Remote Sensing of Turbidity and Phosphate in Creeks and Coast of Mumbai: An Effect of Organic Matter

Geospatial approaches to monitoring and mapping water quality over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales have the potential to save field and laboratory efforts. The present study depicts the estimation of water quality parameters, namely turbidity and phosphate, through regression analysis using the reflectance derived from remote sensing data on the west coast of Mumbai, India. The predetermined coastal water samples were collected using the global positioning system (GPS) and were measured concurrently with satellite imagery acquisition. To study the influence of wastewater, the linear correlations were established between water quality parameters and reflectance of visible bands for either set of imagery for the study area, which was divided into three zones: creek water, shore‐line water and coastal water. Turbidity and phosphate have the correlation coefficients in the range 0.75–0.94 and 0.78–0.98, respectively, for the study area. Negative correlation was observed for creek water owing to high organic content caused by the discharges of domestic wastewater from treatment facilities and non‐point sources. Based on the least square method, equations are formulated to estimate turbidity and phosphate, to map the spatial variation on the GIS platform from simulated points. The applicability of satellite imagery for water quality pattern on the coast is verified for efficient planning and management.     

A GIS for hydrological modelling in the semi-arid, HAPEX-Sahel experiment area of Niger, Africa

During the HAPEX-Sahel experiment (1991–94), water redistribution processes were studied at the meso-scale (10 000 km²) near Niamey, Niger. A project now under way at ORSTOM aims at modelling the regional water balance through a spatial approach combining GIS data organization and distributed hydrological modelling. The main objective is to extend the surface water balance, by now available only on a few, small (around 1 km²) unconnected endoreic catchments, to a more significant part of the HAPEX-Sahel square degree, a 1500 km² region called SSZ that includes most of the environmental and hydrology measurement sites. GIS architecture and model design consistently consider data and processes at the local, catchment scale, and at the regional scale. The GIS includes spatial and temporal hydrological data (rainfall, surface runoff, ground water), thematic maps (topography, soil, geomorphology, vegetation) and multi-temporal remote sensing data (SPOT, aerial pictures). The GIS supports the simulation of the composite effect at the regional scale of highly variable and discontinuous component hydrologic processes operating at the catchment scale, in order to simulate inter-annual aquifer recharge and response to climatic scenarios at the regional scale.     

A geospatial study of the drought impact on surface water reservoirs: study cases from Texas,USA

Satellite images have been used historically to measure and monitor fluctuations in the surface water reservoirs. This study integrates remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies to investigate the impact of drought on 10 selected surface water reservoirs in San Angelo and Dallas, Texas. Oscillations in summer and winter months throughout the 2005–2016 period were assessed using multispectral images from Landsat-5, ?7, and ?8, and changes in the reservoirs were characterized and correlated against local climate data of each reservoir. For quantitative comparisons of the time-series measurements, a robust density slicing approach was employed to classify the range of values of the raster cells in the near-infrared band of Landsat images for each lake into three desired classes (deep water, shallow water, and dry area) based on the natural breaks inherent in the dataset. Statistical analysis shows that the overall accuracy of the classification is about 94%, which demonstrates the efficiency of the density slicer to accurately estimate surface water area changes from an individual Landsat band. Shrinkage in the surface water area over the study period reveals the concrete impact that the drought along with other factors have on the 10 selected lakes. The San Angelo lakes located in west central Texas experienced a nearly consistent pattern of change during most of the study period; whereas the Dallas lakes in northeast Texas followed the oscillating pattern of drought and correlated closely to the local conditions. Shockingly, the extreme drought caused complete vanishing of several lakes, and consequently Texas had to remove them from its recreational plans. Our new findings can certainly help with the water resource management in Texas and our study approach can be adapted for monitoring lake oscillations in other areas across the world. This geospatial study demonstrates the societal benefits from incorporating remote sensing and GIS in investigating geo-environmental problems associated with severe climate changes.     

