森林垂直结构参数遥感反演综述

随着遥感技术的发展,林业遥感从早期森林分类制图的定性研究,逐步发展到森林整体特性的遥感定量反演研究。目前利用遥感反演的森林叶面积指数、生物量、叶绿素浓度、碳储量等参数以描述森林生化理化特征、水平结构特征为主,而描述森林垂直结构的参数较少。本文针对不同高度处森林的叶面积密度和冠层垂直高度廓线参数,综述了遥感获取森林垂直结构参数的方法以及典型地表类型的垂直结构参数曲线,并总结了森林垂直结构参数提取方法中存在的问题,探讨未来研究方向。     

利用激光雷达和多角度频谱成像仪数据估测森林垂直参数

植被的结构参数如植被高度、生物量、水平和垂直分布等，是影响陆地与大气能量交换乃至生物圈多样性的重要因素。多数遥感系统虽然可以提供植被水平结构的图像，但是不能提供植被成分垂直分布的信息。大尺度激光雷达仪器如LVIS产生的激光雷达信号，已成功地用于估计树高和森林生物量，然而大多数激光雷达仪器不具备图像能力，只能提供一个区域内的采样数据。其他的遥感数据如多角度高光谱、多频率多时相辐射计或雷达数据，可根据GLAS（Geoscience Laser Altimeter System）采样的测量用来推断出连续的森林结构区域覆盖参数。 MISR（Multi-angle Imaging Spectrometer）对陆表多角度的成像能力，可以通过BRDF的各向异性提供植被的结构信息。结合激光雷达的垂直采样和MISR的图像，区域内乃至全球性的森林空间参数的成像是可能的。ICESat卫星上的GLAS数据、Terra卫星上的MISR数据为区域或全球性森林结构参数提供了可能。本文的研究目的是评估GLAS数据，分析类似于MISR的数据对森林结构参数的估计能力。本文中使用了LVIS、AirMISR和GLAS数据。通过对GLAS树高的测量与GLAS像元内来自LVIS的平均树高对比，发现它们是高度相关的。同时还探讨了多角度频谱成像仪数据预测树高信息的能力，这将在今后区域内森林结构参数映射加以研究。     

Predicting biomass dynamics at the national extent from digital aerial photogrammetry

The demand for precise mapping and monitoring of forest resources, such as above ground biomass (AGB), has increased rapidly. National accounting and monitoring of AGB requires regularly updated information based on consistent methods. While remote sensing technologies such as airborne laser scanning (ALS) and digital aerial photogrammetry (DAP) have been shown to deliver the necessary 3D spatial data for AGB mapping, the capacity of repeat acquisition, remotely sensed, vegetation structure data for AGB monitoring has received less attention. Here, we use vegetation height models (VHMs) derived from repeat acquisition DAP data (with ALS terrain correction) to map and monitor woody AGB dynamics across Switzerland over 35 years (1983-2017 inclusive), using a linear least-squares regression approach. We demonstrate a consistent relationship between canopy height derived from DAP and field-based NFI measures of woody AGB across four inventory periods. Over the environmentally heterogeneous area of Switzerland, our models have a comparable predictive performance (R² = 0.54) to previous work predicting AGB based on ALS metrics. Pearson correlation coefficients between measured and predicted changes in woody AGB over time increased with shorter time gaps (< 2 years) between image capture and field-based measurements, ranging between 0.76 and 0.34. A close temporal match between field surveys and remote sensing data acquisition is thus key to reliable mapping and monitoring of AGB dynamics, especially in areas where forest management and natural disturbances trigger relatively fast canopy dynamics. We show that VHMs derived from repeat DAP capture constitute a cost effective and reliable approach to map and monitor changes in woody AGB at a national extent and can provide an important information source for national carbon accounting and monitoring of ecosystem service provisioning.     

基于无人机LiDAR和高空间分辨率卫星遥感数据的区域森林郁闭度估测模型

森林郁闭度是森林资源调查中的一个重要因子,对森林质量评价具有重要作用。随着人工智能技术和遥感技术的不断发展,研究如何利用深度学习有效协同不同空间覆盖能力的遥感数据实现区域森林郁闭度的估测具有重要意义。由此提出了一种协同应用高密度无人机激光雷达和高空间分辨率卫星遥感数据,对区域森林郁闭度进行定量估测的深度学习模型（UnetR）。对用于图像分类的Unet模型的损失函数进行改进,并在卷积层后加入批量归一化层,使其具有对连续变量进行定量估测的能力。与全卷积神经网络、随机森林和支持向量机回归模型进行对比实验。结果表明,UnetR模型的均方根误差较低,估测精度较高,为实现区域森林郁闭度遥感监测提供了一种人力成本低、自动化程度高的估测方法。     

