Flood and waterlogging monitoring over Huaihe River Basin by AMSR-E data analysis

In this paper, we investigated the potential of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for Earth Observation System （AMSR-E） for flood monitoring. The proposed approach was based on the polarized ratio index （PRI）, which was computed by using AMSR-E data at 37GHz, vertically and horizontally polarized brightness temperature values and the water surface fraction （WSF） got by using the PRI at 37GHz. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer （MODIS） data were used to validate the WSF values. The analysis of flood and waterlogging using the WSF map on July 6, 2003 indicates that the use of WSF for flood and waterlogging disaster assessment is feasible. Utilizing the correlation of WSF derived from AMSR-E and water area derived from MODIS, the water area of the Huaihe River Basin were computed by only using AMSR-E data in the summer of 2003, which overcame the influence of cloud on water estimation using MODIS data during flood.     

Soil-vegetation-atmosphere radiative transfer model in microwave region

The radiative transfer is one of the significant theories that describe the processes of scattering, emission, and absorption of electromagnetic radiant intensity through scattering medium. It is the basis of the study on the quantitative remote sensing. In this paper, the radiative characteristics of soil, vegetation, and atmosphere were described respectively. The numerical solution of radiative transfer was accomplished by Successive Orders of Scattering （SOS）. A radiative transfer model for simulating microwave brightness temperature over land surfaces was constructed, designed, and implemented. Analyzing the database generated from soil-vegetation-atmosphere radiative transfer model under Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth Observing System （AMSR-E） configuration showed that the atmospheric effects on microwave brightness temperature should not be neglected, particularly for higher frequency, and can be parameterized. At the same time, the relationship between the emissivities of the different channels was developed. The study results will promote the development of algorithm to retrieve geophysical parameters from microwave remotely sensed data.     

Comparative analysis of microwave brightness temperature data in Northeast China using AMSR-E and MWRI products

With such significant advantages as all-day observation, penetrability and all-weather coverage, passive microwave remote sensing technique has been widely applied in the research of global environmental change. As the satellite-based passive microwave remote sensor, the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) loaded on NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration of USA) Aqua satellite has been popularly used in the field of microwave observation. The Microwave Radiation Imager (MWRI) loaded on the Chinese FengYun-3A (FY-3A) satellite is an AMSR-E-like conical scanning microwave sensor, but there are few reports about MWRI data. This paper firstly proposed an optimal spatial position matching algorithm from rough to exact for the position matching between AMSR-E and MWRI data, then taking Northeast China as an example, comparatively analyzed the microwave brightness temperature data derived from AMSR-E and MWRI. The results show that when the antenna footprints of the two sensors are filled with either full water, or full land, or mixed land and water with approximate proportion, the errors of brightness temperature between AMSR-E and MWRI are usually in the range from −10 K to +10 K. In general, the residual values of brightness temperature between the two microwave sensors with the same spatial resolution are in the range of ±3 K. Because the spatial resolution of AMSR-E is three times as high as that of MWRI, the results indicate that the quality of MWRI data is better. The research can provide useful information for the MWRI data application and microwave unmixing method in the future.     

光学信息分解被动微波土壤湿度方法

土壤水分是一个重要生态参量,以被动微波反演土壤水分,不受天气影响,且其算法成熟.但是星载被动微波数据的空间分辨率较低,可适合大区域尺度研究.本文将1km分辨率光学数据MODIS和25km分辨率被动微波数据AMSR- E2级土壤湿度产品结合,利用NDVI-Ts特征空间,去除植被影响,结合前人提出的裸土蒸散模型,将研究区被...     

An AMSR-E data unmixing method for monitoring flood and waterlogging disaster

Spectral remote sensing technique is usually used to monitor flood and waterlogging disaster. Although spectral remote sensing data have many advantages for ground information observation, such as real time and high spatial resolution, they are often interfered by clouds, haze and rain. As a result, it is very difficult to retrieve ground information from spectral remote sensing data under those conditions. Compared with spectral remote sensing technique, passive microwave remote sensing technique has obvious superiority in most weather conditions. However, the main drawback of passive microwave remote sensing is the extreme low spatial resolution. Considering the wide application of the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) data, an AMSR-E data unmixing method was proposed in this paper based on Bellerby’s algorithm. By utilizing the surface type classification results with high spatial resolution, the proposed unmixing method can obtain the component brightness temperature and corresponding spatial position distribution, which effectively improve the spatial resolution of passive microwave remote sensing data. Through researching the AMSR-E unmixed data of Yongji County, Jilin Provinc, Northeast China after the worst flood and waterlogging disaster occurred on July 28, 2010, the experimental results demonstrated that the AMSR-E unmixed data could effectively evaluate the flood and waterlogging disaster.     

