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。     

水稻时域散射特征分析及其应用研究

通过对肇庆试验区1996年和1997年获取的多时相、多模式雷达卫星（RADARSAT）数据分析,从图像上直接提取地物的后向散射系数,结合实地测量水稻的生长结构参数,建立了水稻生长模型,分析了不同生长周期（从80天到120－125天）4种类型水稻的时域散射特性。利用1997年4月至7月获取的7景标准模式雷达卫星数据,对试验区内三个县和两个行政区共5000km^2面积范围内的作物进行分类和水稻产量预估算,水稻类型分类及面积量算精度达91％。结果表明：利用雷达遥感数据进行水稻种植面积量算和估产需要水稻生长期间三个时相的数据,即插秧期、抽穗期、收割前期。若能够获得多参数雷达图像,可以用插秧期和收割前期的两个时相图像来代替上述的三个时相图像同样可以达到种植面积量算和估产的效果。这一结果充分说明多时相雷达卫星数据对我国南方水稻长势监测及估产具有明显优势和潜力。     

水稻时域散射特征分析及其应用研究

通过对肇庆试验区1996年和1997年获取的多时相、多模式雷达卫星（RADARSAT）数据分析，从图像上直接提取地物的后向散射系数，结合实地测量水稻的生长结构参数，建立了水稻生长模型，分析了不同生长周期（从80天到120－125天）4种类型水稻的时域散射特性。利用1997年4月至7月获取的7景标准模式雷达卫星数据，对试验区内三个县和两个行政区共5000km^2面积范围内的作物进行分类和水稻产量预估算，水稻类型分类及面积量算精度达91％。结果表明：利用雷达遥感数据进行水稻种植面积量算和估产需要水稻生长期间三个时相的数据，即插秧期、抽穗期、收割前期。若能够获得多参数雷达图像，可以用插秧期和收割前期的两个时相图像来代替上述的三个时相图像同样可以达到种植面积量算和估产的效果。这一结果充分说明多时相雷达卫星数据对我国南方水稻长势监测及估产具有明显优势和潜力。     

基于双频多极化数据的农作物后向散射特性模拟分析及类型识别

以北京昌平地区为研究区域,获取了2007年该试验区C波段ENVISAT/ASAR数据和L波段ALOS/PALSAR数据,并提取了地物的后向散射系数。首先,利用MIMICS模型对该地区的春玉米、夏玉米和果木的后向散射特性进行模拟和分析;然后,将模拟结果同雷达实际观测数据进行对比;最后,利用不同作物之间的后向散射系数数值大小关系,建立分类二叉树,很好地区分了春玉米和夏玉米,总分类精度达86.66%。研究结果表明:双频多极化雷达数据能够提供有利于作物类型识别的多方面信息,对农作物遥感具有较大的优势和潜力。     

Envisat-1双极化雷达数据建模及应用

根据欧空局Envisat-1卫星上ASAR传感器的系统参数和双极化特点，利用AIEM模型模拟，建立了裸露地表同极化后向散射模型和粗糙度参数计算模型。前者把同极化总后向散射系数表达成人射角和两个地表参数（土壤水分和粗糙度）的函数；后者给出了用双极化雷达数据计算粗糙度的方法。把这两个模型结合，用于土壤水分反演，分别用模拟数据和实测数据验证，良好的结果证明了这两个模型的可靠性和实用性。双极化后向散射模型的建立，将为以后PALSAR（日本）和RADARSAT-2（加拿大）多极化雷达数据的应用打下基础。     

地基雷达的微波面散射模型对比与土壤水分反演

为了探究地基合成孔径雷达(c GBSAR)后向散射信号的时空变化规律和研究雷达土壤水分反演的影响因素,在内蒙古闪电河流域的昕元牧场站进行了地基雷达观测试验,本文结合以上观测试验的地基雷达数据进行波段、入射角度、极化通道3个雷达参数以及地表粗糙度参数对雷达的后向散射系数影响的分析,然后利用以上分析结果选择地表微波面散射模型,最后利用选定的地表微波面散射模型构建人工神经网络数据集来反演地表土壤水分。结果表明:(1)在地基雷达视场内,各地表微波面散射模型的模拟结果与地基雷达实测的L波段全极化数据拟合效果最佳的是AIEM-Oh模型。(2)通过对20°—60°范围内的雷达入射角度的AIEM-Oh模型后向散射系数模拟的绝对残差分析发现,雷达入射角为25°、41°和53°时模拟结果最接近雷达实测值。(3)最后通过分析土壤水分反演结果发现,当雷达入射角度为41°时的土壤水分反演精度最高,相关系数R是0.8080,RMSE是0.0385 m~3m~3。本文的结论是雷达后向散射信号受到雷达入射角度和地表粗糙度相互作用的影响,因此通过考虑地表粗糙度来合理的选取雷达入射角能够提高土壤水分的反演精度。     

