Bayesian and Geostatistical Approaches to Combining Categorical Data Derived from Visual and Digital Processing of Remotely Sensed Images

This paper seeks a synthesis of Bayesian and geostatistical approaches to combining categorical data in the context of remote sensing classification. By experiment with aerial photographs and Landsat TM data, accuracy of spectral, spatial, and combined classification results was evaluated. It was confirmed that the incorporation of spatial information in spectral classification increases accuracy significantly. Secondly, through test with a 5-class and a 3-class classification schemes, it was revealed that setting a proper semantic framework for classification is fundamental to any endeavors of categorical mapping and the most important factor affecting accuracy. Lastly, this paper promotes non-parametric methods for both definition of class membership profiling based on band-specific histograms of image intensities and derivation of spatial probability via indicator kriging, a non-parametric geostatistical technique.     

Impact of discretization methods on the rough set-based classification of remotely sensed images

Abstract

In recent years, the rough set (RS) method has been in common use for remote-sensing classification, which provides one of the techniques of information extraction for Digital Earth. The discretization of remotely sensed data is an important data preprocessing approach in classical RS-based remote-sensing classification. Appropriate discretization methods can improve the adaptability of the classification rules and increase the accuracy of the remote-sensing classification. To assess the performance of discretization methods this article adopts three indicators, which are the compression capability indicator (CCI), consistency indicator (CI), and number of the cut points (NCP). An appropriate discretization method for the RS-based classification of a given remotely sensed image can be found by comparing the values of the three indicators and the classification accuracies of the discretized remotely sensed images obtained with the different discretization methods. To investigate the effectiveness of our method, this article applies three discretization methods of the Entropy/MDL, Naive, and SemiNaive to a TM image and three indicators for these discretization methods are then calculated. After comparing the three indicators and the classification accuracies of the discretized remotely sensed images, it has been found that the SemiNaive method significantly reduces large quantities of data and also keeps satisfactory classification accuracy.     

Change detection from remotely sensed images: From pixel-based to object-based approaches

The appetite for up-to-date information about earth’s surface is ever increasing, as such information provides a base for a large number of applications, including local, regional and global resources monitoring, land-cover and land-use change monitoring, and environmental studies. The data from remote sensing satellites provide opportunities to acquire information about land at varying resolutions and has been widely used for change detection studies. A large number of change detection methodologies and techniques, utilizing remotely sensed data, have been developed, and newer techniques are still emerging. This paper begins with a discussion of the traditionally pixel-based and (mostly) statistics-oriented change detection techniques which focus mainly on the spectral values and mostly ignore the spatial context. This is succeeded by a review of object-based change detection techniques. Finally there is a brief discussion of spatial data mining techniques in image processing and change detection from remote sensing data. The merits and issues of different techniques are compared. The importance of the exponential increase in the image data volume and multiple sensors and associated challenges on the development of change detection techniques are highlighted. With the wide use of very-high-resolution (VHR) remotely sensed images, object-based methods and data mining techniques may have more potential in change detection.     

Thematic mapping from remotely sensed data with neural networks: MLP, RBF and PNN based approaches

 Neural networks are attractive tools for the derivation of thematic maps from remotely sensed data. Most attention has focused on the multilayer perceptron (MLP) network but other network types are available and have different properties that may sometimes be more appropriate for some applications. Here a MLP, radial basis function (RBF) and probabilistic neural network (PNN) were used to classify remotely sensed data of an agricultural site. The accuracy of these classifications ranged from 86.25–91.25%. The accuracy of the PNN classification could be increased through the incorporation of prior probabilities of class membership but the accuracy of each classification could also be degraded by the presence of an untrained class. Post-classification analyses, however, could be used to identify potentially misclassified cases, including those belonging to an untrained class, to increase accuracy. The effect of the post-classification analysis on the accuracy of the classification derived from each of the three network types investigated differed and it is suggested that network type be selected carefully to meet the requirements of the application in-hand. Received: 23 March 2000 / Accepted: 9 July 2000     