A comparison of Argo nominal surface and near-surface temperature for validation of AMSR-E SST

Satellite SST(sea surface temperature) from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System(AMSR-E) is compared with in situ temperature observations from Argo profiling floats over the global oceans to evaluate the advantages of Argo NST(near-surface temperature: water temperature less than 1 m from the surface). By comparing Argo nominal surface temperature(~5 m) with its NST, a diurnal cycle caused by daytime warming and nighttime cooling was found, along with a maximum warming of 0.08±0.36°C during 14:00–15:00 local time. Further comparisons between Argo 5-m temperature/Argo NST and AMSR-E SST retrievals related to wind speed, columnar water vapor, and columnar cloud water indicate warming biases at low wind speed(5 m/s) and columnar water vapor 28 mm during daytime. The warming tendency is more remarkable for AMSR-E SST/Argo 5-m temperature compared with AMSR-E SST/Argo NST, owing to the effect of diurnal warming. This effect of diurnal warming events should be excluded before validation for microwave SST retrievals. Both AMSR-E nighttime SST/Argo 5-m temperature and nighttime SST/Argo NST show generally good agreement, independent of wind speed and columnar water vapor. From our analysis, Argo NST data demonstrated their advantages for validation of satellite-retrieved SST.     

MODIS_LST与AMSR-E_BT的相关性及地表温度反演

本文以2007年和2008年MODIS每日地表温度（LST）数据及AMSR-E地表亮温（BT）数据为研究对象,结合土地覆盖类型数据,统计分析MODIS_LST与AMSR-E_BT在不同土地覆盖类型、频率和极化方式条件下的相关性。结果表明,频率在18.7、23.8和36.5 GHz的AMSR-E-BT与MODIS_LST的相关性较大,且在垂直极化通道上的相关性较在水平极化上大;不同土地覆盖类型,与MODIS_LST相关性较大所对应的AMSR-E微波通道不同。同时,考虑混合像元问题对相关性的影响,对25种不同地物类型组合下MODIS_LST与AMSR-E-BT的相关性进行统计分析,发现混合像元中地物类型越多,则二者相关性越小。最后,采用多元线性回归分析法,根据不同土地覆盖类型建立反演回归模型,对部分研究区域MODIS-LST进行反演,误差平均在±3.15 K以内,与不考虑下垫面覆盖的模型比较,反演MODIS_LST精度平均提高了1.5 K。     

全球36 km格网土壤水分逐日估算

土壤水分是陆面生态系统和能量循环的核心变量之一,利用微波遥感技术获得的土壤水分产品的时间分辨率一般是2-3 d,因此精确地获得具有较高时间分辨率的土壤水分成了人们关注的焦点。本文尝试将SMAP (the Soil Moisture Passive and Active）土壤水分和MODIS光学数据相结合,利用广义回归神经网络进行全球36 km土壤水分的估算,提升SMAP土壤水分的时间分辨率。结果显示,广义回归神经网络估算土壤水分与SMAP保持了高相关性(r = 0.7528),但其却保留了较高的误差 (rmse = 0.0914 m³/m³)。尽管如此,估算的土壤水分能够很好地保持SMAP土壤水分的整体空间变化,并且提升了土壤水分的时间分辨率（1 d）。此处,本文研究了SMAP土壤水分与MODIS光学数据之间的关系,这对今后利用机器学习进行SMAP土壤水分降尺度研究提供了重要的参考价值。     

A neural network method for monitoring snowstorm: A case study in southern China

It has been observed that low temperature, rainfall, snowfall, frost have never occurred over the past 50 years in the southern China, and weather in this area is very complex, so the monitoring equipments are few. Optical and thermal infrared remote sensing is influenced much by clouds, so the passive microwave Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth Observing System （AMSR-E） data are the best choice to monitor and analyze the development of disaster. In order to improve estimation accuracy, the dynamic learn- ing neural network was used to retrieve snow depth. The difference of brightness temperatures of TB18.7v and TB36.sv, TBI8.7H and TB36.sH, TB23,sv and TB89v, TBz3.8H and TB89H are made as four main input nodes and the snow depth is the only one output node of neural network. The mean and the standard deviation of retrieval errors are about 4.8 cm and 6.7 cm relative to the test data of ground measurements. The application analysis indicated that the neural network can be utilized to monitor the change of snow intensity distribution through passive microwave data in the complex weather of the southern China.     