水稻微波后向散射系数的模拟分析

海洋雷达后向散射回波主要来自短重力波的Ｂｒａｇｇ 散射,这种散射与海面风场信息、边界层涡旋等密切相关。因此,可以从雷达散射截面反演风场信息。对１９９４ 年４ 月航天飞机成像雷达（ＳＩＲＣ／ＸＳＡＲ）获取的南中国海合成孔径雷达（ＳＡＲ） 图像进行了分析研究。利用ＳＩＲＣ 数据,从ＳＡＲ 图像谱提取了风向;根据ＣＭＯＤ４ 模型,从Ｃ波段雷达后向散射系数反演风速;利用双尺度散射模型对反演的风速进行了对比分析。结果表明,从ＳＩＲＣ雷达数据可以反演海面风矢量,星载ＳＡＲ是提取海面风场信息的有效技术手段之一。     

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%。     

双极化SAR数据反演裸露地表土壤水分

为了较高精度地获取大范围地表土壤水分,提出一种基于双极化合成孔径雷达数据的裸露地表土壤水分反演模型即非线性方程组,通过改进的粒子群算法求解非线性方程组从而得到土壤水分。首先通过AIEM模型数值模拟和回归分析,得到一种新的组合粗糙度,然后模拟分析得到土壤水分与雷达后向散射系数的关系,从而建立雷达后向散射系数与组合粗糙度、土壤水分的经验关系。利用ASAR C波段双极化雷达数据,基于经验关系和改进的粒子群算法即可实现土壤水分的反演。经过黑河流域实测土壤水分数据对模型进行验证,反演结果与实测数据具备良好的相关性(R~2=0.778 6)。与以往同一区域研究成果比较,文中的方法反演精度有所提高,更适用于裸露地表土壤水分反演。     

陆基散射计的水稻空间聚集特性分析

地物的空间分布状态会影响微波后向散射特性,针对因生长特性而无明显行列向的水稻,该文利用L、C双频段全极化后向散射计对水稻整个生长季进行后向散射系数测量,提出了聚集度指数表征这类植被不同时相的空间特性。通过分析不同空间聚集度的水稻散射特性,研究了水稻后向散射系数在高低频的时空响应。实验结果表明,拔苗期至分蘖前期,下垫面土壤散射为主要散射分量时,C波段后向散射响应随着水稻聚集度变化而规律变化,从分蘖后期开始,随着生物量变大植被体散射增加,L波段后向散射相较C波段对空间聚集度响应更为明显。     

Images difference of ASAR data for rice crop mapping in Fuzhou,China

This paper introduces ENVISAT ASAR data application on rice field mapping in the Fuzhou area, using multi-temporal ASAR dual polarization data acquired in 2005. The procedure for ASAR data processing here includes data calibration, image registration, speckle reduction and conversion of data format from amplitude to dB for backscatter. The backscatter of rice increases with the rice growing stages, which was much different from other land covers. Based on image difference techniques, 6 schemes were designed with ASAR different temporal and polarization data for rice field mapping. Difference images between images in the early period of rice crop and growing or ripening period, are more suitable for rice extraction than those difference images between different polarizations in the same date. The most accurate result of late rice extraction was achieved based on the difference of HH polarization data acquired in October and August. Therefore, for rice field mapping, the temporal information is more important than polarization information. The data during the early growing season of rice is very important for high accuracy rice mapping.     

Application of ENVISAT ASAR Data in Mapping Rice Crop Growth in Southern China

This research letter presents preliminary results of mapping rice crop growth using ENVISAT advanced synthetic aperture radar (ASAR) alternating polarization HH/HV data. Four ASAR HH/HV images were collected in the early rice-growth cycle in the test site in 2006, and the temporal response of ASAR data to the rice field was analyzed. The height and biomass of rice were measured during acquisition of ASAR data, and empirical relationships were established between the backscattering coefficient and these two parameters. Based on the temporal variation of the radar response, a method for mapping a rice growth area was developed using the combination of ASAR HH and HV polarization data between two acquisition dates. The results confirm that C-band SAR data have great potential in the development of an operational system for monitoring rice crop growth in Southern China.     

基于PSInSAR方法和ASAR数据监测天津地面沉降的试验研究

概述了PSInSAR方法的技术流程，阐述了定标ENVISAT ASAR数据对PS候选点（Persistent Scatterer Cadidate，PSC）筛选 的作用。研究表明：对ENVISAR ASAR 数据进行定标有助于筛选出更多的PS候选点；以定标得到的后向散射系数作为阈值，可以剔 除散射信号统计特性较稳定但散射强度低的像素点，从而避免可能由这些点引入的相位误差。在初步实现PSInSAR方法的基础上， 运用14景ENVISAT ASAR数据获得了天津地区的年均线性沉降速率，揭示的天津市地面沉降趋势与前人研究结果较为一致，获得的形 变速率值的准确性尚待数据量的增多而进一步提高。     

Optimal MODIS data processing for accurate multi-year paddy rice area mapping in China

