基于遥感生态指数的神府矿区生态环境评价

采用遥感技术对矿区生态环境进行监测与评价,对矿区生态环境的保护和可持续发展具有重要意义。本文首先提出了一种遥感生态指数（RSEI）改进方案,除了采用原模型的绿度指标、湿度指标、热度指标及干度指标4个生态指标外,引入植被净初级生产力（NPP）指标,并对矿区生态环境进行各单生态指标评价分析,然后采用改进后的遥感生态指数,对神府矿区2000—2016年的生态环境变化进行综合评价。评价结果表明,2000—2016年,神府矿区的遥感生态指数呈整体升高趋势,RSEI增幅约为0.1/10 a,大部分区域植被生产力逐渐增强,生态环境得到恢复,生态环境质量逐渐提升。     

Seasonal dynamic pattern analysis on global FPAR derived from AVHRR GIMMS NDVI

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to develop Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Global Inventory Modelling and Mapping Studies (GIMMS) Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI; AVHRR GIMMS NDVI for short) based fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR) from 1982 to 2006 and focus on their seasonal and spatial patterns analysis. The available relationship between FPAR and NDVI was used to calculate FPAR values from 1982 to 2006 and validated by Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) FPAR product. Then, the seasonal dynamic patterns were analysed, as well as the driving force of climatic factors. Results showed that there was an agreement between FPAR values from this study and those of the MODIS product in seasonal dynamic, and the spatial patterns of FPAR vary with vegetation type distribution and seasonal cycles. The time series of average FPAR revealed a strong seasonal variation, regular periodic variations from January 1982 to December 2006, and opposite patterns between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Evergreen vegetation FPAR values were close to 0.7. A clear single-peak curve was observed between 30°N and 80°N – an area covered by deciduous vegetation. In the Southern Hemisphere, the time series fluctuations of FPAR averaged by 0.7° latitude zones were not clear compared to those in the Northern Hemisphere. A significant positive correlation (P<0.01) was observed between the seasonal variation of temperature and precipitation and FPAR over most other global meteorological sites.     

Consistency of vegetation index seasonality across the Amazon rainforest

Vegetation indices (VIs) calculated from remotely sensed reflectance are widely used tools for characterizing the extent and status of vegetated areas. Recently, however, their capability to monitor the Amazon forest phenology has been intensely scrutinized. In this study, we analyze the consistency of VIs seasonal patterns obtained from two MODIS products: the Collection 5 BRDF product (MCD43) and the Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction algorithm (MAIAC). The spatio-temporal patterns of the VIs were also compared with field measured leaf litterfall, gross ecosystem productivity and active microwave data. Our results show that significant seasonal patterns are observed in all VIs after the removal of view-illumination effects and cloud contamination. However, we demonstrate inconsistencies in the characteristics of seasonal patterns between different VIs and MODIS products. We demonstrate that differences in the original reflectance band values form a major source of discrepancy between MODIS VI products. The MAIAC atmospheric correction algorithm significantly reduces noise signals in the red and blue bands. Another important source of discrepancy is caused by differences in the availability of clear-sky data, as the MAIAC product allows increased availability of valid pixels in the equatorial Amazon. Finally, differences in VIs seasonal patterns were also caused by MODIS collection 5 calibration degradation. The correlation of remote sensing and field data also varied spatially, leading to different temporal offsets between VIs, active microwave and field measured data. We conclude that recent improvements in the MAIAC product have led to changes in the characteristics of spatio-temporal patterns of VIs seasonality across the Amazon forest, when compared to the MCD43 product. Nevertheless, despite improved quality and reduced uncertainties in the MAIAC product, a robust biophysical interpretation of VIs seasonality is still missing.     