Satellite retrieval of hurricane wind speeds using the AMSR2 microwave radiometer

The AMSR2 microwave radiometer is the main payload of the GCOM-W1 satellite,launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in 2012. Based on the pre-launch information extraction algorithm,the AMSR2 enables remote monitoring of geophysical parameters such as sea surface temperature,wind speed,water vapor,and liquid cloud water content. However,rain alters the properties of atmospheric scattering and absorption,which contaminates the brightness temperatures measured by the microwave radiometer. Therefore,it is difficult to retrieve AMSR2-derived sea surface wind speeds under rainfall conditions. Based on microwave radiative transfer theory,and using AMSR2 L1 brightness temperature data obtained in August 2012 and NCEP reanalysis data,we studied the sensitivity of AMSR2 brightness temperatures to rain and wind speed,from which a channel combination of brightness temperature was established that is insensitive to rainfall,but sensitive to wind speed. Using brightness temperatures obtained with the proposed channel combination as input parameters,in conjunction with HRD wind field data,and adopting multiple linear regression and BP neural network methods,we established an algorithm for hurricane wind speed retrieval under rainfall conditions. The results showed that the standard deviation and relative error of retrievals,obtained using the multiple linear regression algorithm,were 3.1 m/s and 13%,respectively. However,the standard deviation and relative error of retrievals obtained using the BP neural network algorithm were better(2.1 m/s and 8%,respectively). Thus,the results of this paper preliminarily verified the feasibility of using microwave radiometers to extract sea surface wind speeds under rainfall conditions.     

基于MODIS和AMSR-E反演京津冀地区大气水汽含量及比较

为了长时间、大范围获取水汽数值,利用2005~2008年光学遥感的MODIS近红外、红外水汽产品,以及微波遥感AMSR-E数据,2种方法反演水汽。微波AMSR-E亮温数据采用Merritt N.Deeter(2007)亮温极化差方法,选取18.7GHz和23.8GHz 2个波段,得到AMSR-E升轨、降轨大气水汽数值。以京津冀地区为研究区域,通过地统计相关性分析、时间序列分析、年际间变化分析,可知2种方法4种资料反演的大气水汽数值的R2都达到0.95,时间分布符合中国雨带移动规律,空间分布不均。MODIS数据反演值比AMSR-E值要低,得到2种方法反演水汽的各自优缺点。     

地表温度的多源遥感数据反演算法对比分析

 多源遥感数据的综合应用是提高地表温度反演精度的有效途径.MODIS数据和Landsat TM数据在我国同一地区获取的时间相差不大,可以获取近似同步的MODIS数据和TM数据.本文将基于MODIS数据反演的大气参数应用于TM影像的地表温度反演,分别对单窗口算法和普适性单通道算法进行了实验研究,应用气象站实测的地表温度数据对反演结果进行了检验,并对比分析了不同土地覆盖条件下两种算法的精度差异.结果表明:两种算法反演精度均较高,单窗口算法反演精度为0.76K,普适性单通道算法反演精度为1.23K;在不同的土地覆盖条件下,两种算法表现出明显的差异性,水体区反演结果差异最小,均值差异仅为0.02K,植被区差异最大,均值差异为0.62K.     

TM热波段图像的地表温度反演算法与实验分析

目前利用LandsatTM热波段数据反演地表温度有3种算法:辐射传导方程法、单窗算法和单通道算法。辐射传导方程法由于计算过程复杂且需要实时大气剖面数据,因而实际应用较为困难。单窗算法和单通道算法对Landsat热波段反演地表温度能获得较高精度。单窗算法所需的大气参数包括近地表气温和大气水分含量,单通道算法所需的大气参数仅为大气水分含量。地表辐射率为这两种算法共有的关键参数。本文以福建省福州市为研究区,使用1989年6月15日LandsatTM数据,利用单窗算法和单通道算法对研究区进行地表温度反演,并将这两种算法的反演结果与研究区反演的亮度温度进行了比较,结果表明:(1)两种算法反演的结果总体趋势比较接近,但单窗算法的结果相对于单通道算法较低,二者相差约2.45℃;(2)两种算法的结果与亮度温度相比,单窗算法要高出约2.84℃,而单通道算法则要高出约5.28℃。     

