Hyperspectral image noise reduction based on rank-1 tensor decomposition

In this study, a novel noise reduction algorithm for hyperspectral imagery (HSI) is proposed based on high-order rank-1 tensor decomposition. The hyperspectral data cube is considered as a three-order tensor that is able to jointly treat both the spatial and spectral modes. Subsequently, the rank-1 tensor decomposition (R1TD) algorithm is applied to the tensor data, which takes into account both the spatial and spectral information of the hyperspectral data cube. A noise-reduced hyperspectral image is then obtained by combining the rank-1 tensors using an eigenvalue intensity sorting and reconstruction technique. Compared with the existing noise reduction methods such as the conventional channel-by-channel approaches and the recently developed multidimensional filter, the spatial–spectral adaptive total variation filter, experiments with both synthetic noisy data and real HSI data reveal that the proposed R1TD algorithm significantly improves the HSI data quality in terms of both visual inspection and image quality indices. The subsequent image classification results further validate the effectiveness of the proposed HSI noise reduction algorithm.     

利用可分离非负矩阵分解实现高光谱波段选择

高光谱影像波段众多且相关性强，导致分类存在信息冗余且计算量较大。提出了可分离非负矩阵分解方法来选取高光谱影像的代表性波段子集，在保证分类精度的同时降低计算量。该方法假设高光谱影像的波段集合具有可分离特性，改进传统非负矩阵分解模型，将波段选择转换为可分离非负矩阵分解问题，采用迭代投影方法来依次选取能够非负线性表达其他波段的代表性波段。在此基础上，利用两个公开高光谱数据集对比几种主流方法，采用定量评价和分类精度指标来综合评价所提的波段选择方法的效果。实验结果表明，可分离非负矩阵分解方法的分类精度高于其他几种方法，而且计算效率排名第2，能够选取合适的波段子集以满足高光谱遥感的应用需求。     

利用稀疏自表达实现高光谱影像波段选择

提出一种稀疏自表达方法来研究高光谱影像分类中的波段选择问题。该方法利用字典矩阵等于测量矩阵的条件来改进多观测向量的稀疏表达模型,将波段子集看作高光谱影像波段集合中的代表子集。稀疏自表达方法将波段选择转换为寻求多观测向量中稀疏系数矩阵的非零行向量问题,通过引入混合范数来限定非零元素行向量的个数,利用快速交替方向乘子方法求解稀疏系数矩阵,并聚类非零行向量,实现波段的有效选择。基于两个公开高光谱影像数据集并对比其他4种波段选取方法来验稀疏自表达方法。实验结果证明,稀疏自表达方法能够在计算效率明显优于基于波段相关性的线性限制最小方差方法的同时,取得与该方法和非负稀疏矩阵分解方法相匹甚至略高的总体分类精度。     

利用多时相的高光谱航空图像监测冬小麦条锈病

冬小麦发生锈病 ,叶绿素被大量破坏 ,水分蒸滕量大大增加 ,叶片细胞大小、形态、叶片结构发生了改变 ,从而改变了叶片和冠层的光学特性 ,使得遥感探测与评价成为可能。利用多时相的高光谱航空飞行图像数据 ,了解、分析和发现条锈病病害对作物光谱的影响及其光谱特征 ;设计了病害光谱指数 ,成功地监测了冬小麦条锈病病害程度与范围。对比 3个生育期的条锈病与正常生长冬小麦的PHI图像光谱及光谱特征 ,发现 :5 6 0— 6 70nm黄边、红谷波段 ,条锈病病害冬小麦的冠层反射率高于正常生长的冬小麦光谱反射率 ;近红外波段 ,条锈病病害的冠层反射率低于正常生长的冬小麦光谱反射率 ;条锈病冬小麦冠层光谱红谷吸收深度和绿峰的反射峰高度都会减小     

Remote Sensing of Turbidity and Phosphate in Creeks and Coast of Mumbai: An Effect of Organic Matter

Geospatial approaches to monitoring and mapping water quality over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales have the potential to save field and laboratory efforts. The present study depicts the estimation of water quality parameters, namely turbidity and phosphate, through regression analysis using the reflectance derived from remote sensing data on the west coast of Mumbai, India. The predetermined coastal water samples were collected using the global positioning system (GPS) and were measured concurrently with satellite imagery acquisition. To study the influence of wastewater, the linear correlations were established between water quality parameters and reflectance of visible bands for either set of imagery for the study area, which was divided into three zones: creek water, shore‐line water and coastal water. Turbidity and phosphate have the correlation coefficients in the range 0.75–0.94 and 0.78–0.98, respectively, for the study area. Negative correlation was observed for creek water owing to high organic content caused by the discharges of domestic wastewater from treatment facilities and non‐point sources. Based on the least square method, equations are formulated to estimate turbidity and phosphate, to map the spatial variation on the GIS platform from simulated points. The applicability of satellite imagery for water quality pattern on the coast is verified for efficient planning and management.     

