PDI与MPDI在内蒙古干旱监测中的应用和比较

以内蒙古明安镇为试验区,基于TM遥感影像对PDI和MPDI两种干旱监测方法进行了应用、验证和比较。试验表明,PDI、MPDI与植被覆盖区实测土壤含水量的相关系数的平方分别为0.37、0.535 5,这两种指数在试验区进行干旱监测具有一定的可行性,且MPDI的监测精度高于PDI。此外,通过整个试验区PDI和MPDI空间分布格局的比较以及这两种指数值与植被覆盖区实测土壤含水量的对比分析,发现在整个试验区,两者的监测结果基本一致,但在植被覆盖区,MPDI的干旱监测效果要明显好于PDI,这主要是因为MPDI考虑了植被覆盖的影响。     

干旱监测遥感支持系统的设计与实现

主要介绍了干旱监测遥感支持系统的设计和实现,说明了系统的整体框架结构及其所具备的通用性、可扩展性等特点。为了实现系统的可扩展性,根据COM原理,遥感支持系统开发了一个特别接口,用户可以借此向系统中添加自己开发的其他功能模块,或新的文件格式驱动。此外还着重介绍了垂直干旱指数的计算原理和程序实现算法,并结合宁夏试验区的实际应用对监测结果进行了展示。文中重点介绍了利用C＋＋语言实现垂直干旱指数（PDI）的详细步骤,并对其中寻找土壤点和内存管理等关键算法进行了细致分析。     

Establishing and assessing the Integrated Surface Drought Index (ISDI) for agricultural drought monitoring in mid-eastern China

Accurately monitoring the temporal, spatial distribution and severity of agricultural drought is an effective means to reduce the farmers’ losses. Based on the concept of the new drought index called VegDRI, this paper established a new method, named the Integrated Surface Drought Index (ISDI). In this method, the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) was selected as the dependent variable; for the independent variables, 12 different combinations of 14 factors were examined, including the traditional climate-based drought indicators, satellite-derived vegetation indices, and other biophysical variables. The final model was established by fully describing drought properties with the smaller average error (relative error) and larger correlation coefficients. The ISDI can be used not only to monitor the main drought features, including precipitation anomalies and vegetation growth conditions but also to indicate the earth surface thermal and water content properties by incorporating temperature information. Then, the ISDI was used for drought monitoring from 2000 to 2009 in mid-eastern China. The results for 2006 (a typical dry year) demonstrate the effectiveness and capability of the ISDI for monitoring drought on both the large and the local scales. Additionally, the multiyear ISDI monitoring results were compared with the actual drought intensity using the agro-meteorological disaster data recorded at the agro-meteorological sites. The investigation results indicated that the ISDI confers advantages in the accuracy and spatial resolution for monitoring drought and has significant potential for drought identification in China.     

An Effective Model to Retrieve Soil Moisture from L- and C-Band SAR Data

This study investigated an appropriate method for soil moisture retrieval from radar images and coincident ground measurements acquired over bare soil and sparsely vegetated regions. The adopted approach based on a single scattering integral equation method (IEM) was developed to establish the relationship between backscatter coefficient and surface soil parameters including volumetric soil moisture content and surface roughness. The performance of IEM in 0–7.6 cm is better than that in 0–20 cm. Moreover, IEM can simulate correctly the backscatter coefficients only for the root mean square (RMS) height s < 1.5 cm at C-band and s < 2.5 cm at L-band by using an exponential correlation function and for s > 1.5 cm at C-band and s > 2.5 cm at L-band by using Gaussian function. However, due to the difficulties involved in the parameterization of soil surface roughness, the estimated accuracy is not satisfactory for the inversion of IEM. This paper used a combined roughness parameter and Fresnel reflection coefficient to develop an empirical model. Simulations were performed to support experimental results and to highlight soil moisture content and surface roughness effects in different polarizations. Results showed that a good agreement was found between the IEM simulations and the SAR measurements over a wide range of soil moisture and surface roughness characteristics. The model had a significant operational advantage in soil moisture retrieval. The correlation coefficients were 77.03 % at L-band and 81.45 % at C-band with the RMSEs of 0.515 and 0.4996 dB, respectively. Additionally, this work offered insight into the required application accuracy of soil moisture retrieval at a large area of arid regions.     