Spatio-Temporal Coherence Based Technique for Near-Real Time Sea-Ice Identification from Scatterometer Data

The identification of sea-ice has frequently been cited as one of the most important tasks for deriving the sea-ice parameters and to avoid erroneous retrieval of wind vector over sea-ice infested oceans using space-borne scatterometer data. Discrimination between sea-ice and ocean is ambiguous under the high wind and/or thin/scattered ice conditions. The pre-launch technique developed for Oceansat-2, utilizes the dual-polarized QuikSCAT scatterometer data by using the spatio-temporal coherence properties of sea ice in addition to backscatter coefficient and the Active Polarization Ratio. Results were compared with the operational sea-ice products from National Snow and Ice Data Center. The threshold API value of −0.025 was found optimum for sea-ice and ocean discrimination. The overall sea-ice identification accuracy achieved was of the order of 95 per cent, ranging from 92.5% (during December in Southern Hemisphere) to 98% (during March in Northern Hemisphere). The applicability of the algorithm for both the Arctic as well as Antarctic makes it suitable for its operational use with the Oceansat-2 scatterometer data.     

A SYSTEM OF CONVENTIONS FOR USE IN FIELD ASTRONOMY

Abstract

Most textbooks on Field Astronomy have been written for use in the Northern Hemisphere. Some difficulty is experienced when one who lives in the Southern Hemisphere tries to use such textbooks. This difficulty led the writer and his colleague, Dr. G. B. Lauf, to investigate the use of a set of conventions to overcome this disadvantage. The method consists in postulating certain conventions and, from the restrictions implied in these, it is possible to arrive at the correct result merely by following the signs of the trigonometrical functions involved.     

A comparison of MODIS, NCEP, and TMI sea surface temperature datasets

The monthly average sea surface temperature (SST) datasets of MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer), NCEP (National Center for Environmental Prediction) and TMI (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager) are compared for the period March 2000 to June 2003. Large discrepancies (0.5 K->1 K) are found over extensive areas: the tropical Atlantic, tropical western Pacific, Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and the storm tracks. Many of these discrepancies are related to the biases inherent in the infrared and microwave retrieval methods. Probable causes for these biases include cirrus contamination, insufficient corrections for water vapor absorption and aerosol attenuation in infrared retrieval as well as uncertainty in surface emissivity in microwave retrieval. The SST difference patterns bear close resemblance to the patterns of distribution of aerosols, cirrus, atmospheric water vapor and surface wind speed at certain regions. Correlations between SST difference and aerosol optical depth, column water vapor and surface wind speed in some areas are high (>0.75). These biases have to be adjusted in order for the SST datasets to be more useful for climate studies.     

基于多源遥感数据的生态系统服务功能时空演变趋势分析

研究区域生态系统服务功能的时空演变趋势,有助于揭示人类活动或气候变化对该区域生态环境的影响,从而为生态系统服务功能的保育和管理提供依据.本文以淮安市为研究区,通过在时间维上拓展生态系统服务功能重要性评估的遥感指数法,计算了2000—2018每年的水源涵养、水土保持和生物多样性维护功能,并利用Mann-Kendall非参...     

遥感技术在海南岛土地沙化研究中的应用

海南岛地处热带、亚热带,属热带季风性气候。利用遥感技术首次对海南岛土地沙化及其规律进行了系统的研究。通过陆地卫星TM图像及部分航空彩红外像片的解译发现,海南岛土地沙化主要分布在海滨平原、沙质台地区,并具有西重东轻、近海严重而向内陆减轻的特点。利用计算机技术进行假彩色合成、比值合成、对数参差、阈值处理及不同时相遥感资料的对比处理等,达到了遥感图像信息增强和信息提取的目的。同时对海南岛土地沙化的成因和发展趋势做了分析、研究,提出了治理对策。     

Northern Hemisphere Snow-Covered Area Mapping: Optical Versus Active and Passive Microwave Data

