双极化SAR数据反演裸露地表土壤水分

为了较高精度地获取大范围地表土壤水分,提出一种基于双极化合成孔径雷达数据的裸露地表土壤水分反演模型即非线性方程组,通过改进的粒子群算法求解非线性方程组从而得到土壤水分。首先通过AIEM模型数值模拟和回归分析,得到一种新的组合粗糙度,然后模拟分析得到土壤水分与雷达后向散射系数的关系,从而建立雷达后向散射系数与组合粗糙度、土壤水分的经验关系。利用ASAR C波段双极化雷达数据,基于经验关系和改进的粒子群算法即可实现土壤水分的反演。经过黑河流域实测土壤水分数据对模型进行验证,反演结果与实测数据具备良好的相关性(R~2=0.778 6)。与以往同一区域研究成果比较,文中的方法反演精度有所提高,更适用于裸露地表土壤水分反演。     

利用SIR-C极化数据提取地面参数

本文根据简化的积分公式模型（ＩＥＭ）,分析了面散射过程中后向散射系数与地面参数之间的关系。利用航天飞机成像雷达（ＳＩＲ－Ｃ）获取极化的雷达图像,提取新疆北部地区冲扇的散射系数以及介电常数（湿度）与粗糙度。由图像获得的地面参数数据,可以用于分布冲积扇成因、时代以及其次的关系。     

ENVISAT ASAR数据用于水稻监测和参数反演

用雷达后向散射模型模拟了水稻生长周期内入射角对雷达后向散射的影响关系。用模拟结果归一化雷达数据的后向散射系数,得到同一入射角下水稻周期内后向散射系数时间序列值。分析了归一化ASAR数据与水稻生物参数的关系,实验结果表明,ASAR数据可以用来估测水稻参数。     

地基雷达的微波面散射模型对比与土壤水分反演

为了探究地基合成孔径雷达(cGBSAR)后向散射信号的时空变化规律和研究雷达土壤水分反演的影响因素,在内蒙古闪电河流域的昕元牧场站进行了地基雷达观测试验,本文结合以上观测试验的地基雷达数据进行波段、入射角度、极化通道3个雷达参数以及地表粗糙度参数对雷达的后向散射系数影响的分析,然后利用以上分析结果选择地表微波面散射模型...     

利用ANFIS方法反演裸土区土壤水分含量

为了更好地进行土壤水分反演,发展了一种基于ALOS/PALSAR数据、利用自适应神经模糊推理系统(adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system,ANFIS)反演土壤水分的方法.首先,根据研究区实际情况,利用AIEM和Oh模型模拟了试验区裸土区的后向散射特性,建立了后向散射系数与地表粗糙度之间的关系;然后,考虑到研究区地表粗糙度几乎没有变化这一情况,设定了地表粗糙度对后向散射系数的影响为常量;在此基础上,分别利用ANFIS,BP神经网络、多元线性回归和多元非线性回归方法构建了裸土区土壤水分的反演模型,并利用野外实测数据对模型进行了验证.研究结果表明,采用ANFIS方法构建的模型反演精度最高,其均方根误差为0.030,相对误差为14.5％.因此,可以利用ANFIS方法反演裸土区的土壤水分含量,其反演结果具有较高的精度.     

Envisat-1双极化雷达数据建模及应用

根据欧空局Envisat-1卫星上ASAR传感器的系统参数和双极化特点，利用AIEM模型模拟，建立了裸露地表同极化后向散射模型和粗糙度参数计算模型。前者把同极化总后向散射系数表达成人射角和两个地表参数（土壤水分和粗糙度）的函数；后者给出了用双极化雷达数据计算粗糙度的方法。把这两个模型结合，用于土壤水分反演，分别用模拟数据和实测数据验证，良好的结果证明了这两个模型的可靠性和实用性。双极化后向散射模型的建立，将为以后PALSAR（日本）和RADARSAT-2（加拿大）多极化雷达数据的应用打下基础。     

利用半经验模型的土壤水分反演方法

针对土壤水分反演经验模型使用范围受限、而理论模型相对复杂的问题,该文利用积分方程模型及经验相关长度定标模型,分析均方根高度、地表相关长度、土壤体积含水量对雷达后向散射系数组合的影响;结合RADARSAT-2全极化C波段雷达数据和野外实测数据,构建研究区均方根高度反演模型;将该模型与Dubois模型、介电模型进行结合以反演表层土壤含水量,并对反演值进行线性校正,最终实现裸土区表层土壤水分反演。实验结果表明,HH、VV极化下土壤水分实测值与反演值绝对误差在0.06内的点数分别达到总点数的78%和68%,证明该方法具有一定的可靠性和实用性,可为地表均方根高度、土壤水分反演提供方法和借鉴。     