基于温度供水干旱指数的京津冀春旱监测及时空分布分析

为提高农业干旱监测效果和精度,在对传统干旱监测模型对比分析基础上,本文提出将温度植被干旱指数(TVDI)和植被供水指数(VSWI)加权联合构建温度供水干旱指数(TSWDI)的研究思路。以京津冀2006—2012年5月份数据作为实验统计数据,以京津冀2006—2016年3—5月份春旱监测为例进行了模型实验。实验结果证实,TSWDI指数相对其他两个指数与10、20和50 cm深处的土壤水分相关性更高,能够更精准地反映农业干旱状况。TSWDI计算结果显示,京津冀干旱分布具有如下特征:从时间角度看,2006—2016年整体干旱状况逐渐缓解,特别是自2010年至今,研究区域干旱程度逐步减轻;从空间角度看,京津冀区域整体干旱面积逐步减少。     

MPDI在微波辐射计植被覆盖区土壤水分反演中的应用

大尺度上的土壤水分变化监测对于建立全球的水循环模型意义重大，是实现气候变化预测和洪涝监测的基础。星载辐射计为实现大尺度上土壤水分的监测提供了监测途径。但是在星载辐射计观测时，地表植被层的吸收和散射作用会对土壤向上的微波辐射产生衰减影响，这种影响在反演土壤水分的过程中必须予以计算和消除。原有的反演算法中，在计算这部分影响的时候，需要大量的关于地表植被状况的辅助数据，而这些即时的辅助数据往往不易获得。以AMSR—E数据为例，研究证明了微波极化差异指数（MPDI）能够反映地表植被覆盖状况。以中国华北、华东地区为实验区，选择2004年4月8日的AMSR—E亮温数据和MODIS数据为样本数据，建立起MPDI与NDVI之间的负指数关系方程。基于对NDVI的认识，得到植被覆盖度高、中、低三种状况所对应的MPDI域值，以此域值为依据对中等植被覆盖度地区作出自动判断，并用MPDI计算植被层不透明度。     

Drought mapping using Geoinformation technology for some sites in the Iraqi Kurdistan region

Abstract

Iraq has suffered severely from drought in recent years and the year 2008 was the driest, particularly in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. This study incorporated Geoinformation technology into mapping the drought that severely affected the Kurdistan region in the years 2007–2008. Geoinformation technology provides support in the theories, methods and techniques for building, and development of Digital Earth aspect. Five vegetation, soil, water, and land surface temperature (LST) indices were applied to two Landsat 7 ETM+ imageries of June 2007 and June 2008, to assess the drought impacts in Erbil governorate Kurdistan during the study period. The indices that were employed in this study were Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Bare Soil Index, Normalized Differential Water Index, Tasseled Cap Transformation Wetness, and LST. The results revealed a significant decrease in the vegetative cover (56.7%) and a decline in soil/vegetation wetness (29.9%) of the total study area. Likewise, there was a significant reduction in the water bodies surface area in the region such as Dokan Lake, which lost 32.5% of its surface area in comparison with the previous year, 2007. The study results showed that the soil moisture content was the most effective actor on the vegetative cover, LST, and drought status in the study area.     

Remote sensing based agricultural drought assessment in Palar basin of Tamil Nadu state,India

Agricultural drought has been a recurrent phenomenon in many parts of India. Remote sensing plays a vital role in real time monitoring of the agricultural drought conditions over large area, there by effectively supplementing the ground mechanism. Conventional drought monitoring is based on subjective data. The satellite based monitoring such as National Agricultural Drought Assessment and Monitoring System (NADAMS) is based on the crop condition, which is an integrated effect of soil, effective rainfall, weather, etc. Drought causes changes in the external appearance of vegetation, which can clearly be identified (by their changed spectral response) and judged using satellite sensors through the use of vegetation indices. These indices are functions of rate of growth of the plants and are sensitive to the changes of moisture stress in vegetation. The satellite based drought assessment methodology was developed based on relationship obtained between previous year’s Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) profiles with corresponding agricultural performance available at district/block level. Palar basin, one of the major river basins in Tamil Nadu state was selected as the study area. The basin covers 3 districts, which contain 44 blocks. Wide Image Field Sensor (WiFS) of 188m spatial resolution from Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS) data was used for the analysis. Satellite based vegetation index NDVI, was generated for Samba and Navarai seasons in the years 1998 and 1999. An attempt has been made to estimate the area under paddy. It was also observed that, there was reduction in the crop area as well as vigour in the vegetation in both Samba and Navarai seasons in 1999 when compared with 1998. Drought severity maps were prepared in GIS environment giving blockwise agricultural water deficiency status.     