Spaceborne passive microwave data have been available for the past 27 years, and have supported the development of several algorithms for the retrieval of snow water equivalent and snow depth that, in turn, can be used for mapping snow-covered areas. In contrast, only recently has the application of spaceborne active microwave instruments been investigated for remote sensing of snow on a global scale. This raises the question of whether a technique combining active and passive microwave data can improve the mapping of snow parameters with respect to techniques based solely on passive data. In this letter, we report results concerning the mapping of snow-covered area (SCA) in the Northern Hemisphere between the years 2000 and 2004 derived from the combination of the brightness temperatures at 19.35 and 37 GHz measured by the Special Sensor Microwave Imager Radiometer with backscatter coefficients at 13.4 GHz measured by the NASA's QuickSCAT. SCA derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is used as a reference to evaluate the performance of the microwave-based techniques and their combination. Results show that, generally, the technique using passive data provides better agreement with MODIS SCA than the technique using only scatterometer data. However, the results when both datasets are used show considerable improvement, demonstrating the potential benefits of a multisensor approach     

基于遥感的植被年际变化及其与气候关系研究进展

植被具有明显的年际变化和季节变化特点,对植被的动态监测可以从一定程度上反映气候变化的趋势,因此监测植被动态变化以及分析这种变化与气候的关系已经成为全球变化研究的一个重要领域.随着遥感卫星获得长时间系列逐日观测数据,许多国际组织和机构制定了全球卫星数据接收、处理和生成数据集计划,所产生的标准数据集则极大地促进了该项研究.大量研究在全球尺度、洲际尺度（北美洲和欧亚大陆）以及区域尺度上广泛开展.在阅读国内外大量文献的基础上,比较分析了常用于植被监测的卫星传感器和主要数据集,汇总了植被年际变化及其与气候关系研究的主要研究方法和研究结果.结果表明近20年来全球植被活动明显增强,表现为北半球普遍存在增加的趋势,南半球干旱半干旱区出现降低的植被光合作用,但这些变化因空间位置不同和研究尺度不一样体现出不同的动态变化特征.气温和降水是影响植被变化的最主要的因素.     

利用NOAA AVHRR数据研究北半球雪盖气候学特征

利用NOAA卫星图像,研究了北半球、欧亚、北美和青藏高原雪盖气候学特征及其变化趋势.指出北半球、欧亚和北美雪盖气候变化趋势基本一致,年均雪盖面积在1987年前后明显下降; 而青藏高原雪盖面积在1984年后明显下降,说明青藏高原雪盖的年际变化与北半球及欧亚、北美不完全一致.     

基于IGS连续跟踪站的GPS高程时间序列分析

对全球分布的IGS连续跟踪站GPS高程分量时间序列,进行了小波多分辨率分析,发现各台站高程时间序列大都存在着季节性变化,这种以半周年项和周年项为主的季节性变化是由多种地球物理现象引起的,我们从多个方面分析了原因,并着重分析了大气压强的影响。利用分析的结果讨论了地壳垂直变化的规律,得出地球存在以半年和周年为周期的整体性扩张与收缩振荡运动,同时南北半球的变化规律存在差异的结论。     

农田水分生产率估算方法及应用

水分生产率是评价农业灌溉用水管理水平和节水效果的一个重要指标.本文利用遥感数据定量估算了流域平原区的蒸散量和干物质量,采用经验的收获指数计算了海河流域2003-2008多年平均水分生产率.通过在水资源三级分区的统计结果分析表明：遥感估算的水分生产率可以反映单方水产出的空间差异,海河流域平原平均水分生产率为0.99kg/m3,变化范围为0.02-2.13kg/m3,总体水平较低,南北差异较大。通过ET,产量和水分生产率关系的分析表明水分生产率与产量线性相关(R＝0.97),提高产量将一直是流域提高水分生产率的重要研究方向。水分生产率与产量随ET变化均为先线性增加后减小的特点,在两季作物区当年耗水量在335-575mm范围变化时,水分是影响产量和水分产出效益的关键因子,要着重提高中低产区域的水分生产率; 当耗水量超过575mm,水分不是唯一的限制因子,以提高作物的收获指数为重点。     

Contributions of nitrogen deposition and forest regrowth to terrestrial carbon uptake

Background  

The amount of reactive nitrogen deposited on land has doubled globally and become at least five-times higher in Europe, Eastern United States, and South East Asia since 1860 mostly because of increases in fertilizer production and fossil fuel burning. Because vegetation growth in the Northern Hemisphere is typically nitrogen-limited, increased nitrogen deposition could have an attenuating effect on rising atmospheric CO₂ by stimulating the vegetation productivity and accumulation of carbon in biomass.     

