A hyperspectral experiment over tropical forests based on the EO-1 orbit change and PROSAIL simulation

ABSTRACT

We designed a unique hyperspectral experiment from the Earth Observing One (EO-1) orbit change to evaluate solar illumination effects over tropical forests in Brazil. Ten nadir-viewing Hyperion images collected over a fixed site and period of the year (July to August) were selected for analysis. We evaluated variations in reflectance and in 16 narrowband vegetation indices (VIs) with increasing solar zenith angle (SZA) from the pre-drift (2004–2008) to the EO-1 drift period (2011–2016). To detect changes in reflectance and shadows, we applied spectral mixture analysis (SMA) and principal component analysis (PCA) and calculated the similarity spectral angle (θ) between the vegetation spectra measured with variable SZA. The magnitude of the illumination effects was also evaluated from change-point analysis and nonparametric Mann-Whitney U tests applied over the time series. Finally, we complemented our experiment using the PROSAIL model to simulate the VIs variation with increasing SZA resultant from satellite drift. The results showed significant changes in Hyperion reflectance and VIs, especially when the EO-1 crossed the study area at earlier times and larger SZA in 2015 (9:05 a.m.; SZA = 59°) and 2016 (8:30 a.m.; SZA = 67°). Compared to the pre-drift period (10:30 a.m.; SZA = 45°), the SZA differences of 14° (2015) and 22° (2016) increased the shade fractions and decreased the vegetation brightness. PCA separated the pre-drift and drift reflectance datasets, showing shifts in scores due to changes in brightness. θ increased with SZA, indicating changes in the shape of the vegetation spectra with drift. For most VIs, the change-point analysis indicated 2015 (SZA = 59°) as the predominant year of detected changes. Compared to the EO-1 original orbit, the Plant Senescence Reflectance Index (PSRI), Anthocyanin Reflectance Index (ARI) and Structure Insensitive Pigment Index (SIPI) presented the largest positive changes during drift, while the Photochemical Reflectance Index (PRI), Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index (VARI) and Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) had the largest negative changes. The effect size of the illumination geometry on these VIs was large, as indicated by increasing values of the Cohen’s r metric toward 2016. The anisotropy of the Hyperion VIs was generally consistent with that from PROSAIL in the simulated pre-drift and drift periods. Focusing on structural indices, it affected the relationships between VIs and simulated leaf area index (LAI) at large SZA.     

高光谱遥感数据的改正暗目标大气校正方法研究

高光谱遥感数据常用的大气校正方法均侧重于去除水汽及其他吸收气体的影响, 主要研究了从高光谱影像同时去除气溶胶与水汽影响的方法. 由于高光谱遥感数据波段众多, 常规暗目标方法一直难以适用于高光谱遥感数据的大气校正. 通过选取小麦作为新的暗目标对象, 着重讨论了使用多波段线性回归与插值的方法对常规暗目标方法进行改正使之充分利用高光谱的众多波段特性, 从而把改进的暗目标方法扩展应用于高光谱遥感数据的大气校正. 为了同时去除大气中水汽的影响, 大气校正全过程采用了循环迭代的算法. 以山东济宁地区EO-1卫星搭载的Hyperion高光谱数据为应用实例, 通过使用MODTRAN建立的查找表直接从影像估算出气溶胶与水汽含量, 实现了对该数据的大气校正. 大气校正的结果表明, 改正暗目标大气校正算法可以有效地对高光谱遥感数据进行大气校正.     

Detecting anomalous CO2 flux using space borne spectroscopy

Over the time-scale, earth's atmospheric CO₂ concentration has varied and that is mostly determined by balance among the geochemical processes including burial of organic carbon in sediments, silicate rock weathering and volcanic activity. The best recorded atmospheric CO₂ variability is derived from Vostok ice core that records last four glacial/interglacial cycles. The present CO₂ concentration of earth's atmosphere has exceeded far that it was predicted from the ice core data. Other than rapid industrialization and urbanization since last century, geo-natural hazards such as volcanic activity, leakage from hydrocarbon reservoirs and spontaneous combustion of coal contribute a considerable amount of CO₂ to the atmosphere. Spontaneous combustion of coal is common occurrence in most coal producing countries and sometimes it could be in an enormous scale. Remote sensing has already proved to be a significant tool in coalfire identification and monitoring studies. However, coalfire related CO₂ quantification from remote sensing data has not endeavoured yet by scientific communities because of low spectral resolution of commercially available remote sensing data and relatively sparse CO₂ plume than other geological hazards like volcanic activity. The present research has attempted two methods to identify the CO₂ flux emitted from coalfires in a coalmining region in north China. Firstly, a band rationing method was used for column atmospheric retrieval of CO₂ and secondly atmospheric models were simulated in fast atmospheric signature code (FASCOD) to understand the local radiation transport and then the model was implemented with the inputs from hyperspectral remote sensing data. It was observed that retrieval of columnar abundance of CO₂ with the band rationing method is faster as less simulation required in FASCOD. Alternatively, the inversion model could retrieve CO₂ concentration from a (certain) source because it excludes the uncertainties in the higher altitude.     

