多参数SAR数据森林应用潜力分析

利用多参数机载全球雷达(GlobeSAR)数据和航天飞机成像雷达(SIR-C/X-SAR)数据,分别在我国南、北方两个试验区进行森林识别与分类,以及蓄积量估测的试验.为了更好地了解雷达后向散射与森林结构特征的关系,分别从雷达图像上提取了后向散射系数和强度,进行森林类型识别效果的分析,以及森林结构参数与雷达后向散射强度的相关分析.结果显示多波段、多极化SAR数据能有效地识别不同类型的森林.雷达的后向散射强度对森林的结构参数,尤其是森林的平均胸径和高度较为敏感,据此对试验区的森林蓄积量进行了估测,并分析了多参数SAR在森林应用中的潜力.     

基于RADARSAT SAR估测热带人工林叶面积指数研究

 研究了雷达后向散射系数 与热带人工林叶面积指数（LAI）的相关性。该研究通过对水云模型的修正,提出了一种半经 验性的估测热带人工林叶面积指数的方法。利用Radarsat -1 SAR数据对广东雷州人工林的验证表明,其主要林种的估测相关系数 R2接近0.5。该方法充分考虑了森林的特点以及雷达成像的特性,对于估测多云雨地区热带森林叶面积指数具有一定的参考价值。     

SAR残余相位误差对森林高度反演影响的全链路模拟与分析

利用合成孔径雷达(SAR)遥感数据可以有效地估测平均树高、生物量、蓄积量等森林生物学参数。但是遥感数据精度易受SAR系统不确定性因素的影响,造成森林参数反演精度降低甚至异常。遥感系统的全链路模拟可以将遥感过程的各类影响因素解耦,获取大量具有指定参数特征的遥感数据,有利于对不确定性因素单独或联合分析。建立了SAR三维森林场景全链路模拟模型,基于E-SAR样地参数及数据验证了模型的有效性,并以森林高度反演这一典型的林业应用为对象,定量分析了运动补偿残余相位误差这一典型的SAR系统不确定性因素对反演精度的影响程度,得到了残余相位误差与高度反演RMSE测量结果之间的关系曲线。     

基于Sentinel-1多时相InSAR影像的云南松切梢小蠹危害程度监测

森林病虫害是森林健康生长的重要威胁之一,开展其危害程度监测对森林保护具有重要意义。基于多时相Sentinel-1C波段雷达数据、云南松物候和地面高度2 m处的相对湿度资料,对SAR相干系数和后向散射系数的时变特征及与相对湿度的相关性进行了分析,提出一种利用合成孔径雷达干涉(interferometric synthetic apertrue Radar,InSAR)影像进行森林病虫害危害程度监测的方法;并以云南省祥云县为研究区,进行了云南松健康林与不同程度受害林的分类研究。结果表明:(1)后向散射系数和相干系数的时序变化均与云南松物候期相关;(2)相干系数与相对湿度的相关性很小,后向散射系数与相对湿度有一定的相关性,其中轻度受害林的相关性达到0. 78;(3)通过实测数据验证,用多时相相干系数进行分类,精度高于后向散射系数分类,其中降轨数据的精度最高,可达到83. 15%,表明多时相C波段SAR相干数据可有效识别健康林与不同程度的受害林;(4)该方法对多云雨地区的森林病虫害监测与分类有一定的优势,可以进一步提升遥感监测病虫害的能力。     

ENVISAT ASAR 数据用于水稻监测和参数反演

用雷达后向散射模型模拟了水稻生长周期内入射角对雷达后向散射的影响关系。用模拟结果归一化雷达数据的后向散射系数，得到同一入射角下水稻周期内后向散射系数时间序列值。分析了归一化ASAR数据与水稻生物参数的关系，实验结果表明，ASAR数据可以用来估测水稻参数。     

合成孔径雷达影像地形校正半经验模型

结合SAR成像特点和数学理论知识,给出左视、右视两种侧视成像情况下影响地形起伏区域SAR后向散射的本地入射角理论计算模型,基于微波散射物理模型AIEM,模拟不同雷达入射角下地形坡度、坡向对SAR数据后向散射的影响,结果表明雷达入射角相对较小的SAR数据受地形起伏影响较小,是地形起伏地区SAR应用的最佳数据源。并提出一种SAR影像后向散射系数的地形校正半经验模型。地形校正过的SAR影像分类总体精度较未校正SAR影像提高12%。     