阜新地区干旱监测研究

选定温度植被干旱指数法建立阜新地区干旱监测模型。通过参数的确定,得到温度植被干旱指数,再通过阜新地区的气象站点地面实测土壤含水量数据,建立温度植被干旱指数-土壤含水量（ TVDI-SWC ）经验模型。通过回归分析以及2007年预测分析的实验数据表明, TVDI-SWC模型适用于阜新地区早春的干旱监测,可以使用该方法来实现对阜新地区的整体旱情状况快速,准确的评估。     

Soil Moisture Estimation in a Vegetated Area Using Combination of AIRSAR and Landsat5-TM Images

High difference between dielectric constant of water (dielectric constant about 80) and dielectric constant of dried soil (dielectric constant about 2–3) makes Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) highly capable in soil moisture estimation. However, there are other factors which affect on radar backscattering coefficient. The most important parameters are vegetation cover, surface roughness and sensor parameters (frequency, polarization and incidence angle). In this paper, the importance of considering the effects of these parameters on SAR backscatter coefficients is shown by comparing different soil moisture estimation models. Moreover, an experimental soil moisture estimation model is developed. It is shown that this model can be used to estimate soil moisture under a variety of vegetation cover densities. The new developed model is based on combination of different indices derived from Landsat5-Thematic Mapper and AIRSAR images. The AIRSAR image is used for extraction of backscattering coefficient and incidence angle while TM image is used for calculation of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) and Brightness Temperature. Then a soil moisture estimation model which is named as Hybrid model is developed based on integration of all of these parameters. The accuracies of this model are assessed in the NDVI ranges of 0–0.2, 0.2–0.4 and 0.4–0.7 by using SAR data in C band and L band frequencies and also in different polarizations of HH, HV, VV and TP. The results show that for instance in L band with HV polarization, R-square values of 0.728, 0.628 and 0.527 are obtained between ground measured soil moisture and estimated soil moisture values using the Hybrid model for NDVI ranges of 0–0.2, 0.2–0.4 and 0.4–0.7, respectively.     

Combination of multi-sensor remote sensing data for drought monitoring over Southwest China

Drought is one of the most frequent climate-related disasters occurring in Southwest China, where the occurrence of drought is complex because of the varied landforms, climates and vegetation types. To monitor the comprehensive information of drought from meteorological to vegetation aspects, this paper intended to propose the optimized meteorological drought index (OMDI) and the optimized vegetation drought index (OVDI) from multi-source satellite data to monitor drought in three bio-climate regions of Southwest China. The OMDI and OVDI were integrated with parameters such as precipitation, temperature, soil moisture and vegetation information, which were derived from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Land Surface Temperature (MODIS LST), AMSR-E Soil Moisture (AMSR-E SM), the soil moisture product of China Land Soil Moisture Assimilation System (CLSMAS), and MODIS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (MODIS NDVI), respectively. Different sources of satellite data for one parameter were compared with in situ drought indices in order to select the best data source to derive the OMDI and OVDI. The Constrained Optimization method was adopted to determine the optimal weights of each satellite-based index generating combined drought indices. The result showed that the highest positive correlation and lowest root mean square error (RMSE) between the OMDI and 1-month standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI-1) was found in three regions of Southwest China, suggesting that the OMDI was a good index in monitoring meteorological drought; in contrast, the OVDI was best correlated to 3-month SPEI (SPEI-3), and had similar trend with soil relative water content (RWC) in temporal scale, suggesting it a potential indicator of agricultural drought. The spatial patterns of OMDI and OVDI along with the comparisons of SPEI-1 and SPEI-3 for different months in one year or one month in different years showed significantly varied drought locations and areas, demonstrating regional and seasonal fluctuations, and suggesting that drought in Southwest China should be monitored in seasonal and regional level, and more fine distinctions of seasons and regions need to be considered in the future studies of this area.     