等间距法和均值标准差法界定城市热岛的对比研究

利用ASTER数据反演地表温度,采用等间距法和均值-标准差法,将研究区温度场分别划分为4级、5级、6级,并根据热岛区的界定进一步将4级、6级细分为4级(a)、4级(b)、6级(a)和6级(b).在此基础上,对两种方法从城市热岛数量结构差异、热岛空间分布及细节表达等方面进行了系统对比分析.结果表明:两种方法所界定热岛的面积百分比随着分级数不同均出现跳跃现象,趋势基本一致.但就热岛强度而言,均值-标准差法对分级数的敏感性较等间距法小,在热岛的空间分布和温度变异的细节表现力等方面,均值-标准差法也优于等间距分级法.因此,综合来看,均值-标准差法是城市热岛界定的较适合方法.均值-标准差法以地表温度相对于平均温度的变异程度为依据进行热场划分,在多时相城市热岛演变、对比等研究中,一定程度上可以避开时相的差异.     

Improvement of mono-window algorithm for retrieving land surface temperature from HJ-1B satellite data

The thermal infrared channel (IRS4) of HJ-1B satellite obtains view zenith angles (VZA) up to ±33°. The view angle should be taken into account when retrieving land surface temperature (LST) from IRS4 data. This study aims at improving the mono-window algorithm for retrieving LST from IRS4 data. Based on atmospheric radiative transfer simulations,a model for correcting the VZA effects on atmospheric transmittance is proposed. In addition,a generalized model for calculating the effective mean atmospheric temperature is developed. Validation with the simulated dataset based on standard atmospheric profiles reveals that the improved mono-window algorithm for IRS4 obtains high accuracy for LST retrieval,with the mean absolute error (MAE) and root mean square error (RMSE) being 1.0 K and 1.1 K,respectively. Numerical experiment with the radiosonde profile acquired in Beijing in winter demonstrates that the improved mono-window algorithm exhibits excellent ability for LST retrieval,with MAE and RMSE being 0.6 K and 0.6 K,respectively. Further application in Qinghai Lake and comparison with the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) LST product suggest that the improved mono-window algorithm is applicable and feasible in actual conditions.     

光学与微波遥感的新疆积雪覆盖变化分析

利用2002-2013年冬季的MODIS光学遥感数据,以及AMSR-E、AMSR2与MWRI被动微波遥感数据,建立了新疆地区冬季每日积雪分布遥感反演模型。首先,将Terra与Aqua双星MODIS的积雪产品融合,初步去云并最大化积雪信息;然后,利用AMSR-E/AMSR2和MWRI被动微波数据进行每日雪盖提取;最后,利用被动微波遥感数据反演得到的每日雪盖结果对双星融合后依然有云的像元进行替换,得到每日积雪分布情况。据此模型提取了11年间冬季的积雪天数信息,结合气象台站观测数据,分析了新疆冬季积雪的年内和年际变化规律。结果表明,新疆地区积雪主要分布在北部新疆,积雪天数与地形关系密切,山区积雪天数较多,盆地及城市区积雪天数较少;积雪天数年内变化是从11月到次年1月随温度降低逐渐增加,从1月到3月积雪天数则逐渐减少。新疆地区积雪天数在这11年中存在一定的波动,积雪天数与该年的平均气温,以及月低于0℃的天数存在显著相关性,与降雪量关系不明显。新疆地区近年来积雪天数重心有向西向南移动的趋势,这可能与全球气候变暖导致多年积雪融化有关。     

Chaos particle swarm optimization combined with circular median filtering for geophysical parameters retrieval from Windsat

This paper established a geophysical retrieval algorithm for sea surface wind vector, sea surface temperature, columnar atmospheric water vapor, and columnar cloud liquid water from WindSat, using the measured brightness temperatures and a matchup database. To retrieve the wind vector, a chaotic particle swarm approach was used to determine a set of possible wind vector solutions which minimize the difference between the forward model and the WindSat observations. An adjusted circular median filtering function was adopted to remove wind direction ambiguity. The validation of the wind speed, wind direction, sea surface temperature, columnar atmospheric water vapor, and columnar liquid cloud water indicates that this algorithm is feasible and reasonable and can be used to retrieve these atmospheric and oceanic parameters. Compared with moored buoy data, the RMS errors for wind speed and sea surface temperature were 0.92 m s~(-1) and 0.88℃, respectively. The RMS errors for columnar atmospheric water vapor and columnar liquid cloud water were 0.62 mm and 0.01 mm, respectively, compared with F17 SSMIS results. In addition, monthly average results indicated that these parameters are in good agreement with AMSR-E results. Wind direction retrieval was studied under various wind speed conditions and validated by comparing to the Quik SCAT measurements, and the RMS error was 13.3?. This paper offers a new approach to the study of ocean wind vector retrieval using a polarimetric microwave radiometer.     