Quantitative Inversion of Vegetation Biochemical Components Based on HJ1-A HSI in Coal Mining Area

This study investigates the applicability of estimating chlorophyll and water content at canopy level through empirical models and band combinations. The main goal is to evaluate and compare the accuracy of these two approaches for estimating and mapping canopy chlorophyll and water content through canopy reflectance and spaceborne HJ1-A HSI data acquired over Yanzhou coal mining area. An experiment was carried out. Canopy spectral measurements were acquired in the field using an ASD spectroradiometer along with simultaneous in situ measurements of leaf chlorophyll content. We tested seven variables derived from canopy reflectance for detecting canopy chlorophyll and water content: (1) R, (2) Log(1/R), (3) Log(1/R)′, (4) FDR, (5) SDR, (6) CRR, (7) BD. Stepwise multiple linear regressions were used to select wavelengths from HJ1-A HSI image bands. Correlation analysis was also done between different band combinations and biochemistry. A statistically significant relationship between Log(1/R) and chlorophyll was found at canopy level (R² = 0.516). SDR had the highest correlation with canopy water content (R² = 0.490). In addition, relationship between normalized different band combinations and chlorophyll and water content is also significantly obvious (R² = 0.577 and R² = 0.615). Canopy chlorophyll content was estimated with the intermediate accuracy (R² = 0.4144), while water content was estimated with an acceptable accuracy (R² = 0.4592). Canopy chlorophyll and water content spatial distribution were mapped. Chlorophyll and water stress levels were quantified by comparing different environmental stressors.     

内陆水体藻类叶绿素浓度与反射光谱特征的关系

通过研究内陆水体反射光谱特征与藻类叶绿素浓度之间的关系,建立藻类叶绿素高光谱定量遥感模型。在实验地太湖地区,采用高分辨率地物光谱仪实地测量了湖水在可见光和近红外波段（３００－１１００ｎｍ）的反射光谱曲线,并且同时采样分析叶绿素、总悬浮固体物质浓度等水质参数。研究发现在叶绿素浓度较高时（〉５μｇ／Ｌ）,水体光谱反射比Ｒ７０５ｎｍ／Ｒ６７５ｎｍ、叶绿素在７００ｎｍ附近反射峰的位置等与叶绿素浓度有较好的     

Deep Fusion of Localized Spectral Features and Multi-scale Spatial Features for Effective Classification of Hyperspectral Images

This study presents a deep extraction of localized spectral features and multi-scale spatial features convolution (LSMSC) framework for spectral-spatial fusion based classification of hyperspectral images (HSIs). First, adjacent spectral bands are grouped based on their similarity measurements, where the whole hypercube is partitioned into several sub-cubes, each corresponding to one band group. Then, the proposed localized spectral features extraction (LSF) strategy is used to extract localized spectral features, which are extracted from each band group using the 1D convolutional neural network (CNN). Meanwhile, the proposed HiASPP strategy is employed to extract the multi-scale features from the first several principal components of each sub-cube. Finally, the extracted spectral and spatial features are concatenated for spectral-spatial fusion based classification of HSI. Experiments conducted on three publicly available datasets have demonstrated that the proposed architecture outperforms several state-of-the-art approaches.     

Determination of chlorophyll content of small water bodies (kettle holes) using hyperspectral airborne data

This study presents an approach for chlorophyll content determination of small shallow water bodies (kettle holes) from hyperspectral airborne ROSIS and HyMap data (acquired on 15 May and 29 July 2008 respectively). Investigated field and airborne spectra for almost all kettle holes do not correspond to each other due to differences in ground sampling distance. Field spectra were collected from the height of 30–35 cm (i.e. area of 0.01–0.015 m²). Airborne pixels of ROSIS and HyMap imageries cover an area of 4 m² and 16 m² respectively and their spectra are highly influenced by algae or bottom properties of the kettle holes. Analysis of airborne spectra revealed that chlorophyll absorption near 677 nm is the same for both datasets. In order to enhance absorption properties, both airborne hyperspectral datasets were normalized by the continuum removal approach. Linear regression algorithms for ROSIS and HyMap datasets were derived using normalized average chlorophyll absorption spectra for each kettle hole. Overall accuracy of biomass mapping for ROSIS data was 71%, and for HyMap 64%. Biomass mapping results showed that, depending on the type of kettle hole, algae distribution, the ‘packaging effect’ and bottom reflection lead to miscalculations of the chlorophyll content using hyperspectral airborne data.     