植被覆盖区土壤水分反演研究——以北京市为例

以北京市为研究区域,联合使用光学遥感数据和雷达数据,对植被覆盖区地表土壤水分进行反演研究。在利用同期光学数据提取出归一化水分指数(normalized differential water index,NDWI)之后,利用water-cloud模型去除植被层在土壤水分后向散射中的贡献,然后考虑到地表粗糙度,在构建后向散射数据库的基础上分别利用HH和HV极化方式的后向散射系数构建土壤水分反演模型,并对反演结果进行对比研究。结果表明,采用HH极化方式反演土壤水分的均方根误差为0.044,相对误差为15.5%;采用HV极化方式反演土壤水分的均方根误差为0.057,相对误差为20.3%;相比而言,HH极化的反演效果更好。     

植被覆盖地表土壤水分遥感反演

以地域特色突出的新疆渭干河-库车河三角洲绿洲为研究区,联合使用雷达数据和光学遥感数据,对干旱区绿洲土壤和植被水分信息进行提取。在同期光学遥感影像数据提取植被归一化差分水分指数基础上,利用"水-云模型"从雷达数据总的后向散射中去除植被影响,建立土壤后向散射系数与土壤含水量的关系,相关系数为HH极化R2=0.5227,HV极化R2=0.3277。结果表明利用C波段HH极化雷达影像数据结合光学影像数据,进行干旱半干旱地区棉花、玉米等农作物种植区地表土壤水分反演时,在中等覆盖条件下去除植被影响有较好的效果。     

基于双频多极化数据的农作物后向散射特性模拟分析及类型识别

以北京昌平地区为研究区域,获取了2007年该试验区C波段ENVISAT/ASAR数据和L波段ALOS/PALSAR数据,并提取了地物的后向散射系数。首先,利用MIMICS模型对该地区的春玉米、夏玉米和果木的后向散射特性进行模拟和分析;然后,将模拟结果同雷达实际观测数据进行对比;最后,利用不同作物之间的后向散射系数数值大小关系,建立分类二叉树,很好地区分了春玉米和夏玉米,总分类精度达86.66%。研究结果表明:双频多极化雷达数据能够提供有利于作物类型识别的多方面信息,对农作物遥感具有较大的优势和潜力。     

时序双极化SAR开采沉陷区土壤水分估计

开采沉陷地质灾害诱发矿区生态环境恶化的关键因子是土壤水分变化。研究提出了一种利用Sentinel-1A双极化SAR和OLI地表反射率数据联合反演土壤含水量的方法,即基于归一化水体指数(NDWI)反演植被含水量;采用Water-Cloud Model(WCM)模型消除植被对Sentinel-1A后向散射系数产生的影响,将其转化为裸土区的后向散射系数;利用基于AIEM模型和Oh模型建立的经验模型反演研究区地表参数,并用OLI光学反演结果进行验证;最后比较了开采沉陷区内外土壤水分含量。研究表明:(1)与基于OLI的土壤水分监测指数(SMMI)的土壤水分含量反演结果相比,两种极化方式中VH极化反演的水分结果具有更好的一致性,且两种极化方式反演结果也表明荒漠化草原区比黄土丘陵沟壑区反演效果更好,说明地形对后向散射的影响不可忽略。(2)在2016年内72期数据中,VH极化反演结果对比区土壤水分含量大于沉陷区的有41期,所占比例为57%;VV极化反演结果对比区土壤水分含量大于沉陷区的有36期,所占比例为50%,且不同矿区内的沉陷区受到的影响不同。说明开采沉陷造成的地表粗糙度的增加会对地表土壤水分产生负面影响,但不同矿区之间又有差异。     

Earth observations during space shuttle mission STS‐34: 18–23 October 1989

Abstract

Although high‐resolution microwave synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors possess all‐weather capability for mapping soil moisture from spaceborne platforms, continuous temporal and spatial monitoring of this important hydrological parameter has been relatively limited. However, the recent launch of operational SAR sensors aboard various satellites have made possible synoptic soil moisture monitoring a reality. Such systems operate over a wide range of frequencies, look angles, and polarization combinations, and thus show synergistic advantages when combined for estimating soil moisture patterns. Two soil moisture inversion algorithms have been developed using as inputs radar backscattering data at L, S, and C bands in the microwave frequency range. These models have been tested using radar image simulation with speckle added. It is observed that the neural network algorithm yields superior results in mapping actual soil moisture patterns over the linear statistical inversion technique, although both models show comparable errors in soil moisture estimation. We infer that using statistical estimation errors alone for comparison purposes may lead to erroneous conclusions regarding the advantages of one soil moisture inversion algorithm over another.     