Spatio-temporal variation of land surface temperature and temperature lapse rate over mountainous Kashmir Himalaya

In this study, Land Surface Temperature(LST) and its lapse rate over the mountainous Kashmir Himalaya was estimated using MODIS data and correlated with the observed in-situ air temperature(Tair) data. Comparison between the MODIS LST and Tair showed a close agreement with the maximum error of the estimate ±1°C and the correlation coefficient 0.90. Analysis of the LST data from 2002-2012 showed an increasing trend at all the selected locations except at a site located in the southeastern part of Kashmir valley. Using the GTOPO30 DEM, MODIS LST data was used to estimate the actual temperature lapse rate(ATLR) along various transects across Kashmir Himalaya, which showed significant variations in space and time ranging from 0.3°C to 1.2°C per 100 m altitude change. This observation is at variance with the standard temperature lapse rate(STLR) of 0.65°C used universally in most of the hydrological and other land surface models. Snowmelt Runoff Model(SRM) was used to determine the efficacy of using the ATLR for simulating the stream flows in one of the glaciated and snow-covered watersheds in Kashmir. The use of ATLR in the SRM model improved the R2 between the observed and predicted streamflows from 0.92 to 0.97.It is hoped that the operational use of satellite-derived LST and ATLR shall improve the understanding and quantification of various processes related to climate, hydrology and ecosystem in the mountainous and data-scarce Himalaya where the use of temperature and ATLR are critical parameters for understanding various land surface and climate processes.     

Polar Sea Ice Identification and Classification Based on HY-2A/SCAT Data

In this paper,a Bayesian sea ice detection algorithm is first used based on the HY-2A/SCAT data,and a backpropagation(BP)neural network is used to classify the Arctic sea ice type.During the implementation of the Bayesian sea ice detection algorithm,linear sea ice model parameters and the backscatter variance suitable for HY-2A/SCAT were proposed.The sea ice extent obtained by the Bayesian sea ice detection algorithm was projected on a 12.5 km grid sea ice map and validated by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2(AMSR2)15%sea ice concentration data.The sea ice extent obtained by the Bayesian sea ice detection al-gorithm was found to be in good agreement with that of the AMSR2 during the ice growth season.Meanwhile,the Bayesian sea ice detection algorithm gave a wider ice edge than the AMSR2 during the ice melting season.For the sea ice type classification,the BP neural network was used to classify the Arctic sea ice type(multi-year and first-year ice)from January to May and October to De-cember in 2014.Comparison results between the HY-2A/SCAT sea ice type and Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid(EASE-Grid)sea ice age data showed that the HY-2A/SCAT multi-year ice extent variation had the same trend as the EASE-Grid data.Classification errors,defined as the ratio of the mismatched sea ice type points between HY-2A/SCAT and EASE-Grid to the total sea ice points,were less than 12%,and the average classification error was 8.6%for the study period,which indicated that the BP neural network classification was a feasible algorithm for HY-2A/SCAT sea ice type classification.     

基于DEM修正的MODIS地表温度产品空间插值

地表温度是资源环境、气候变化、陆地生态系统等科学研究的重要参数之一。MODIS LST（Land Surface Temperature, LST）产品是地表温度相关研究的重要数据源。而现有MODIS LST产品均存在云覆盖区域,因此云覆盖区域地表温度估计已成为热红外遥感的前沿性研究难题。为解决MODIS LST产品云遮挡区域地表温度信息缺失,以秦岭地区为研究区,选用2001-2017年的MOD11A2数据,在传统的反距离权重（IDW）、规则样条函数（SPLINE）、普通克里金（OK）、趋势面（TREND）空间插值方法中引入高程因子,通过反复试验形成基于DEM修正的MODIS LST空间插值方法。分析空间插值结果表明： ① 空间插值精度由高到低为：OK>SPLINE>IDW>TREND,基于DEM修正后精度分别提高了约0.38、0.31、0.32和0.78℃; ② 空间插值结果的精度呈现季节差异,夏季6、7、8月的精度较高,1月的精度最低;③ 插值精度与云区的范围存在一定的关系,当云覆盖区域<1.1 km²时,DEM+OK方法的插值误差<0.55 ℃,当云覆盖区域<3.1 km²,插值误差<1 ℃;DEM+SPLINE方法在云覆盖区域<2.7 km²时,插值误差<0.55 ℃,云覆盖区域<10.4 km²,插值误差<1℃;当云覆盖为1.1~2.7 km²时,DEM+SPLINE方法的插值精度高于DEM+OK方法。