UL-Isomap based nonlinear dimensionality reduction for hyperspectral imagery classification

The paper proposes an upgraded landmark-Isometric mapping (UL-Isomap) method to solve the two problems of landmark selection and computational complexity in dimensionality reduction using landmark Isometric mapping (LIsomap) for hyperspectral imagery (HSI) classification. First, the vector quantization method is introduced to select proper landmarks for HSI data. The approach considers the variations in local density of pixels in the spectral space. It locates the unique landmarks representing the geometric structures of HSI data. Then, random projections are used to reduce the bands of HSI data. After that, the new method incorporates the Recursive Lanczos Bisection (RLB) algorithm to construct the fast approximate k-nearest neighbor graph. The RLB algorithm accompanied with random projections improves the speed of neighbor searching in UL-Isomap. After constructing the geodesic distance graph between landmarks and all pixels, the method uses a fast randomized low-rank approximate method to speed up the eigenvalue decomposition of the inner-product matrix in multidimensional scaling. Manifold coordinates of landmarks are then computed. Manifold coordinates of non-landmarks are computed through the pseudo inverse transformation of landmark coordinates. Five experiments on two different HSI datasets are run to test the new UL-Isomap method. Experimental results show that UL-Isomap surpasses LIsomap, both in the overall classification accuracy (OCA) and in computational speed, with a speed over 5 times faster. Moreover, the UL-Isomap method, when compared against the Isometric mapping (Isomap) method, obtains only slightly lower OCAs.     

Incorporating band selection in the spatial selection of spectral endmembers

The impact of band selection on endmember selection is seldom explored in the analysis of hyperspectral imagery. This study incorporates the N-dimensional Spectral Solid Angle (NSSA) band selection tool into the Spectral-Spatial Endmember Extraction (SSEE) tool to determine a band set that can be used to better define endmembers classes used in spectral mixture analysis. The incorporation aims to define a band set that improves the spectral contrast between endmembers at each step of the spatial-spectral endmember search and ultimately captures key features for discriminating spectrally similar materials. The proposed method (NSSA-SSEE) was evaluated for lithological mapping using a hyperspectral image encompassing a range of spectrally similar mafic and ultramafic rock units. The band selected by NSSA-SSEE showed a good agreement with known features of scene components identified by experts. Results showed an improvement in the selection of detailed endmembers, endmembers that are similar and that can be significant for mapping. The incorporation of NSSA into SSEE was feasible because both methods are well suited for this process. NSSA is one of the few methods of band selection that is suitable for the analysis of a small number of endmembers and SSEE provides such endmember sets via spatial subsetting. The automated NSSA-SSEE approach can reduce the need for field-based information to guide the feature selection process.     

Adaptive MAP sub-pixel mapping model based on regularization curve for multiple shifted hyperspectral imagery

Sub-pixel mapping is a promising technique for producing a spatial distribution map of different categories at the sub-pixel scale by using the fractional abundance image as the input. The traditional sub-pixel mapping algorithms based on single images often have uncertainty due to insufficient constraint of the sub-pixel land-cover patterns within the low-resolution pixels. To improve the sub-pixel mapping accuracy, sub-pixel mapping algorithms based on auxiliary datasets, e.g., multiple shifted images, have been designed, and the maximum a posteriori (MAP) model has been successfully applied to solve the ill-posed sub-pixel mapping problem. However, the regularization parameter is difficult to set properly. In this paper, to avoid a manually defined regularization parameter, and to utilize the complementary information, a novel adaptive MAP sub-pixel mapping model based on regularization curve, namely AMMSSM, is proposed for hyperspectral remote sensing imagery. In AMMSSM, a regularization curve which includes an L-curve or U-curve method is utilized to adaptively select the regularization parameter. In addition, to take the influence of the sub-pixel spatial information into account, three class determination strategies based on a spatial attraction model, a class determination strategy, and a winner-takes-all method are utilized to obtain the final sub-pixel mapping result. The proposed method was applied to three synthetic images and one real hyperspectral image. The experimental results confirm that the AMMSSM algorithm is an effective option for sub-pixel mapping, compared with the traditional sub-pixel mapping method based on a single image and the latest sub-pixel mapping methods based on multiple shifted images.     

