基于小波变换和HIS变换的海冰SAR与光学遥感影像融合方法研究

Sea ice as a disaster has recently attracted a great deal of attention in China. Its monitoring has become a routine task for the maritime sector. Remote sensing, which depends mainly on SAR and optical sensors, has become the primary means for sea-ice research. Optical images contain abundant sea-ice multi-spectral information, whereas SAR images contain rich sea-ice texture information. If the characteristic advantages of SAR and optical images could be combined for sea-ice study, the ability of sea-ice monitoring would be improved. In this study, in accordance with the characteristics of sea-ice SAR and optical images, the transformation and fusion methods for these images were chosen. Also, a fusion method of optical and SAR images was proposed in order to improve sea-ice identification. Texture information can play an important role in sea-ice classification. Haar wavelet transformation was found to be suitable for the sea-ice SAR images, and the texture information of the sea-ice SAR image from Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar(ASAR) loaded on ENVISAT was documented. The results of our studies showed that, the optical images in the hue-intensity-saturation(HIS) space could reflect the spectral characteristics of the sea-ice types more efficiently than in the red-green-blue(RGB) space, and the optical image from the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite(CBERS-02B) was transferred from the RGB space to the HIS space. The principal component analysis(PCA) method could potentially contain the maximum information of the sea-ice images by fusing the HIS and texture images. The fusion image was obtained by a PCA method, which included the advantages of both the sea-ice SAR image and the optical image. To validate the fusion method, three methods were used to evaluate the fused image, i.e., objective, subjective, and comprehensive evaluations. It was concluded that the fusion method proposed could improve the ability of image interpretation and sea-ice identification.     

渤海海冰微波散射特性研究

Microwave remote sensing has become the primary means for sea-ice research, and has been supported by a great deal of field experiments and theoretical studies regarding sea-ice microwave scattering. However, these studies have been barely carried in the Bohai Sea. The sea-ice microwave scattering mechanism was first developed for the thin sea ice with slight roughness in the Bohai Sea in the winter of 2012, and included the backscattering coefficients which were measured on the different conditions of three bands(L, C and X), two polarizations(HH and VV), and incident angles of 20° to 60°, using a ground-based scatterometer and the synchronous physical parameters of the sea-ice temperature, density, thickness, salinity, and so on. The theoretical model of the sea-ice electromagnetic scattering is obtained based on these physical parameters. The research regarding the sea-ice microwave scattering mechanism is carried out through two means, which includes the comparison between the field microwave scattering data and the simulation results of the theoretical model, as well as the feature analysis of the four components of the sea-ice electromagnetic scattering. It is revealed that the sea-ice microwave scattering data and the theoretical simulation results vary in the same trend with the incident angles. Also, there is a visible variant in the sensitivity of every component to the different bands.For example, the C and X bands are sensitive to the top surface, the X band is sensitive to the scatterers, and the L and C bands are sensitive to the bottom surface, and so on. It is suggested that the features of the sea-ice surfaces and scatterers can be retrieved by the further research in the future. This experiment can provide an experimental and theoretical foundation for research regarding the sea-ice microwave scattering characteristics in the Bohai Sea.     

适用于Ku波段雷达高度计海冰干舷高度反演的积雪校正方法

工作在Ku波段的Cryo Sat-2和Sentinel-3A合成孔径雷达高度计是当前最先进的高度计。由于雷达回波信号的实际时间跟踪点较预设的时间跟踪点总发生偏移,而且Ku波段波长短,进行海冰探测时易受雪层干扰,造成雷达信号主散射面由海冰表面上移至雪层内,这两个因素都影响着海冰干舷高度的反演精度。针对这些问题,本文首先确定了Cryo Sat-2与Sentinel-3A雷达高度计反演北极海冰干舷高度的最优波形重跟踪阈值组合,然后分析了这两个Ku波段雷达信号的雪层穿透系数,发现Ku波段高度计的主散射面受雪层的影响显著,会高估海冰干舷高度。基于此,文中提出了一种改进的积雪校正方法,并以机载Operation Ice Bridge(OIB)为验证数据,将本文提出的方法与通用积雪校正法和欧洲空间局(European Space Agency,ESA)海冰干舷高度产品进行了对比验证。实验结果表明,本文提出的方法能够有效估计Ku波段电磁波穿透海冰表面积雪深度的比例系数,显著校正了通用积雪校正方法存在的高估海冰干舷高度的问题,提高了海冰干舷高度的估算精度。     

基于极化散射特征的极化合成孔径雷达海冰分类方法研究:以渤海海冰分类为例

海冰监视监测的关键是提取海冰类型,准确提取海冰类型对于评估海冰冰情、保证航海及海洋作业安全具有重要的意义。利全极化合成孔径雷达影像(SAR)的优势,提取海冰的极化散射特征;在此基础上结合二叉树分类思想,开展极化SAR海冰类型的分类算法研究,提高SAR海冰分类精度;与传统的海冰分类方法相比较,验证了本方法的有效性。     

基于SIR-C数据的SAR极化特征参数区分海冰与海水的能力评价

利用1994年10月南极区域的6景SIR-C影像,评估了L波段和C波段下13种主要的SAR极化特征参数区分海冰、海水信息的能力。结果表明:L波段下有6种参数能较好地区分海冰和海水,它们是:散射熵、交叉极化比HV/VV、同极化比VV/HH、同极化相关系数ρHH-VV、HV极化后向散射系数、Alpha角;另外,HH极化后向散射系数、交叉极化比HV/HH具有一定的区分海冰和海水的能力;其余5种难以区分海冰和海水。C波段下有4种参数能较好地区分海冰和海水,他们是:散射熵、同极化相关系数ρHH-VV、HV极化后向散射系数、同极化比VV/HH;HH极化后向散射系数、交叉极化比HV/VV、Alpha角和VV极化后向散射系数这4种参数具有一定的区分海冰和海水的能力;其余5种难以区分海冰和海水。且总体来看,L波段区分海冰和海水的能力好于C波段。这为海冰探测的研究提供了有用的参考。     

C波段紧缩极化SAR海冰探测能力评估

The C-band synthetic aperture radar(SAR) data from the Bohai Sea of China, the Labrador Sea in the Arctic and the Weddell Sea in the Antarctic are used to analyze and discuss the sea ice full polarimetric information reconstruction ability under compact polarimetric modes. The type of compact polarimetric mode which has the highest reconstructed accuracy is analyzed, along with the performance impact of the reconstructed pseudo quad-pol SAR data on the sea ice detection and sea ice classification. According to the assessment and analysis, it is recommended to adopt the CTLR mode for reconstructing the polarimetric parameters σ_(HH)~0,σ_(VV)~0, H and α,while for reconstructing the polarimetric parameters σ_(HV)~0, ρ_(H-V), λ_1 and λ_2, it is recommended to use the π/4 mode.Moreover, it is recommended to use the π/4 mode in studying the action effects between the electromagnetic waves and sea ice, but it is recommended to use the CTLR mode for studying the sea ice classification.     

高分辨率全极化合成孔径雷达数据海冰二次分类方法研究

随着高分辨率全极化合成孔径雷达(synthetic aperture radar, SAR)影像的大量出现, 传统分类方法因所得分类结果中包含斑点噪声, 导致分类精度大大降低, 因而利用基于伴生关系的二次分类方法对辽东湾RADARSAT-2卫星的海冰SAR影像进行分类, 并将所得分类结果与专家解译分类结果和经典的基于H-α分解的Wishart监督分类结果进行对比, 证明本方法可以消除斑点噪声的影响, 同时具有较好的视觉效果和较高的分类精度。