应用FY－1B气象卫星监测1991年江淮洪水的研究

本文研究了ＦＹ－１ＢＶＨＲＳＲ的三个可见光通道和一个近红外通道监测１９９１年夏天中国江淮地区洪水的能力。分析该区域不同水体的各个通道的光谱状况表明，ＶＨＲＳＲ第二通道区别水、陆（植被）边界十分显著，ＶＨＲＳＲ第一通道有感应洪水泥沙含量信息的能力，ＶＨＲＳＲ的第三、四通道（海洋通道）则可以获得水深信息。文中针对ＦＹ－１Ｂ的波段的特点设计了几种信息增强方法，从而有效地识别出水陆边界，计算了洪水深度及洪水浑浊度的相对等级，精确地统计出洪水的面积。结果表明ＦＹ－１Ｂ在洪水监测中大有潜力。     

高分辨率遥感影像土地利用变化检测方法研究

提出一种利用高分辨率遥感影像进行土地利用变化检测的方法。以土地利用图为辅助数据,通过土地利用图和遥感影像的配准套合,获取影像像斑;同时,对遥感影像进行基于像素的监督分类,获取概略的类别图;再根据像斑内像素的类别编码完成子像斑的划分。以子像斑为影像分析的基本单位提取特征,以相关系数为相似性测度衡量不同时期子像斑的特征相似性,用ROC曲线(接受者操作特性曲线)代替经验选取的方法自动获取变化阈值,确定像斑是否发生变化。以武汉市区局部QuickBird 2002年和2005年多光谱影像、相同地区2002年1∶10 000土地利用图为实验数据进行了算法的实验,结果显示绝大部分的变化区域都可以被提取出来,实验方法可行。     

GIS在怒江州贡山县退耕还林中的应用

退耕还林是保护生态环境,治理水土流失的一项重大工程,也是改善生态环境,促进区域经济可持续发展的重要途径.运用GIS技术空间分析方法,对土地利用、等高线、河流等数据进行分析,获得退耕还林面积大小,同时也对退耕还林的时序作了一定的分析,最终确定退耕还林的重点区域.结果显示:贡山县坡度>25°的需要退耕还林的面积为2184....     

Morphotectonic analysis in Anandpur Sahib area,Punjab (India) using remote sensing and gis approach

Anandpur Sahib area of Rupnagar district (Punjab) was investigated using an integrated multi-disciplinary approach of geomorphological, structural, drainage and morphotectonic analysis through satellite data and GIS. Most commonly used geomorphic indices viz., channel sinuosity, drainage basin asymmetry, basin elongation ratio, mountain front sinuosity and valley floor to valley width ratio index have been used to identify the geomorphic indicators of active tectonics in the area. Existence of fluvial anomalies viz., abrupt changes in flow direction, flow against gradient, beheaded streams and river terraces reflect the strong structural control on the fluvial features. Asymmetric nature of drainage basin, elongated nature of the sub-watersheds, straight to curvilinear mountain fronts and narrow incised valley floors further substantiate the role of active tectonics in the region.     

ArcSDE与Socket通信机制多源空间数据混合集成研究

随着当前异构空间信息源的快速增多,GIS系统中如何有效地集成和整合应用多源空间数据成为GIS研究的关键点和难点之一。本文首先分析和研究了当前几种常见多源空间数据的集成方法,借鉴并吸收这些方法的优点,同时结合空间数据应用的实用性,提出了通过基于ArcSDE和Socket通信机制的混合中间件来实现实时多源空间数据的统一管理,利用ArcGIS Server提供非实时空间数据服务的解决方案,并对二者进行有机的整合。基于本文所提出的多源空间数据混合集成机制,构建了MODIS水利应用与发布平台并实现了高效的应用,该平台的应用实践有力地证明了该集成方法的灵活性和高效性。最后,针对集成方法的进一步完善提出了一些建议。     

Assessment of Fragmentation and Disturbance Patterns in Eastern Ghats: A Case Study in R.V. Nagar Range,Visakhapatnam District,Andhra Pradesh,India

At present the biodiversity in Eastern Ghats is threatened by loss of habitats, exploitation and unscientific management of natural resources, forest fire, biological invasion and other anthropogenic pressures. In this context, we have assessed the forest cover changes, fragmentation and disturbance in the R.V. Nagar Range of Eastern Ghats region, Andhra Pradesh using satellite remote sensing and GIS techniques. Satellite data of IRS-1A LISS II of 1988 and IRS-P6 LISS III of 2006 were assessed for forest cover changes in 1 sq.km grid and generated as Sensitivity Index map. Further the road and settlement buffer of 1000 m was generated to represent Threat Index map. From 1988 to 2006, the forest cover had a total cover loss of 35.2 sq.km and increase in scrub cover by 7.2%. Over all change analysis from 1988 to 2006 with reference to forest cover indicates, negative changes (loss of forest area) accounted for 48.1 sq.km area and positive changes (gain of forest) for an area of 12.1 sq.km of area. The results of the change detection using multi-date satellite imagery suggest degradation in forest cover over two decades, which necessitates the conservation measures in this range with high priority.     