ABSTRACT

Researchers, policy makers, and farmers currently rely on remote sensing technology to monitor crops. Although data processing methods can be different among different remote sensing methods, little work has been done on studying these differences. In order for potential users to have confidence in remote sensing products, an analysis of mapping accuracies and their associated uncertainties with different data processing methods is required. This study used the MOD09A1 and MYD09A1 products of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite, from which the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and the two-band EVI (EVI2) images were obtained. The objective of this study was to analyze the accuracy of different data processing combinations for multi-year rice area mapping. Sixteen combinations of EVI and EVI2 with two cloudy pixel removal methods (QA/BLUE) and four pixel replacement methods (MO/MY/MOY/MYO) were investigated over the Jiangsu Province of southeast China from 2006 to 2016. Different accuracy results were obtained with different data processing combinations for multi-year rice field mapping. Based on a comparison of the relative performance of different MODIS products and processing method combinations, EVI2_BLUE_MYO was proposed to be the optimal processing method, and was applied to forecasting the rice-planted area of 2017. Study results from 2006 to 2017 were validated against reference data and showed accuracies of rice area extraction of greater than 95%. The mean absolute error of transplanting, heading, and maturity dates were 11.55, 8.10, and 7.78 days, respectively. In 2017, two sample regions (A and B) were selected from places where rice fractional cover was greater than 75%. Rice area extraction accuracies of 85.0% (A) and 92.3% (B) were obtained. These results demonstrated the complementarity of MOD09A1 and MYD09A1 datasets in enhancing pixel spatial coverage and improving rice area mapping when atmospheric influences are significant. The optimal data processing combination indentified in this study is promising for accurate multi-year and large-area paddy rice information extraction and forecasting.     

Envisat ASAR数据在沿海防护林提取中的应用

沿海防护林的建设与生态环境和经济发展密切相关。本文以福建省漳浦县沿海防护林地区为例,利用2005年多时相、多极化的ENVISATASAR(Environmental Satellite Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar)数据,分析了典型地物后向散射极化和时间特性。沿海防护林的后向散射随时间变化较小,VV极化能较好的体现沿海防护林的表面形态和特征,VH极化可以将水体和沿海防护林很好的区分开来,植被间的差异在HH极化中得到较好的反映。针对不同的极化组合情况,采用面向对象的方法提取沿海防护林信息,并对提取结果进行了对比分析,认为多极化的数据更有利于防护林信息的提取。     

Observation of Sea-Ice Thickness Using ENVISAT Data From LÜtzow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica

To investigate the suitability of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) polarization data to estimate the sea-ice thickness in early summer in Lutzow-Holm Bay, Antarctica, we compared in situ ice thicknesses with the corresponding backscattering co-efficient for each polarization and the VV-to-HH backscattering ratio. The VV-to-HH backscattering ratio was derived from data acquired by ENVISAT Advanced SAR (ASAR). This ratio is related to the near-surface dielectric constant of the sea ice, which is, in turn, related to the developing process of ice and, thus, its thickness via changes in the near-surface sea-ice salinity. The sea ice encountered in the study area is close first-year pack ice and fast ice. For these old and relatively rough sea-ice types, the VV-to-HH backscattering ratio can be expected to depend on salinity-driven changes in the near-surface dielectric constant rather than changes of the surface roughness. We applied the empirical relationships between the ice thickness and the VV-to-HH backscattering ratio with the linear and logarithm fits to ASAR data. The linear fit gave the reliable result, with an rms error being 0.08 m and a correlation coefficient being 0.91, when compared to in situ fast-ice thickness.     

Estimation of rice grain yield from dual-polarization Radarsat-2 SAR data by integrating a rice canopy scattering model and a genetic algorithm

Fast and accurate estimation of rice yield plays a role in forecasting rice productivity for ensuring regional or national food security. Microwave synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data has been proved to have a great potential for rice monitoring and parameters retrieval. In this study, a rice canopy scattering model (RCSM) was revised and then was applied to simulate the backscatter of rice canopy. The combination of RCSM and genetic algorithm (GA) was proposed for retrieving two important rice parameters relating to grain yield, ear length and ear number density, from a C-band, dual-polarization (HH and HV) Radarsat-2 SAR data. The stability of retrieved results of GA inversion was also evaluated by changing various parameter configurations.Results show that RCSM can effectively simulate backscattering coefficients of rice canopy at HH and HV mode with an error of <1 dB. Reasonable selection of GA’s parameters is essential for stability and efficiency of rice parameter retrieval. Two rice parameters are retrieved by the proposed RCSM-GA technology with better accuracy. The rice ear length are estimated with error of <1.5 cm, and ear number density with error of <23 #/m². Rice grain yields are effectively estimated and mapped by the retrieved ear length and number density via a simple yield regression equation. This study further illustrates the capability of C-band Radarsat-2 SAR data on retrieval of rice ear parameters and the practicability of radar remote sensing technology for operational yield estimation.