基于像元二分模型的森林郁闭度遥感估算

实现森林郁闭度的高精度估测,对于森林资源的监测与管理具有非常重要的意义。本文以小兴安岭带岭林业实验管理局为研究区,基于植被指数的像元二分模型进行了森林郁闭度的遥感反演,结果表明:模型的预估精度达到89.01%,决定系数R2达到0.859,RMSE为0.039,模型的一致性较好,可以实现大区域范围森林郁闭度的监测,满足了林业经营管理的需求。     

无人机高分辨率影像的森林株数密度制图

本文以大兴安岭无人机遥感数据为基础进行森林密度制图,并提出了一种局部阈值算法,通过与传统的Otsu方法去除背景噪声相比,得出了该方法在中等或较低森林株数密度地区能很好地去除噪声背景。结合局部最大值法取得很好的单木提取精度,其查全率达到了100%。传统的Otsu去除背景方法在较高森林株数密度地区具有较好的识别效果,但对非林分的空地信息存在错提取的现象。通过对以上两种方法的对比研究,得到大兴安岭森林株数密度制图结果,该研究可为稀疏森林区域的株数密度制图提供参考。     

Carbon sinks and tropical forest biomass estimation: a review on role of remote sensing in aboveground-biomass modelling

Tropical forest embraces a large stock of carbon and contributes to the enormous amount of above- and below-ground biomass and the global carbon cycle. The carbon kept in the above-ground living biomass of trees is typically the largest pool and the most directly impacted by deforestation and degradation. Hence, quantifying carbon stock and fluxes from tropical forests by estimating the above-ground forest biomass is the critical step that will be investigated further in this paper. Remote sensing technology can provide many advantages in quantifying and mapping forest structure and monitoring and mapping above-ground biomass, and is both temporally and spatially accurate. Therefore, a good data-set of biomass which comprises canopy height and canopy structure can provide carbon sequestration potential for forest reserves. This paper reviews a thorough research of biomass estimation using remote sensing and geospatial technologies.     

Status and future of laser scanning, synthetic aperture radar and hyperspectral remote sensing data for forest biomass assessment

This is a review of the latest developments in different fields of remote sensing for forest biomass mapping. The main fields of research within the last decade have focused on the use of small footprint airborne laser scanning systems, polarimetric synthetic radar interferometry and hyperspectral data. Parallel developments in the field of digital airborne camera systems, digital photogrammetry and very high resolution multispectral data have taken place and have also proven themselves suitable for forest mapping issues. Forest mapping is a wide field and a variety of forest parameters can be mapped or modelled based on remote sensing information alone or combined with field data. The most common information required about a forest is related to its wood production and environmental aspects. In this paper, we will focus on the potential of advanced remote sensing techniques to assess forest biomass. This information is especially required by the REDD (reducing of emission from avoided deforestation and degradation) process. For this reason, new types of remote sensing data such as fullwave laser scanning data, polarimetric radar interferometry (polarimetric systhetic aperture interferometry, PolInSAR) and hyperspectral data are the focus of the research. In recent times, a few state-of-the-art articles in the field of airborne laser scanning for forest applications have been published. The current paper will provide a state-of-the-art review of remote sensing with a particular focus on biomass estimation, including new findings with fullwave airborne laser scanning, hyperspectral and polarimetric synthetic aperture radar interferometry. A synthesis of the actual findings and an outline of future developments will be presented.     

Options for monitoring and estimating historical carbon emissions from forest degradation in the context of REDD+

Measuring forest degradation and related forest carbon stock changes is more challenging than measuring deforestation since degradation implies changes in the structure of the forest and does not entail a change in land use, making it less easily detectable through remote sensing. Although we anticipate the use of the IPCC guidance under the United Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), there is no one single method for monitoring forest degradation for the case of REDD+ policy. In this review paper we highlight that the choice depends upon a number of factors including the type of degradation, available historical data, capacities and resources, and the potentials and limitations of various measurement and monitoring approaches. Current degradation rates can be measured through field data (i.e. multi-date national forest inventories and permanent sample plot data, commercial forestry data sets, proxy data from domestic markets) and/or remote sensing data (i.e. direct mapping of canopy and forest structural changes or indirect mapping through modelling approaches), with the combination of techniques providing the best options. Developing countries frequently lack consistent historical field data for assessing past forest degradation, and so must rely more on remote sensing approaches mixed with current field assessments of carbon stock changes. Historical degradation estimates will have larger uncertainties as it will be difficult to determine their accuracy. However improving monitoring capacities for systematic forest degradation estimates today will help reduce uncertainties even for historical estimates.     