Groundwater investigation in semi-arid developing countries, using simple GIS tools to facilitate interdisciplinary decision making under poorly mapped conditions: The Boteti area of the Kalahari region in Botswana

Locating additional long-term groundwater resources in semi-arid regions of developing countries with growing populations is an expensive undertaking. Simple geographic information system (GIS) techniques can be utilised to facilitate efficient application of expensive geophysical techniques and test-drilling by functioning as an interdisciplinary integration and decision-making tool, especially in data-poor and poorly mapped environments where more sophisticated GIS techniques are not applicable. The paper demonstrates this in the context of the search for groundwater alternatives to the dwindling river water supply in the Boteti area of the Kalahari region in Botswana.     

Groundwater prospects evaluation based on hydrogeomorphological mapping using high resolution satellite images: A case study in Uttarakhand

Water is the most important natural resource which forms the core of the ecological system. The advent of remote sensing has opened up new vistas in groundwater prospect evaluation, exploration and management. The groundwater resources of the study area, Rishikesh region of Garhwal Himalayas, are under threat due to population pressure caused by expanding tourism in this region. This entails sustainable and judicious use of this precious resource. The groundwater prospect evaluation in Rishikesh region has been attempted based on hydrogeomorphological mapping of the area consisting of thematic maps of hydrogeomorphology, geology, drainage, lineament, slope and relief using high resolution IRS-1C LISS III and PAN merged satellite images. The Rishikesh region exhibits diverse hydrogeomorphological conditions where the groundwater regime is controlled mainly by topography and geology. A probability-weighted approach has been applied during overlay analysis in ArcMap GIS environment. The overlay analysis allows a linear combination of weights of each thematic map with respect to ground water potential. Good groundwater prospects dominate in the area with more than 50% of the study area showing moderate to excellent potential. The study shows that the remote sensing and geoinformatics techniques can be applied effectively for groundwater prospect evaluation.     

Land cover classification of VHR airborne images for citrus grove identification

Managing land resources using remote sensing techniques is becoming a common practice. However, data analysis procedures should satisfy the high accuracy levels demanded by users (public or private companies and governments) in order to be extensively used. This paper presents a multi-stage classification scheme to update the citrus Geographical Information System (GIS) of the Comunidad Valenciana region (Spain). Spain is the first citrus fruit producer in Europe and the fourth in the world. In particular, citrus fruits represent 67% of the agricultural production in this region, with a total production of 4.24 million tons (campaign 2006-2007). The citrus GIS inventory, created in 2001, needs to be regularly updated in order to monitor changes quickly enough, and allow appropriate policy making and citrus production forecasting. Automatic methods are proposed in this work to facilitate this update, whose processing scheme is summarized as follows. First, an object-oriented feature extraction process is carried out for each cadastral parcel from very high spatial resolution aerial images (0.5 m). Next, several automatic classifiers (decision trees, artificial neural networks, and support vector machines) are trained and combined to improve the final classification accuracy. Finally, the citrus GIS is automatically updated if a high enough level of confidence, based on the agreement between classifiers, is achieved. This is the case for 85% of the parcels and accuracy results exceed 94%. The remaining parcels are classified by expert photo-interpreters in order to guarantee the high accuracy demanded by policy makers.     