基于高光谱曲线峰度、偏度的植被叶绿素含量反演模型研究

本文分析了高光谱反射率及红边位置与叶片绿度的相关性,建立了基于敏感波段和红边位置的叶绿素估算模型。通过对不同叶绿素含量高光谱曲线特征的分析,提出了基于高光谱曲线峰度和偏度的叶绿素估算新思路,并分别建立基于原始光谱560-760nm波段和一阶导数光谱660-760nm波段对应峰度、偏度的叶绿素反演模型。结果表明,法国梧桐、无花果和白毛杨基于敏感波段的叶绿素含量反演模型的拟合度,与传统估算模型相比,本文提出的新估算模型可以明显提高高光谱反演叶绿素含量的能力。     

不同降维策略下的高光谱影像多特征分类

由于物体表面的空间分布通常是富有规律且局部连续的,在高光谱影像分类中应充分利用其光谱和空间信息。本文在对高光谱影像立方体进行降维处理的基础上,提出了一种联合空域和谱域信息的高光谱影像高效分类方法。首先,分别选用主成分分析(Principal Component Analysis,PCA)和正交投影波段选择(Orthogonal Projection Band Selection,OPBS)两种方法对原始高光谱数据进行预处理,获取降维后的影像数据。然后在其基础上提取扩展形态学特征(Extended Morphology Profiles,EMP)和地物表面纹理特征,组成联合光谱和纹理、形状结构特征。最后,采用支持向量机(Support Vector Machine,SVM)分类器对联合特征进行分类。针对不同真实高光谱数据集的实验结果表明,本文提出的方法运算效率高且具有令人满意的分类性能。     

Multi range spectral feature fitting for hyperspectral imagery in extracting oilseed rape planting area

Spectral feature fitting (SFF) is a commonly used strategy for hyperspectral imagery analysis to discriminate ground targets. Compared to other image analysis techniques, SFF does not secure higher accuracy in extracting image information in all circumstances. Multi range spectral feature fitting (MRSFF) from ENVI software allows user to focus on those interesting spectral features to yield better performance. Thus spectral wavelength ranges and their corresponding weights must be determined. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the performance of MRSFF in oilseed rape planting area extraction. A practical method for defining the weighted values, the variance coefficient weight method, was proposed to set up criterion. Oilseed rape field canopy spectra from the whole growth stage were collected prior to investigating its phenological varieties; oilseed rape endmember spectra were extracted from the Hyperion image as identifying samples to be used in analyzing the oilseed rape field. Wavelength range divisions were determined by the difference between field-measured spectra and image spectra, and image spectral variance coefficient weights for each wavelength range were calculated corresponding to field-measured spectra from the closest date. By using MRSFF, wavelength ranges were classified to characterize the target's spectral features without compromising spectral profile's entirety. The analysis was substantially successful in extracting oilseed rape planting areas (RMSE ≤ 0.06), and the RMSE histogram indicated a superior result compared to a conventional SFF. Accuracy assessment was based on the mapping result compared with spectral angle mapping (SAM) and the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). The MRSFF yielded a robust, convincible result and, therefore, may further the use of hyperspectral imagery in precision agriculture.     

A study of a matching pixel by pixel (MPP) algorithm to establish an empirical model of water quality mapping,as based on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images

Linear regression models are a popular choice for the relationships between water quality parameters and bands (or band ratios) of remote sensing data. However, this research regards the phenomena of mixed pixels, specular reflection, and water fluidity as the challenges to establish a robust regression model. Based on the data of measurements in situ and remote sensing data, this study presents an enumeration-based algorithm, called matching pixel by pixel (MPP), and tests its performance in an empirical model of water quality mapping. Four small reservoirs, which cover a mere several hundred-thousand m², in Kinmen, Taiwan, are selected as the study sites. The multispectral sensors, carried on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), are adopted to acquire remote sensing data regarding water quality parameters, including chlorophyll-a (Chl-a), Secchi disk depth (SDD), and turbidity in the reservoirs. The experimental results indicate that, while MPP can reduce the influence of specular reflection on regression model establishment, specular reflection does hamper the correction of thematic map production. Due to water fluidity, sampling in situ should be followed by UAV imaging as soon as possible. Excluding turbidity, the obtained estimation accuracy can satisfy the national standard.     