森林地上生物量的极化相干层析估计方法

基于微波的后向散射系数估计森林地上生物量(AGB)易受后向散射系数饱和的影响,而利用森林高度,根据生长方程估计AGB,却没有考虑和AGB密切相关的林分密度、树种组成、林层垂直分布等空间结构特征的作用,针对这些问题,提出一种基于极化相干层析(Polarization Coherence Tomography,PCT)技术的AGB估计方法。基于德国宇航局(DLR)机载SAR系统(ESAR)获取的特劳斯坦(Traunstein)试验区L-波段极化干涉SAR(PolInSAR)数据,通过对具有不同AGB水平的典型林分的相对反射率函数曲线的分析,定义了9个与AGB具有相关性的特征参数。然后基于20个林分的实测AGB数据,以林分尺度上这9个特征参数的平均值为自变量,以实测林分平均AGB为因变量,采用逐步回归分析法构建了AGB估测模型,并对该模型进行评价,对影响模型估计精度的因素进行分析,结果表明,由PCT提取的相对反射率函数特征参数对AGB很敏感,充分利用相对反射率函数信息可提高AGB估计精度。     

基于SAR数据的森林生物量估测研究进展

森林生物量是地表碳循环研究的重要组成部分,对其进行准确估测对区域乃至全球的森林状况和气候环境问题有重要意义.合成孔径雷达(SAR)以其独特的成像机制、全天候全天时的成像特点以及对森林冠层的穿透能力,在森林资源调查和森林制图研究领域发挥着巨大的作用.该文首先总结了林业上传统的森林生物量估测方法和基于光学遥感和激光雷达(LiDAR)数据的森林生物量估测方法;然后重点阐述了利用SAR后向散射(不同极化方式)、干涉相干性及极化干涉等信息进行森林生物量反演的方法;最后总结了利用SAR数据进行森林生物量估测的发展趋势.     

SAR与TM影像融合及在BP神经网络分类中的应用

以加拿大Radarsat SAR与美国Landsat TM影像为信息源,分别将SAR与TM影像的DN值转换为表征地物特征的后向散射系数和反射率,利用改进的SVR法进行融合,同时与HIS,Brovey以及小波变换的融合效果作定量比较,并利用优化的BP神经网络模型,以相同的训练区分别对融合前后的影像进行监督分类。结果表明:改进的SVR法融合影像的光谱信息保持性、信息量以及分类精度都优于常用的融合方法,且分类精度比TM影像有较大提高。     

多时相Radarsat数据在广东肇庆地区稻田分类中的应用

将1996年获取的4个时相的Radarsat图像用于广东肇庆地区的稻田分类试验,结果表明,多时相Radarsat数据对水稻类型的识别精度较高,而且稻田的轮作规律容易推测出来。本文系统地介绍了这一试验研究的最新进展,探讨了神经网络分类方法在SAR图像处理中的应用潜力和Radarsat数据在中国南方水稻监测中的最佳时相选择和有效分辨率问题。     

水稻时域后向散射特性分析：雷达卫星观测与模型模拟结果对比

利用已有的微波后向散射模型模拟计算了水稻的雷达后向散射特性，分析了一个生长周期内水稻冠层与微波电磁波的相互作用。重点分析植物物理参数对其后向散射特征的影响及其随极化而变化的规律。以及这些特征在整个水稻生长周期中的变化规律。输入后向散射模型的数据包括通过田间测量获取的水稻物理参数。在地面测量的同时或准同时获取了中国广东肇庆试验区的多时相雷达卫星（RADARSAT）遥感图像。雷达卫星观测结果和后向散射模型模拟计算结果的比较分析表明：在水稻的生长过程中，水稻的后向散射特征随其物理参数的周期性变化而变化，并且在不同的极化状态具有不同的变化规律。这从理论上预示了多时相多极化雷达遥感技术进行水稻长势监测的潜力。     

TEXTURE OF FOREST COMMUNITIES ON AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS

The authors discuss a method by which the image characteristics of forest vegetation can be used to determine various valuational characteristics of forest stands through the combination of air photo interpretation and ground surveys at selected training sites. Construction of curves showing changes in image texture and tone occurring at different stages in the growth cycle of a pine forest community are used to estimate the age of a forest stand, and through known relationships between age and other stand characteristics incorporated into yield tables, to approximate such valuational characteristics as mean diameter, mean height, and stand volume. Translated from: Distantsionnyye issledovaniya rel'yefa Sibiri, A. L. Yanshin and V. N. Sharanov, eds. Novosibirsk, Nauka, 1985, pp. 73-78.     