Modeling three-dimensional forest structures to drive canopy radiative transfer simulations of bidirectional reflectance factor

Three-dimensional (3-D) Monte Carlo-based radiative transfer (MCRT) models are usually used for benchmarking in intercomparisons of the canopy radiative transfer (RT) simulations. However, the 3-D MCRT models are rarely applied to develop remote sensing algorithms to estimate essential climate variables of forests, due mainly to the difficulties in obtaining realistic stand structures for different forest biomes over regional to global scales. Fortunately, some of important tree structure parameters such as canopy height and tree density distribution have been available globally. This enables to run the intermediate complexities of the 3-D MCRT models. We consequently developed a statistical approach to generate forest structures with intermediate complexities depending on the inputs of canopy height and tree density. It aims at facilitating applications of the 3-D MCRT models to develop remote sensing retrieval algorithms. The proposed approach was evaluated using field measurements of two boreal forest stands at Estonia and USA, respectively. Results demonstrated that the simulations of bidirectional reflectance factor (BRF) based on the measured forest structures agreed well with the BRF based on the generated structures from the proposed approach with the root mean square error (RMSE) and relative RMSE (rRMSE) ranging from 0.002 to 0.006 and from 0.7% to 19.8%, respectively. Comparison of the computed BRF with corresponding MODIS reflectance data yielded RMSE and rRMSE lower than 0.03 and 20%, respectively. Although the results from the current study are limited in two boreal forest stands, our approach has the potential to generate stand structures for different forest biomes.     

Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest Stand Variable Estimation Using SAR Data

Optical remote sensing data have been extensively used to derive biophysical properties that relate forest type and composition. However, stand density, stand height and stand volume cannot be estimated directly from optical remote sensing data owing to poor sensitivity between these parameters and spectral reflectance. The ability of microwave energy to penetrate within forest vegetation makes it possible to extract information on both the crown and trunk components from radar data. The type of polarization employed determines the radar response to the various shapes and orientations of the scattering mechanisms within the canopy or trunk. This study mainly presents experimental results obtained with airborne E-SAR using polarimetric C and L bands over the tropical dry deciduous forest of Chandrapur Forest Division, Maharashtra. A detailed documentation of the relationship between SAR C & L bands backscattering and forest stand variables has been provided in the present study through linear correlation. Linear correlation of the single channel SAR derived estimates with the field measured means show a good correlation between L HV backscattering coefficient with stand volume (r² = 0.71) and L HH backscattering coefficient with stand density (r² = 0.75). The results imply that SAR data has significant potential for stand menstruation in operational forestry.     

中国南方森林冠顶高度Lidar反演—以江西省为例

激光雷达(Lidar)与光学遥感的有效结合对中国南方区域森林冠顶高度反演意义重大,而国产卫星将为中国森林生态研究提供新的数据源。本文联合利用大脚印激光雷达GLA和国产MERSI数据,在实现GLAS波形数据处理和不同地形条件下森林冠顶高度反演算法基础上,建立了区域尺度不同森林类型林分冠顶高度GLAS+MERSI联合反演关系模型,进行了江西地区森林冠顶高度反演。总体上,GLAS激光雷达森林冠顶高度估算精度较高;且在与MERSI 250 m数据的联合反演模型中,针叶林模型精度较好(R²=0.7325);阔叶林次之(R²=0.6095);混交林较差(R²=0.4068)。分析发现,考虑了光学遥感生物物理参数的GLAS+MERSI联合关系模型在区域森林冠顶高度估算中有较高精度,且在空间分布上与土地覆盖数据分布特征非常一致。     

Application of remote sensing techniques to forest site survey

A forest site survey is fundamental work for afforestation and forest management. The traditional approach to forest site survey requires a large amount of field work and is time consuming. An alternative method of classification and mapping of forest site types with remote sensing data is described in this paper. With this method, site information is extracted through remote sensing image interpretation, site conditions are classified by ordination analysis and appraised using a quantitative aerial photo site index table, which is compiled using a quantitative theory. Finally, site productivities are predicted and a site type map is mapped. The accuracies of experimental results obtained from Mt Da‐Gui forest farm, Guang Xi province, China, indicates that the remote sensing methods meet the operational standard for forest site survey.     