Influence of surface and vegetation characteristics on C-band radar measurements for soil moisture content

Soil moisture estimation using microwave remote sensing faces challenges of the segregation of influences mainly from roughness and vegetation. Under static surface conditions, it was found that Radarsat C-band SAR shows reasonably good correlation and sensitivity with changing soil moisture. Dynamic surface and vegetation conditions are supposed to result in a substantial reduction in radar sensitivity to soil moisture. A C-band scatterometer system (5.2 GHz) with a multi-polarization and multi-angular configuration was used 12 times to sense the soil moisture over a tall vegetated grass field. A score of vegetation and soil parameters were recorded on every occasion of the experiment. Three radar backscattering models Viz., Integral Equation Model (IEM), an empirical model and a volume scattering model, have been used to predict the backscattering phenomena. The volume scattering model, using the Distorted Born Approximation, is found to predict the backscattering phenomena reasonably well. But the surface scattering models are expectedly found to be inadequate for the purpose. The temporal variation of soil moisture does show good empirical relationship with the observed radar backscattering. But as the vegetation biomass increases, the radar shows higher sensitivity to the vegetation parameters compared to surface characteristics. A sensitivity analysis of the volume scattering model for all the parameters also reveals that the radar is more sensitive to plant parameters under high biomass conditions, particularly vegetation water content, but the sensitivity to surface characteristics, particularly to soil moisture, is also appreciable.     

基于参数不确定性分析的SAR土壤水分反演精度控制方法

参数不确定性是SAR反演土壤水分的重要不确定性来源,为控制土壤水分反演精度,提出一种基于参数不确定性的有效控制土壤水分反演精度的方法,使用该方法可以控制参数的误差范围。首先使用全局敏感性分析方法,确定后向影响散射系数输出的主要参数;在不同量级高斯噪声随机扰动下,将大量各参数采值输入AIEM模型中,得到带噪声的后向散射系数集合;再使用LUT法反演土壤水分,计算反演结果满足误差量级控制范围。以此为基础,利用ENVISAT ASAR双极化数据(VV、VH)和实测土壤水分数据进行验证,利用LUT法反演得到带噪声的土壤水分,计算ASAR影像中采样点土壤水分反演值RMSE0.04cm3/cm3。结果表明各影响参数误差量级控制范围可有效控制土壤水分反演精度,在较大的入射角范围内都适用。     

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.     

The inversion method study of sub-canopy soil moisture estimation using repeat pass SIR-C PolInSAR data

From repeat pass SIR-C L band polarimetric SAR interferometric data and fully maximum likelihood inversion decomposition model of PolInSAR, a method for sub-canopy soil moisture estimation using repeat pass SIR-C PolInSAR data is proposed. At the same time, the potential and validity of fully maximum likelihood inversion decomposition model of PolInSAR for sub-canopy soil moisture inversion is investigated. Firstly, from the random oriented volume over ground two layer coherent scattering model and the statistical characteristics of Pol-InSAR coherency matrix, the fully maximum likelihood inversion decomposition model is used to reconstruct or recover the surface polarimetric coherency matrix with volume scattering components significantly removed; then, from recovered surface polarimetric coherency matrix, co-HH, VV and cross-HV polarization backscattering coefficient are obtained, and the sub-canopy soil moisture are inverted from Oh and Dihedral scattering model. At last, Compared the inversion result with the field measurement and the climate data of hetan region from 1951 to 2006, the preliminary result indicates that the proposed method based on fully maximum likelihood inversion decomposition model has enough high inversion accuracy, if the new spaceborne or airborne polarimetric SAR interferometric data with synchronously spaceborne or airborne-ground measurement will be acquired, the validity and accuracy of proposed inversion method will be further investigated and validated.     

基于MODIS影像的森林火灾火线检测方法

结合归一化火灾差异指数NDBR(normalized difference burn ratio)和MODIS多波段影像梯度边缘分析手段检测火线, 应用B样条函数拟合火线并确定火势蔓延方向。为对比验证, 基于火线的Kriging插值实现火灾外推预测, 与30min后的火灾参考数据目视对比与统计：火线的预测变化与参考影像基本保持一致, 火灾外推影像的均值和熵约为参考影像的86%和81%, 火迹地检测的Kappa系数达80.2%。试验表明, 提出的森林火线特征自动检测方法在动态火灾监测中是可行、有效的。     

Simulation Study of a Robust Algorithm for Soil Moisture and Surface Roughness Estimation Using L‐Band Radar Backscatter

Abstract

Various inversion algorithms have been developed to obtain estimates of soil moisture and surface roughness parameters from multifrequency, multiangle, and multipolarization radar reflectances. Since the penetration depth for radar signals increases with wavelength, an inversion algorithm using widely separated frequencies does not yield comparable probing depths. Furthermore, existing algorithms assume a linear relationship between the radar backscatter coefficient (in dB) and soil parameters, such as the volumetric soil moisture, soil surface roughness and surface slope. This assumption is valid only over a narrow range of soil parameters, thereby restricting its operational use under realistic conditions. Our research specifically explored the use of inversion algorithms based on L‐Band radar reflectances at 1 GHz and 2 GHz frequencies in order to retain relatively consistent probing depths. In order to extend the range of applicability, a non‐linear exponential‐type relationship was developed between radar reflectance at a specified frequency, polarization and incidence angle combination, and soil parameters of interest, viz., soil moisture, surface roughness, and surface slope. An over‐constrained inversion algorithm using a six‐parameter combination was found to yield relatively accurate estimates of soil parameters over a wide range of soil conditions even in the presence of system error.