全站仪在森林生态系统大样地定位中的应用

本文介绍全站仪在森林大样地内进行放样测量、树高测量及胸径测量的原理与方法,通过误差传播定律分析其测量的精度,结果表明:全站仪在森林生态调查定位中是可行的.放样距控制点300m的方格顶点的精度可达到1/100,树高测量的精度可达到1/250,胸径测量的精度可达到1/50,可满足林业调查规范的要求.对于日后森林生态系统大样...     

用SPOT卫星影像研究阿木尔林业局森林火灾损失

本研究以1987年5月30日接收的法国SPOT卫星标准假彩色合成影像为主要信息源,对大兴安岭阿木尔林业局火灾造成的林地损失进行了研究。文中着重介绍了面积量算方法、原理和误差;选取适量地面样地,用抽样统计和角规辅助目测方法计算蓄积损失并与二类调查结果进行比较;在影像上按火烧等级的判读结果、现地景观与烧死率─火灾的定量描述,及三者之间的一致性。结果表明,应用SPOT卫星资料,按本研究所介绍的方法进行火灾损失估计,可快速、经济地获得所需结果,并可满足精度要求。     

基于地面激光扫描数据的单木特征因子提取与分析

本文利用三维激光扫描仪对树木进行扫描获取树点云数据,经过格式转换、分离、提取后,对树木各测量因子包括胸径、树高、树冠、材积量进行测定与测量方法与意义的分析。通过实验分析,可以得出:树冠测定因子通过测定树冠的叶面积指数来更精确地反映树冠的生理学意义;通过不规则三角网构建的多面体计算的树干体积较以平均断面积、中央断面积求树干材积更为准确与便捷。     

无人机航测技术在森林蓄积量估测中的应用

无人机（UAV）航测技术是近年来发展起来的快速获取高分辨率影像的测绘新技术。森林蓄积量估算需要快速高效地获取森林遥感影像。虽然利用卫星和机载雷达同样可获取高分辨率遥感影像,但无人机航测技术与其相比具有飞行成本低、外业周期短、机动灵活等优点。本文利用无人机航测系统获取了案例地区DSM和DEM,采用最大邻域法提取了树高,采用分水岭算法分割了树冠信息,并以树高和冠幅作为解释变量的立木材积二元模型估算了森林蓄积量。结果表明,树高提取精度为83.73%,冠幅提取精度为86.98%,林分蓄积量估算精度为81.80%。     

Tree species biomass and carbon stock measurement using ground based-LiDAR

This study scrutinises the use of terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) to measure diameter at breast height (DBH) and tree height at individual tree species level. LiDAR point cloud scans are collected from uniformly defined control points. The result of processed TLS data demonstrates the precise measurements of tree height and DBH by comparing it with field data (DBH, tree height, tree species and location). The average tree height and DBH obtained through TLS measurements were 9.44?m and 43.30?cm, respectively. A linear equation between TLS derived parameters and field measured values were established, which gave the coefficient of determination (r2) of 0.79 and 0.96 for tree height and DBH, respectively. Further, these parameters were used to calculate above ground biomass (AGB) for individual tree species by considering a non-destructive approach. The total AGB and carbon stock from 80 different trees are computed to be 49.601 and 22.320?tonnes, respectively.     