Effect of the selection of reference radio sources on geodetic estimates from VLBI observations

This paper evaluates the effect of the accuracy of reference radio sources on the daily estimates of station positions, nutation angle offsets, and the estimated site coordinates determined by very long baseline interferometry (VLBI), which are used for the realization of the international terrestrial reference frame (ITRF). Five global VLBI solutions, based on VLBI data collected between 1979 and 2006, are compared. The reference solution comprises all observed radio sources, which are treated as global parameters. Four other solutions, comprising different sub-sets of radio sources, were computed. The daily station positions for all VLBI sites and the corrections to the nutation offset angles were estimated for these five solutions. The solution statistics are mainly affected by the positional instabilities of reference radio sources, whereas the instabilities of geodetic and astrometric time-series are caused by an insufficient number of observed reference radio sources. A mean offset of the three positional components (Up, North, East) between any two solutions was calculated for each VLBI site. From a comparison of the geodetic results, no significant discrepancies between the respective geodetic solutions for all VLBI sites in the Northern Hemisphere were found. In contrast, the Southern Hemisphere sites were more sensitive to the selected set of reference radio sources. The largest estimated mean offset of the vertical component between two solutions for the Australian VLBI site at Hobart was 4 mm. In the worst case (if a weak VLBI network observed a limited number of reference radio sources) the daily offsets of the estimated height component at Hobart exceeded 100 mm. The exclusion of the extended radio sources from the list of reference sources improved the solution statistics and made the geodetic and astrometric time-series more consistent. The problem with the large Hobart height component offset is magnified by a comparatively small number of observations due to the low slewing rate of the VLBI dish (1°/ s). Unless a minimum of 200 scans are performed per 24-h VLBI experiment, the daily vertical positions at Hobart do not achieve 10 mm accuracy. Improving the slew rate at Hobart and/or having an increased number of new sites in the Southern Hemisphere is essential for further improvement of geodetic VLBI results for Southern Hemisphere sites.     

Climate applications of a global, 2-hourly atmospheric precipitable water dataset derived from IGS tropospheric products

A global, 2-hourly atmospheric precipitable water (PW) dataset is produced from ground-based GPS measurements of zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD) using the International Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Service (IGS) tropospheric products (~80–370 stations, 1997–2006) and US SuomiNet product (169 stations, 2003–2006). The climate applications of the GPS PW dataset are highlighted in this study. Firstly, the GPS PW dataset is used as a reference to validate radiosonde and atmospheric reanalysis data. Three types of systematic errors in global radiosonde PW data are quantified based on comparisons with the GPS PW data, including measurement biases for each of the fourteen radiosonde types along with their characteristics, long-term temporal inhomogeneity and diurnal sampling errors of once and twice daily radiosonde data. The comparisons between the GPS PW data and three reanalysis products, namely the NCEP-NCAR (NNR), ECMWF 40-year (ERA-40) and Japanese reanalyses (JRA), show that the elevation difference between the reanalysis grid box and the GPS station is the primary cause of the PW difference. Secondly, the PW diurnal variations are documented using the 2-hourly GPS PW dataset. The PW diurnal cycle has an annual-mean, peak-to-peak amplitude of 0.66, 0.53 and 1.11 mm for the globe, Northern Hemisphere, and Southern Hemisphere, respectively, with the time of the peak ranging from noon to late evening depending on the season and region. Preliminary analyses suggest that the PW diurnal cycle in Europe is poorly represented in the NNR and JRA products. Several recommendations are made for future improvements of IGS products for climate applications.     