环境一号卫星高光谱数据水体信息提取方法

环境一号卫星A星上的超光谱成像光谱仪(HSI)是中国第一个高光谱成像光谱仪.为充分利用HSI数据的高光谱特性,本文以2009年10月5日的影像为研究区,得到HSI数据影像反射率,分析水体等地类光谱特征差异及选择各地类敏感波段;利用传统指数NDVI和NDWI,构建新的基于指数的水体指数IWI,试验得出,IWI指数增加了各...     

基于灰度归一化的HJ-1A星HSI图像条带噪声去除方法

针对HJ -1A星HSI图像上的条带噪声,在分析传统条带噪声去除方法的基础上,提出了一种新的基于灰度归一化去除条带噪声的方法.首先,设计孤立点检测窗口,将随机斑点噪声与条带噪声分离;然后,利用灰度归一化方法建立图像各列像元灰度级与基准列像元灰度级对应的查找表,根据查找表对HSI图像条带噪声进行消除.实验结果表明,该方法在很好地保留图像光谱信息的情况下,能够有效地消除图像条带噪声和随机斑点噪声.     

Integration of hyperspectral and LiDAR data for mapping small water bodies

Inland water bodies are globally threatened by environmental degradation and climate change. On the other hand, new water bodies can be designed during landscape restoration (e.g. after coal mining). Effective management of new water resources requires continuous monitoring; in situ surveys are, however, extremely time-demanding. Remote sensing has been widely used for identifying water bodies. However, the use of optical imagery is constrained by accuracy problems related to the difficulty in distinguishing water features from other surfaces with low albedo, such as tree shadows. This is especially true when mapping water bodies of different sizes. To address these problems, we evaluated the potential of integrating hyperspectral data with LiDAR (hereinafter “integrative approach”). The study area consisted of several spoil heaps containing heterogeneous water bodies with a high variability of shape and size. We utilized object-based classification (Support Vector Machine) based on: (i) hyperspectral data; (ii) LiDAR variables; (iii) integration of both datasets. Besides, we classified hyperspectral data using pixel-based approaches (K-mean, spectral angle mapper). Individual approaches (hyperspectral data, LiDAR data and integrative approach) resulted in 2–22.4 % underestimation of the water surface area (i.e, omission error) and 0.4–1.5 % overestimation (i.e., commission error).The integrative approach yielded an improved discrimination of open water surface compared to other approaches (omission error of 2 % and commission error of 0.4 %). We also evaluated the success of detecting individual ponds; the integrative approach was the only one capable of detecting the water bodies with both omission and commission errors below 10 %. Finally, the assessment of misclassification reasons showed a successful elimination of shadows in the integrative approach. Our findings demonstrate that the integration of hyperspectral and LiDAR data can greatly improve the identification of small water bodies and can be applied in practice to support mapping of restoration process.     

Object-based habitat mapping using very high spatial resolution multispectral and hyperspectral imagery with LiDAR data

This study investigated the combined use of multispectral/hyperspectral imagery and LiDAR data for habitat mapping across parts of south Cumbria, North West England. The methodology adopted in this study integrated spectral information contained in pansharp QuickBird multispectral/AISA Eagle hyperspectral imagery and LiDAR-derived measures with object-based machine learning classifiers and ensemble analysis techniques. Using the LiDAR point cloud data, elevation models (such as the Digital Surface Model and Digital Terrain Model raster) and intensity features were extracted directly. The LiDAR-derived measures exploited in this study included Canopy Height Model, intensity and topographic information (i.e. mean, maximum and standard deviation). These three LiDAR measures were combined with spectral information contained in the pansharp QuickBird and Eagle MNF transformed imagery for image classification experiments. A fusion of pansharp QuickBird multispectral and Eagle MNF hyperspectral imagery with all LiDAR-derived measures generated the best classification accuracies, 89.8 and 92.6% respectively. These results were generated with the Support Vector Machine and Random Forest machine learning algorithms respectively. The ensemble analysis of all three learning machine classifiers for the pansharp QuickBird and Eagle MNF fused data outputs did not significantly increase the overall classification accuracy. Results of the study demonstrate the potential of combining either very high spatial resolution multispectral or hyperspectral imagery with LiDAR data for habitat mapping.