GLAS星载激光雷达和Landsat/ETM+数据的森林生物量估算

基于大脚印激光雷达数据和野外观测数据,该文提出一种获取脚印点内森林生物量的新思路,并结合陆地卫星数据应用于长白山地区森林地上生物量估算。首先,基于3种森林类型(针叶林、阔叶林和针阔混交林),采用多元逐步回归方法建立激光雷达波形指数与脚印点内实测平均树高的回归模型,估算全部脚印点内的平均树高;然后根据脚印点内样方的野外观测数据(平均树高和平均胸径)以及它们与样方生物量的拟合方程估算没有野外调查数据对应的脚印点的生物量;最后对3种森林类型的脚印点森林生物量在各森林覆盖度条件下进行分层分区统计得到生物量等级图。验证比较遥感估算的生物量与野外调查数据推算的生物量,总体误差在0~30(t·hm~(-2))之间,均方根误差为14.66(t·hm~(-2))。     

Can regional aerial images from orthophoto surveys produce high quality photogrammetric Canopy Height Model? A single tree approach in Western Europe

Forest monitoring tools are needed to promote effective and data driven forest management and forest policies. Remote sensing techniques can increase the speed and the cost-efficiency of the forest monitoring as well as large scale mapping of forest attribute (wall-to-wall approach). Digital Aerial Photogrammetry (DAP) is a common cost-effective alternative to airborne laser scanning (ALS) which can be based on aerial photos routinely acquired for general base maps. DAP based on such pre-existing dataset can be a cost effective source of large scale 3D data. In the context of forest characterization, when a quality Digital Terrain Model (DTM) is available, DAP can produce photogrammetric Canopy Height Model (pCHM) which describes the tree canopy height. While this potential seems pretty obvious, few studies have investigated the quality of regional pCHM based on aerial stereo images acquired by standard official aerial surveys. Our study proposes to evaluate the quality of pCHM individual tree height estimates based on raw images acquired following such protocol using a reference filed-measured tree height database. To further ensure the replicability of the approach, the pCHM tree height estimates benchmarking only relied on public forest inventory (FI) information and the photogrammetric protocol was based on low-cost and widely used photogrammetric software. Moreover, our study investigates the relationship between the pCHM tree height estimates based on the neighboring forest parameter provided by the FI program.Our results highlight the good agreement of tree height estimates provided by pCHM using DAP with both field measured and ALS tree height data. In terms of tree height modeling, our pCHM approach reached similar results than the same modeling strategy applied to ALS tree height estimates. Our study also identified some of the drivers of the pCHM tree height estimate error and found forest parameters like tree size (diameter at breast height) and tree type (evergreenness/deciduousness) as well as the terrain topography (slope) to be of higher importance than image survey parameters like the variation of the overlap or the sunlight condition in our dataset. In combination with the pCHM tree height estimate, the terrain slope, the Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) and the evergreenness factor were used to fit a multivariate model predicting the field measured tree height. This model presented better performance than the model linking the pCHM estimates to the field tree height estimates in terms of r² (0.90 VS 0.87) and root mean square error (RMSE, 1.78 VS 2.01 m). Such aspects are poorly addressed in literature and further research should focus on how pCHM approaches could integrate them to improve forest characterization using DAP and pCHM. Our promising results can be used to encourage the use of regional aerial orthophoto surveys archive to produce large scale quality tree height data at very low additional costs, notably in the context of updating national forest inventory programs.     

Fine-resolution forest tree height estimation across the Sierra Nevada through the integration of spaceborne LiDAR,airborne LiDAR,and optical imagery

ABSTRACT

Forests of the Sierra Nevada (SN) mountain range are valuable natural heritages for the region and the country, and tree height is an important forest structure parameter for understanding the SN forest ecosystem. There is still a need in the accurate estimation of wall-to-wall SN tree height distribution at fine spatial resolution. In this study, we presented a method to map wall-to-wall forest tree height (defined as Lorey’s height) across the SN at 70-m resolution by fusing multi-source datasets, including over 1600 in situ tree height measurements and over 1600?km² airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data. Accurate tree height estimates within these airborne LiDAR boundaries were first computed based on in situ measurements, and then these airborne LiDAR-derived tree heights were used as reference data to estimate tree heights at Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) footprints. Finally, the random forest algorithm was used to model the SN tree height from these GLAS tree heights, optical imagery, topographic data, and climate data. The results show that our fine-resolution SN tree height product has a good correspondence with field measurements. The coefficient of determination between them is 0.60, and the root-mean-squared error is 5.45?m.