Updating land cover automatically based on change detection using satellite images: case study of national forests in Southern California

Observing dynamic change patterns and higher-order complexities from remotely sensed images is warranted, but the main challenges include image inconsistency, plant phenological differences, weather variations, and difficulties of incorporating natural conditions into automatic image processing. In this study, we proposed a new algorithm and demonstrated it by producing 2002–2008 and 2010 land-cover maps in heterogeneous Southern California based on an existing 2009 land-cover map. The new algorithm improves the baseline land-cover map quality by discarding potential bad land-cover pixels and dividing each land-cover type into several subclasses. Time series Landsat images were used to detect changed and unchanged areas between baseline year and target year t. Subsequently, for each individual year t, each pixel that was identified as unchanged inherited the baseline classification. Otherwise, each pixel in the changed areas was classified by a similar surrogate majority classifier. The demonstration results in Southern California showed that the land-cover temporal pattern captured the observed successional stages of the ecosystem very well. The accuracy assessment had an overall classification accuracies ranging from 81% to 86% and overall kappa coefficients ranging from 0.79 to 0.83.     

Application of Remote Sensing in Monitoring Unsustainable Wetlands: Case Study Hamun Wetland

Monitoring wetland as one of the important parts of the global ecosystem is necessary for conservational programs. But, usually, collecting in situ data is restricted in these areas because of their remote locations, vast area and dynamic conditions. Remote sensing provides a cost effective tool to investigate hydrological patterns and the seasonal trend of changes in wetlands. In this paper, Land-use/land-cover change during water inundation period of Hamun wetland was investigated in order to determine change trend during this period. Hamun wetland is an unsustainable ecosystem, and monitoring this wetland is essential for conservation goals. This trend is critical for decision makers in order to plan the conservational scheme in all unsustainable ecosystems. To reach this objective, the land-use/land-cover maps during inundation period of Hamun were produced using Landsat 8 time series images. The results of accuracy assessment showed the classification of water and vegetation have the highest accuracy (94% and 93%, respectively). And the accuracy of plants in the water classes was the lowest (water–veg?=?89.9%, veg–water 1?=?88.8%, veg–water 2?=?87.6%). This means the higher misclassification is in determining the vegetation in the water. Then, the changes in the land-cover classes in relation to wetland inundation were investigated. Results of land-use/land-cover change illustrate the regions that were suitable for water birds but lost their suitability when the wetland dried out. These areas are crucial for water bird’s conservation. Satellite data determined these areas with acceptable accuracy.     

西双版纳橡胶种植特点及其对热带森林景观影响的遥感研究

利用遥感技术研究西双版纳橡胶分布格局、时空动态及其对热带森林景观的影响。研究表明： 西双版纳橡胶种植既有明显的地域分布和地带分布差异特征，也有很高的时空动态度； 橡胶种植对土壤侵蚀作用不明显，但是使周边环境破碎度加大，热带森林异质性自然景观向单一人工斑块化景观发展； 西双版纳橡胶种植获得了巨大的社会效益和经济效益，也对热带森林的稳定性和多样性造成威胁。     

Abrupt spatiotemporal land and water changes and their potential drivers in Poyang Lake, 2000–2012

Driven by various natural and anthropogenic factors, Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, has experienced significant land use/cover changes in the past few decades. The aim of this study is to investigate the spatial–temporal patterns of abrupt changes and detect their potential drivers in Poyang Lake, using time-series Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) 16-day maximum value composite vegetation indices between 2000 and 2012. The breaks for additive seasonal and trend (BFAST) method was applied to the smoothed time-series normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), to detect the timing and magnitude of abrupt changes in the trend component. Large part of Poyang Lake (98.9% for trend component) has experienced abrupt changes in the past 13 years, and the change patterns, including the distributions in timing and magnitudes of major abrupt trend changes between water bodies and land areas were clearly differentiated. Most water bodies had abrupt increasing NDVI changes between 2010 and 2011, caused by the sequential severe flooding and drought in the two years. In contrast, large parts of the surrounding land areas had abrupt decreasing NDVI changes. Large decreasing changes occurred around 2003 at the city of Nanchang, which were driven by urbanization. These results revealed spatial–temporal land cover changing patterns and potential drivers in the wetland ecosystem of Poyang Lake.