Comparison of three remotely sensed drought indices for assessing the impact of drought on winter wheat yield

ABSTRACT

Agricultural drought threatens food security. Numerous remote-sensing drought indices have been developed, but their different principles, assumptions and physical quantities make it necessary to compare their suitability for drought monitoring over large areas. Here, we analyzed the performance of three typical remote sensing-based drought indices for monitoring agricultural drought in two major agricultural production regions in Shaanxi and Henan provinces, northern China (predominantly rain-fed and irrigated agriculture, respectively): vegetation health index (VHI), temperature vegetation dryness index (TVDI) and drought severity index (DSI). We compared the agreement between these indices and the standardized precipitation index (SPI), soil moisture, winter wheat yield and National Meteorological Drought Monitoring (NMDM) maps. On average, DSI outperformed the other indices, with stronger correlations with SPI and soil moisture. DSI also corresponded better with soil moisture and NMDM maps. The jointing and grain-filling stages of winter wheat are more sensitive to water stress, indicating that winter wheat required more water during these stages. Moreover, the correlations between the drought indices and SPI, soil moisture, and winter wheat yield were generally stronger in Shaanxi province than in Henan province, suggesting that remote-sensing drought indices provide more accurate predictions of the impacts of drought in predominantly rain-fed agricultural areas.     

在GIS支持下用NOAA/AVHRR数据进行旱情监测

旱灾是影响农作物生产的一种重大自然灾害,它对中国北方春小麦生产的影响极大。本文介绍了一个应用遥感、ＧＩＳ技术对黄淮海平原春小麦的旱情进行监测的系统及其方法。它综合使用的ＮＯＡＡ／ＡＶＨＲＲ数据、地面气象资料和地图,选用作物缺水指数（ＣＷＳＩ）模型和热惯理模型对旱情进行监测。监测结果分别用分县的旱情等级分布图和相应不同等级的旱情面积、面积比例数统计表来表示。该系统自１９９４年起投入运行３年,监测结果     

光学与微波数据协同反演农田区土壤水分

光学和微波协同遥感反演对于提高农田土壤水分遥感反演精度十分重要。本文采用SMEX02数据集,研究了L波段土壤发射率与地表土壤水分之间的关系,分析了地面植被覆盖对L波段土壤发射率与地表水分之关系的影响规律,推导了以L波段土壤发射率和归一化植被指数NDVI为自变量的土壤水分反演模型。研究表明:L波段土壤发射率与地表土壤水分之间的相关性随NDVI的增加而下降。验证结果表明,本文算法相对常规经验算法,土壤水分反演精度明显提高,H极化条件下,土壤水分的反演精度RMSE由0.0553提高到0.0407,相关系数R2由0.70提高到0.81;V极化条件下,反演精度RMSE由0.0452提高到0.0348,相关系数R2由0.79提高到0.86。     

目标分解技术在植被覆盖条件下土壤水分计算中的应用

目标分解技术利用协方差距阵的特征值和特征矢量，将极化雷达后向散射测量值分解为单向散射，双向散射和交叉极化散射三个分量，并建立了植被覆盖地表的一阶物理离散散射模型。通过分解的各分量与该模型的比较，建立重轨极化雷达测量数据估算土壤水分的方法，采用Washita‘92实验区多时相全极化L波段JPL/AIRSAR图像雷达测量数据，利用分解的散射测量值，我们评估了在同一入射角，单频（L波段），多路条件下，分解理论在进行土壤水分估计时减少植被影响的能力。结果表明利用目标分解理论和重轨极化雷达数据可以估算植被覆盖区域土壤水分的变化情况。     