Application of remote sensing technology for Impact Assessment of Watershed Development Programme

The current study was taken up to investigate the utility of remote sensing and GIS tools for evaluation of Integrated Wasteland Development Programme (IWDP) implemented during 1997–2001 in Katangidda Nala watershed, Chincholi taluk, Gulbarga district, Karnataka. The study was carried out using IRS 1C, LISS III data of December 11, 1997 (pre-treatment) and November 15, 2002 (post-treatment) covering the watershed to assess the changes in land use / land cover and biomass that have changed over a period of five years (1997–2002). The images were classified into different land use/land cover categories using supervised classification by maximum likelihood algorithm. They were also classified into different biomass levels using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) approach. The results indicated that the area under agriculture crops and forest land were increased by 671 ha (5.7%) and 1,414 ha (11.94%) respectively. This is due to the fact that parts of wastelands and fallow lands were brought into cultivation. This increase in the area may be attributed to better utilization of surface and ground waters, adoption of soil and water conservation practices and changes in cropping pattern. The area under waste lands and fallow lands decreased by 1,667 ha (14.07%) and 467 ha (3.94%), respectively. The vegetation vigour of the area was classified into three classes using NDVI. Substantial increase in the area under high and low biomass levels was observed (502 ha and 19 ha respectively). The benefit-cost analysis indicates that the use of remote sensing and GIS was 2.2 times cheaper than the conventional methods. Thus, the repetitive coverage of the satellite data provides an excellent opportunity to monitor the land resources and evaluate the land cover changes through comparison of images for the watershed at different periods.     

草型湖泊总悬浮物浓度和浊度遥感监测

草型湖泊水质遥感监测中水生植物会造成“水体—水生植物”混合像元问题,针对因混合像元导致草型湖泊水生植物覆盖区域水质难以直接利用遥感监测的问题,本文以草型湖泊微山湖为研究对象,提出定性和定量相结合的总悬浮物浓度和浊度分区监测方法,实现微山湖水体总悬浮物浓度和浊度的时空变化监测。基于获取的2014年7月—2015年6月覆盖微山湖的多期高分一号（GF-1） WFV和HJ-1A/1B CCD影像,利用归一化水体指数将微山湖区分为水生植物覆盖区和水体区。针对水生植物覆盖区,利用时序MODIS NDVI数据获取微山湖主要水生植物的时谱曲线,识别不同水生植物的物候特征;基于不同物候期内的水生植物对总悬浮物浓度和浊度的指示作用,对微山湖水生植物覆盖区水体总悬浮物浓度和浊度进行定性监测。针对水体区,分别构建水体总悬浮物浓度和浊度的单波段/波段比值模型和偏最小二乘模型,定量反演微山湖水体区总悬浮物浓度和浊度。研究结果表明,微山湖中水生植物以光叶眼子菜、穗花狐尾藻和菹草等沉水植物为主,其中光叶眼子菜/穗花狐尾藻和菹草的空间分布和物候特征存在明显差异,不同水生植物在不同物候期内对水质具有不同的指示作用;微山湖水体总悬浮物浓度和浊度具有显著的空间变异性,基于定性和定量相结合的方法可以有效监测微山湖水体总悬浮物浓度和浊度的时空变化规律。本文提出的定性和定量相结合的监测方法为草型湖泊水质监测的业务化应用提供了新思路。     

Use of GIS and remote sensing for crop diversification — a case study for Punjab state

In this study, an attempt has been made to suggest crop diversification based on soil and weather requirements of different crops. State level spatial databases of various agro-physical parameters such as rainfall, soil texture, physiography and problem soil along with the agricultural area derived from remote sensing data were integrated using GIS. A raster based modelling approach was followed to arrive at suitable zones for practicing different cropping systems. The results showed that the south-western Punjab is suitable for low water requiring crops such as desi cotton, pearl millet, gram etc., where as north-eastern Punjab with high rainfall and excess drainage should practice maize based cropping system. Rice can be substituted by maize and other crops in Central Punjab, where water table is going down fast. Using this approach the area of rice based cropping system can be reduced from present 24.7 lakh ha to 19.6 lakh ha, thereby reducing the degradation of valuable land and water resources.     

Using weights of evidence in the spatial relation between infected snails and geographic factors

Schistosomiasis is a serious public health problem in the middle-lower Yangtze River Basin in China. Study of spatial variation of snail distribution that is related to microgeographic factors can help to choose pertinent measures for snail extinguishment and environment rebuilding. This paper studied the theoretical architecture of weights-of-evidence approach. The case study was made for spatial relation between the occurrence of infected snails and geographic factor combinations in Waijiazhou marshland of Poyang Lake region in China. The multievidence data came from the geographical factor combinations by crossing operation of vegetation coverage grade layer, cattle route distance grade layer, and special environment layer (181 combinations in total) in GIS. The calculation of weight contrast index shows that high vegetation coverage, cattle route distance of <45 meters, and special geographic factor “ground depression” had direct spatial relation with the occurrence of infected snails. The verification by crossing operation in GIS indicated 72.45% of the infected snails concentrated on the areas of positive weight contrast index (sequenced in an order of weight contrast index from high to low), demonstrating the high efficiency of the model established in finding infected snails according to the geographic factor combinations that can be explicitly discerned in the study area.     

