC·m^-2·a^-1以上;而城市周边由于植被覆盖面积较小,NPP值较低,在400gC·m^-2·a^-1以下。     

Spatial and Temporal Relationships among NDVI,Climate Factors,and Land Cover Changes in Northeast Asia from 1982 to 2009

This study uses a multiple linear regression method to composite standard Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time series (1982-2009) consisting of three kinds of satellite NDVI data (AVHRR, SPOT, and MODIS). This dataset was combined with climate data and land cover maps to analyze growing season (June to September) NDVI trends in northeast Asia. In combination with climate zones, NDVI changes that are influenced by climate factors and land cover changes were also evaluated. This study revealed that the vegetation cover in the arid, western regions of northeast Asia is strongly influenced by precipitation, and with increasing precipitation, NDVI values become less influenced by precipitation. Spatial changes in the NDVI as influenced by temperature in this region are less obvious. Land cover dynamics also influence NDVI changes in different climate zones, especially for bare ground, cropland, and grassland. Future research should also incorporate higher-spatial-resolution data as well as other data types (such as greenhouse gas data) to further evaluate the mechanisms through which these factors interact.     

1983—1992年中国陆地植被NDVI演变特征的变化矢量分析

以NDVI时序资料为基本数据源，综合应用变化矢量分析和主成分分析方法对1983年至1992年中国陆地植被NDVI的变化强度、变化类型及空间结构变化特征进行了分析。研究结果表明在此期间中国陆地植被NDVI变化有以下特点：（1）十年间NDVI变化东西分异明显，东部变化幅度远大于西部。NDVI变化整体表现为稳中略增，增加区主要分布在台湾、福建、四川、河南等地；减少区主要分布在云南省和新疆北部等地。（2）空间结构信息表现了景观异质性，其变化主要发生在南方，反映了植被的生长和衰老过程及地形（山脉走向）变化。     

Pacific climate variability and the possible impact on global surface CO2 flux

Background  

Climate variability modifies both oceanic and terrestrial surface CO2 flux. Using observed/assimilated data sets, earlier studies have shown that tropical oceanic climate variability has strong impacts on the land surface temperature and soil moisture, and that there is a negative correlation between the oceanic and terrestrial CO2 fluxes. However, these data sets only cover less than the most recent 20 years and are insufficient for identifying decadal and longer periodic variabilities. To investigate possible impacts of interannual to interdecadal climate variability on CO2 flux exchange, the last 125 years of an earth system model (ESM) control run are examined.     

东亚土地覆盖对ENSO事件的响应特征

对1982—1993年气候年际变化的强信号——ENSO进行了确认及再分类。以美国地质调查局EROS中心提供的AVHRR 8km NDVI为数据源，应用地理信息系统技术，计算了1982—1993年每年夏季(5—9月)NDVI平均影像。在此基础上用数据断面分析法对ENSO年东亚地区土地覆盖的空间分布进行了分析，再用主成分分析法对同一时间序列NDVI平均影像进行了运算，发现其第7主成分影像所反映的土地覆盖分布与数据断面分析法所反映的结果是一致的。对此，进一步分析了第7主成分的特征向量与代表ENSO变化特征的南方涛动指数(SOI)之间的关系，进而，对ENSO驱动下的东亚地区土地覆盖年际变化的空间分布特征进行了总结。     

东亚土地覆盖对ENSO事件的响应特征

对1982—1993年气候年际变化的强信号——ENSO进行了确认及再分类。以美国地质调查局EROS中心提供的AVHRR 8km NDVI为数据源，应用地理信息系统技术，计算了1982—1993年每年夏季(5—9月)NDVI平均影像。在此基础上用数据断面分析法对ENSO年东亚地区土地覆盖的空间分布进行了分析，再用主成分分析法对同一时间序列NDVI平均影像进行了运算，发现其第7主成分影像所反映的土地覆盖分布与数据断面分析法所反映的结果是一致的。对此，进一步分析了第7主成分的特征向量与代表ENSO变化特征的南方     

Temporal optimisation of image acquisition for land cover classification with Random Forest and MODIS time-series

The analysis and classification of land cover is one of the principal applications in terrestrial remote sensing. Due to the seasonal variability of different vegetation types and land surface characteristics, the ability to discriminate land cover types changes over time. Multi-temporal classification can help to improve the classification accuracies, but different constraints, such as financial restrictions or atmospheric conditions, may impede their application. The optimisation of image acquisition timing and frequencies can help to increase the effectiveness of the classification process. For this purpose, the Feature Importance (FI) measure of the state-of-the art machine learning method Random Forest was used to determine the optimal image acquisition periods for a general (Grassland, Forest, Water, Settlement, Peatland) and Grassland specific (Improved Grassland, Semi-Improved Grassland) land cover classification in central Ireland based on a 9-year time-series of MODIS Terra 16 day composite data (MOD13Q1). Feature Importances for each acquisition period of the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) were calculated for both classification scenarios. In the general land cover classification, the months December and January showed the highest, and July and August the lowest separability for both VIs over the entire nine-year period. This temporal separability was reflected in the classification accuracies, where the optimal choice of image dates outperformed the worst image date by 13% using NDVI and 5% using EVI on a mono-temporal analysis. With the addition of the next best image periods to the data input the classification accuracies converged quickly to their limit at around 8–10 images. The binary classification schemes, using two classes only, showed a stronger seasonal dependency with a higher intra-annual, but lower inter-annual variation. Nonetheless anomalous weather conditions, such as the cold winter of 2009/2010 can alter the temporal separability pattern significantly. Due to the extensive use of the NDVI for land cover discrimination, the findings of this study should be transferrable to data from other optical sensors with a higher spatial resolution. However, the high impact of outliers from the general climatic pattern highlights the limitation of spatial transferability to locations with different climatic and land cover conditions. The use of high-temporal, moderate resolution data such as MODIS in conjunction with machine-learning techniques proved to be a good base for the prediction of image acquisition timing for optimal land cover classification results.