基于小波特征融合的Hyperion影像降维方法

根据影像中地物光谱曲线的小波特征点确定地物识别的合适光谱分辨率,通过融合原先若干窄波段生成具有适合地物识别光谱分辨率的宽波段数据,达到降维高光谱数据的目的。文中对hyperion影像进行坏线和Smile效应去除,经过FLAASH大气校正,得到155个波段。对提取的八类地物的样本平均光谱进行DB4小波分解,计算小波细节系数方差;以小波细节系数信息熵作为特征点,得出不可渗透表面、居民地、水田、裸土4类地物识别适宜光谱分辨率为80nm,其余地物识别适宜光谱分辨率为160nm。以窄波段间的活跃度为指标进行融合,生成降维后的宽波段分别是21个波段和11个波段。8类地物在3尺度和4尺度下的分类结果说明降维影像能满足应用需求,提出的降维方法可行。     

用卫星高光谱数据提取德兴铜矿区植被污染信息

在深入分析研究德兴铜矿矿区植被光谱特征的基础上,利用美国EO-1卫星Hyperion高光谱数据,通过反演表征植物生理状态的光谱特征参数(红边位置和最大吸收深度)变异,提取与污染相关的信息,获取了矿山植被污染生态效应概况,为矿山污染的诊断和监测提供新技术和知识支撑。     

Hyperspectral remote sensing of evaporate minerals and associated sediments in Lake Magadi area, Kenya

Pleistocene to present evaporitic lacustrine sediments in Lake Magadi, East African Rift Valley, Kenya were studied and mapped using spectral remote sensing methods. This approach incorporated surface mineral mapping using space-borne hyperspectral Hyperion imagery together with laboratory analysis, including visible, near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (VNIR) measurements and X-ray diffraction for selected rock and soil samples of the study area. The spectral signatures of Magadiite and Kenyaite, which have not been previously reported, were established and the spectral signatures of trona, chert series, volcanic tuff and the High Magadi bed were also analyzed.Image processing techniques, MNF (Minimum Noise Fraction) and MTMF (Mixture Tuned Matched Filtering) using a stratified approach (image analysis with and without the lake area), were used to enhance the mapping of evaporates. High Magadi beds, chert series and volcanic tuff were identified from the Hyperion image with an overall mapping accuracy of 84.3%. Even though, the spatial distribution of evaporites and sediments in Lake Magadi area change in response to climate variations, the mineralogy of this area has not been mapped recently. The results of this study shows the usefulness of the hypersspectral remote sensing to map the surface geology of this kind of environment and to locate promising sites for industrial open-pit trona mining in a qualitative and quantitative manner.     

基于卫星高光谱遥感影像的浅海水深反演方法

遥感水深反演具有非接触测量和省时省力等优点,能够为航海、岛礁工程与珊瑚礁生态调查等活动提供重要参考。随着高光谱遥感卫星数量的增长,基于高光谱遥感影像的水深反演具有良好的发展与应用潜力。HOPE（Hyperspectral Optimization Process Exemplar）算法是比较常用的高光谱水深反演算法。鉴于HOPE算法在低遥感反射率海域会出现水深被高估的问题,本文基于Hyperion高光谱遥感影像提出一种改进的水深反演算法。该算法针对危险或难以到达海域往往具有水体光学性质较为均一的特点,利用深水区遥感反射率的观测值来估计整个研究区域内的水体光学性质参数并将其固定,以便减少未知参数数量,解决水深被高估的问题,最终达到提高水深反演整体精度的目的。塞班岛和中业岛的实验结果表明,改进算法能够有效克服常规HOPE算法在低遥感反射率水域高估水深的问题。改进算法能够将平均遥感反射率小于0.0075sr^-1（塞班岛）和0.001 sr^-1（中业岛）范围内的水域的水深反演平均绝对误差从常规HOPE算法的2.94 m和6.44 m分别降低至2.56 m和4.99 m,从而能够相应地将整体的均方根误差从3.18 m和5.39 m分别降低至2.30 m和3.32 m,而将整体的平均相对误差从32.4%和27.1%分别降低至30.6%和23.9%。因此,改进算法在提高卫星高光谱遥感影像水深反演效果方面具有可行性和有效性。     

土壤含盐量反演的研究

运用Hyperion数据,以黑龙江省大庆市某一实验区为例,开展对土壤含盐量定量提取的研究,通过对图像预处理、特征提取、建立BP神经网络模型（Back Propagation Network）等研究工作,探讨反演土壤含盐量的方法。研究结果表明：神经网络模型具有极强的线性和非线性拟合能力,模拟遥感影像特征与土壤盐分之间比较复杂的关系上有很大优势。研究结果不但为利用Hyperion数据反演土壤含盐量提供理论依据,而且还为其它地表参数的反演提供参考。     

基于Hyperion数据的粘土矿物权重信息提取研究——以江西省赣州地区为例

以Hyperion数据为信息源,以江西省赣州地区为研究区,进行了粘土矿权重信息提取方法研究。通过对光谱角制图(SAM)和匹配滤波(MF)两种方法的对比,提出了将二者相结合确定各类粘土矿物权重信息的综合方法。实验结果表明,该方法能结合二者的优点,弥补相互之不足,从图像背景中准确提取出了各类粘土矿物的权重信息,部分权重大的粘土分布位置及其类型与采样点的位置及样品分析结果相吻合,证明了该方法的可行性。     

面向地质应用的天宫一号成像光谱数据评价

天宫一号高光谱数据是继美国Hyperion之后,另一种可应用于地质领域的成像光谱数据.面向地质应用特点与需求,针对反射率产品开展全面、定量的数据质量评价对于深化应用研究具有重要意义.但是,由于航天成像光谱数据与地面实测波谱空间尺度差异甚大,在荒漠戈壁区选取自然地物进行波谱测试,并对其开展评价,特别是定量评价,非常困难.本文以航空HyMap数据为传递,完成了天宫一号成像光谱数据质量的定量评价.结果表明,在矿物识别采用的主要短波红外谱段,天宫一号高光谱数据的信噪比明显优于Hyperion数据.采用2190—2230 nm、2310—2355 nm两个谱段的吸收深度初步对天宫一号高光谱短波红外数据真实性进行了评价,经过校正后,天宫一号数据Al-OH、Mg-OH/CO₃^2-矿物大类或组合的漏提率从71%、67%减小至29%、28%,可有效提高弱信息的检出率.