Remote Sensing and GIS Approach for Delineation of Groundwater Potential and Groundwater Quality Zones of Western Doon Valley, Uttarakhand, India

Groundwater exploration in the Western Doon valley has been carried out to delineate the groundwater potential and groundwater quality zones suitable for domestic purposes based on the integrated use of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). The Western Doon Valley, occupying broad synclinal troughs in the evolving fold-thrust system of sub-Himalaya, which is filled by post-Siwalik fluvial and debris flow deposits in the late Quaternary-Holocene. The Western Doon Valley area is bounded by the Mussoorie range in the north with 1800–2800 m elevation and in the south by young topographic relief of the frontal Siwalik range with ~800 m average elevation. Groundwater quality of Western Doon valley through pictorially representation in the GIS environment, it is inferred that calcium, magnesium, total hardness and nitrate at some locations above the desirable limit. The groundwater prospects map has been prepared by integrating the hydrogeomorphologic, land use/land cover from satellite data (IRS-ID, LISS-III data) slope, soil, drainage density, depth to water table of pre-monsoon and post-monsoon periods (unconfined aquifer), water table fluctuation, static water level (confined to semi-confined aquifers), specific capacity, discharge and drawdown maps using index overlay method in the GIS environment. The groundwater prospects are depicted in five categories Very high, high, moderate, low and very low (runoff zone) integrated with the groundwater quality zones which have been prepared from hydrochemical data. The results indicated that 16.82 % of the area is under Very high potential zone category with 16.11 % and 0.71 % of desirable and undesirable quality of groundwater and 18.65 %, 42.06 %, 6.96 % and 15.46 % classified as high, moderate, low and very low potential zones with desirable and undesirable quality of groundwater for domestic purposes. This study be useful for designing the groundwater prospects and management plan for the sustainable development of study area.     

Remote estimation of water quality parameters of Himalayan lake (Kashmir) using Landsat 8 OLI imagery

The overarching aim of this study was to derive simple and accurate algorithms for the retrieval of water quality parameters for the Wular Lake using Landsat 8 OLI satellite data. The water quality parameters include pH, COD, DO, alkalinity, hardness, chloride, TDS, total suspended solids (TSS), turbidity, electric conductivity and phosphate. Regression analysis was performed using atmospherically corrected true reflectance values of original OLI bands, images after applying enhancement techniques (NDVI, principal components) and the values of the water quality parameters at different sample locations to obtain the empirical relationship. Most of the parameters were well correlated with single OLI bands with R² greater than 0.5, whereas phosphate showed a good correlation with NDVI image. The parameters like pH and DO showed a good relation with the principal component I and IV, respectively. The high concentration of pH, COD, turbidity and TSS and low concentration of DO infers the anthropogenic impact on lake.     

Applications of remote sensing and GIS to the assessment of riparian zones for environmental restoration in agricultural watersheds

Geographical design of riparian buffers with long-term vegetation cover for environmental restoration in agricultural watersheds needs to assess how much farmland is located in the buffers of a concerned watershed.Traditionally,this assessment was done by field surveying and manual mapping,which was a time-consuming and costly process for a large region.In this paper,remote sensing(RS) and geographical information system(GIS) as cost-effective techniques were used to develop a catchments-based approach for ...     

基于GIS和TM影像的水库水位面积曲线测定

利用GIS软件,以大汶河流域雪野水库近年的TM影像为基础资料,根据GIS的栅格数据矢量化处理应用原理进行了水库库区矢量和栅格文件的处理,提出了基于GIS技术的水库水域面积的提取分析方法,结合水文统计观测数据,得到水库汛期水位面积曲线,相比传统的水库面积量算方法,具有快速、精准、效率高的优势,大大简化了测量过程。为水库更进一步的水文分析奠定了基础。