微波植被指数在干旱监测中的应用

在植被覆盖区域,归一化植被指数(NDVI)被广泛地应用于干旱遥感监测。和基于光学遥感的植被指数相比,Shi等提出的微波植被指数MVI(Microwave Vegetation Index)被证实能够反映更多的植被生长信息。本文以MVI为基础,利用MVI代替目前比较成熟的温度植被指数TVDI(Temperature Vegetation Index)中的NDVI,构建温度微波植被干旱指数TMVDI(Temperature Microwave Vegetation Index),发展了一种新的干旱监测方法。本文以2006年夏季四川省发生的百年难遇的干旱为研究对象,将基于TMVDI与TVDI的干旱监测结果进行了对比分析。最后,为评估监测结果的准确性,将遥感监测的结果与基于气象站点降雨观测数据构建的标准降雨指数SPI(Standardized Precipitation Index)的计算结果进行了对比分析。结果表明,利用低频降轨微波辐射计数据计算的T MVDI最适合于进行植被覆盖区域的干旱监测。     

Two new soil moisture indices based on the NIR-red triangle space of Landsat-8 data

In this study, the NIR-red spectral space of Landsat-8 images, which is manifested by a triangle shape, is deployed for developing two new Soil Moisture (SM) indices. First, ten parameters consisting of six distances and four angles were extracted using the position of a random pixel in this triangle. Then, some correlation assessments were made to derive those parameters that were useful for SM estimation, which were five parameters. To build a soil moisture index, all combinations of these five parameters, which were in total 31 different regression equations, were considered, and the best model was named the Triangle Soil Moisture Index (TSMI). The TSMI consists of three parameters. It showed a RMSE of 0.08 and correlation coefficient (R) of 0.67. Since the TSMI does not consider vegetation interface in SM estimation, the Modified TSMI (MTSMI), which takes into account the fraction of soil cover in each pixel, beside those parameters which were used in the TSMI, was developed (MTSMI: RMSE = 0.07, R = 0.74). The results of the TSMI and MTSMI were compared with each other, and with another soil moisture index (SMMRS introduced by Zhan et al. (2007)). It was concluded that the TSMI and MTSMI provide similar results for bare soil or sparsely vegetated surfaces. However, the MTSMI demonstrated a much better performance in densely vegetated surfaces. The accuracy of both the TSMI and MTSMI were significantly higher than the SMMRS. Moreover, the TSMI and MTSMI were validated by comparison with field measured SM data at five different depths. The results showed that satellite estimated SM by these two indices was more correlated with in situ data at 5 cm soil depth compared to other depths. Also, to show the high applicability of the proposed approach for SM estimation, we selected another set of field SM data collected in Australia. The results proved the effectiveness of the method in different study areas.     

GF-1垂直干旱指数的土壤湿度空间格局分析——以秭归县为例

针对中低分辨率的遥感图像在表征空间异质性较大地区的土壤湿度空间格局存在较大误差问题,该文探讨了基于高分辨率影像在小尺度上分析土壤湿度空间分布及变异规律的可行性。首先利用高分一号WFV数据构建垂直干旱指数来反映秭归县土壤湿度干湿状况,然后进一步分析了该县土壤湿度在水平及垂直方向上的空间格局和分异规律。实验结果表明,野外同步土壤表层水含量测试数据同垂直干旱指数两者表现出较好的相关程度。     

Wildfire Potential Mapping over the State of Mississippi: A Land Surface Modeling Approach

A relationship between the likelihood of wildfires and various drought metrics (soil moisture-based fire potential indices) were examined over the southern part of Mississippi. The following three indices were tested and used to simulate spatial and temporal wildfire probability changes: (1) the accumulated difference between daily precipitation and potential evapotranspiration (P - E); (2) simulated moisture content of the top 10 cm of soil; and (3) the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI). These indices were estimated from gridded meterological data and Mosaic-simulated soil moisture data available from the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). The relationships between normalized fire potential index deviations and the probability of at least one fire occurring during the following five consecutive days were evaluated using a 23-year (1986-2008) forest fire record for an evenly spaced grid (0.25° x 0.25°) across the state of Mississippi's coastal plain. Two periods were selected and examined (January-mid June and mid September-December). There was good agreement between the observed and logistic model-fitted fire probabilities over the study area during both seasons. The fire potential indices based on the top 10 cm soil moisture and KBDI had the largest impact on wildfire odds, increasing it by almost 2 times in response to each unit change of the corresponding fire potential index during January-mid-June period and by nearly 1.5 times during mid-September-December. These results suggest that soil moisture-based fire potential indices are good indicators of fire occurrence probability across this region.