Discriminating the invasive species, ‘Lantana’ using vegetation indices

Invasive species have been the focus of environmentalists due to their undesired impact on the ecosystem. Spread of Lantana (Lantana camara L.), an invasive plant species, has been found in diverse geophysical environments causing a threat to the native flora. Various eradication programmes have been attempted such as burning, chemical sprays, bio-control agents and physical plugging mechanism for removing such invasive species in India. The efforts and success of these programmes need to be augmented with a correct, quick and cost effective technique of mapping in order to locate them, understand their spatial extent and hence make the process comprehensive. Also Lantana’s appearance as dense vegetation patches in remote sensing data causes problems for estimating forest canopy density. Remote sensing provides a possible solution in qualitatively and quantitatively evaluating terrestrial surface vegetation cover using spectral measure-ments. This research paper addresses issues and techniques adopted to detect and extract Lantana, and can be used for various applications in forestry as well as in eradication programmes. This study attempted to understand the appropriate band combination using Landsat data and generating vegetation indices in order to extract Lantana patches in an accurate manner. Twenty nine different vegetation indices were analyzed for their effectiveness in differentiating Lantana from other classes. The study showed that SAVI (Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index) is most favorable in discriminating Lantana followed by Perpendicular Vegetation Index-3 in the optimum bio-window (February to April).     

遥感技术估算森林生物量的研究进展

从单传感器和多传感器遥感数据集成两个方面介绍和阐述了遥感技术估算森林生物量的发展现状,以此提炼遥感技术估算森林生物量研究面临的问题。     

冠层特征尺度的定量计算模型与方法

冠层特征尺度是植被定量遥感的基础概念,其物理定义和数学定量表达具有重要的研究意义。首先,基于光学辐射传输角度提出的冠层特征尺度的物理定义,即水平维线性混合条件下的最小分辨率单元,建立了冠层特征尺度的数学计算模型,并引入倒置的地统计学指数模型。然后,提出了基于局部方差分析的冠层特征尺度计算方法。最后,利用森林区域高分辨率图像,对论文提出的冠层特征尺度模型进行了定量验证。结果表明,冠层特征尺度模型计算的冠层特征尺度与树林株行距存在密切联系,线性复相关系数达0.95,证明了本文方法的合理性和可行性。本文提出的冠层特征尺度模型为地表特征尺度定量计算提供了一种新方法。     

基于CBERS-2数据的新疆天山西部森林资源监测研究

探讨了利用CBERS-2数据监测新疆天山西部森林资源的遥感技术方法。在建立监测指标体系的基础上，通过遥感影像分析和地面调查，采用系统分析的方法提取森林资源信息，分析得出，新疆天山西部森林资源有林地及灌木林地所占比重最大，利用CBERS-2数据开展监测取得了较理想的效果。     

Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System for canopy cover mapping

Availability of remote sensing data from earth observation satellites has made it convenient to map and monitor land use/land cover at regional to local scales. A land cover map is very critical for a various planning activities including watershed planning. The spectral and spatial resolutions are major constraints for mapping the crop resources at microlevel. The cropping pattern zones have been mapped using the false color composite, physiography, irrigation and toposheets. The IRS LISS-III data is classified into various categories depending on spectral reflectance from crop canopy and are overlaid on cropping zones map. The re-classified resultant map provides land use/land cover information including dominant cropping systems. The canopy cover is estimated monthly considering the crop calendar for the area.     

浅谈遥感技术在矿产开发中的应用

随着遥感技术和信息处理技术的快速发展,应用领域的不断扩大,遥感与地质、地球物理、地球化学相结合的综合找矿方法已经成为现代地质矿产调查的重要方法之一。本文介绍了利用遥感技术勘测矿产资源的大概流程:以遥感物理模型为支撑,以现代成矿理论为指导,在系统收集资料和全面分析基础上,研究影像的地质成矿特征,遥感图像处理,遥感图像解译,遥感异常信息提取,采样化验和验证,开展地质综合分析,进行矿产资源综合评价。遥感找矿已经成为一种经济、快速、高效的勘察方式,随着遥感技术的不断发展,将具有更大的发展前景。     

利用IRS-P6卫星数据制作遥感影像地图

本文介绍了以IRS-P6卫星数据作为信息源完成大兴安岭林区的遥感影像地图制作的方法, 通过试验初步认识到:利用IRS-P6卫星数据制作遥感影像地图,可以满足1:50000、 1:25000比例尺的平面制图精度要求,在一些专业和专题应用中可以放大到1:15000比例尺使用。