基于Web Services的遥感图像分布式处理

遥感影像获取手段的多样化导致了遥感影像数据量的大幅度增加,应用分布式环境处理遥感图像变得越来越迫切。本文针对B/S或C/S模式在遥感影像分布式处理方面的弊端,提出了在.Net环境下基于Web Serv-ices实现遥感图像的分布式处理方案,对其框架、流程进行了设计,并以图像处理的算法分布式为例详细介绍了边缘提取中拉普拉斯8邻域提取的具体Web Services实现。结果表明,新模型下的系统在多用户并发访问等方面都有很大的改善。     

小波变换在遥感影像道路特征提取中的应用

遥感影像中的信息提取一直是图像处理的研究热点之一,阐述了在道路特征提取方面的一些经验.鉴于小波变换是检测边缘的良好工具,并结合边界跟踪,最终成功完成了道路特征的提取.     

无人机低空遥感影像数据的获取与处理

介绍无人机低空遥感系统的构成和技术指标,论述影像数据的获取、影像匀色与裁边、重叠度计算、拼接全景影像图、生成正射影像等处理分析方法,并针对地震灾区重建数据获取进行实验.实验结果表明无人机低空遥感系统完全能满足实际需要,能解决多云雾地区遥感影像资料获取困难的问题,在大比例尺测图、三维景观重建、土地利用调查、环境监测等领域...     

多源遥感数据管理与远程处理集成实现

针对目前对多源遥感影像数据管理与远程处理的集成应用研究较少的现状,文章基于FTP、关系数据库和空间数据库引擎设计多源遥感影像数据及其元数据与快视图数据的一体化管理方案,基于Web Service与PCI-EASI设计遥感影像远程处理服务,并对多源遥感影像数据管理与远程处理功能进行集成,通过综合运用FTP和Web Service技术,提高了数据管理效率和应用的灵活性。最后以"粤港澳水质遥感监测系统"为例,实现了对多源遥感影像数据的有效管理及水质监测业务的系统化,验证了研究成果的可行性和实用性。     

高光谱与高空间分辨率遥感数据的亚热带森林生物量反演

精确估算森林生物量对全球碳平衡以及气候变化的研究有重要意义。以亚热带天然次生林为研究对象,借助地面实测样地数据,通过对机载LiCHy(LiDAR,CCD and Hyperspectral)传感器同时获取的高光谱和高空间分辨率数据进行信息提取和数据融合,建模反演森林生物量。首先通过面向对象分割方法进行单木冠幅提取,然后融合从高光谱数据提取的光谱特征变量和从高空间分辨率数据提取的单木冠幅统计变量,构建多元回归模型估算地上、地下生物量,最后利用地面实测生物量经交叉验证评价模型精度。结果表明,综合模型的精度(R~2为0.54—0.62)高于高光谱模型(R~2为0.48—0.57);在高光谱模型中地上生物量模型精度(R~2为0.57)高于地下生物量模型(R~2为0.48);在综合模型中地上生物量模型精度(R~2为0.62)同样高于地下生物量模型(R~2为0.54)。交叉验证结果表明,与仅使用高光谱数据(单一数据源)相比,通过集成高光谱和高空间分辨率数据的生物量反演效果有所提升,可以更加有效地估算亚热带森林生物量。     

Quantifying spatiotemporal dynamics of agricultural landscapes using remotely sensed data and landscape metrics

This study focuses on the spatiotemporal dynamics of agricultural lands and differences in rapidly developing urban and declining rural counties in Iowa, USA between 1984 and 2000. The study presents an analysis of land-cover maps derived from Landsat TM and ETM+ satellite imagery and different landscape metrics using FRAGSTATS and IDRISI software. The study provides evidence of both loss of croplands and change in fragmentation between 1984 and 2000. Fragmentation in agriculture-dominated areas increased with the development of urban centres and diversification of land uses. Fragmentation of landscapes, including agricultural land, was found to be higher in the urbanized counties, but was stable or even declined over time in these counties. In contrast, in the context of remote rural areas, agricultural landscapes experienced rapid increase in fragmentation and farmland loss. The urban–rural gradient analysis used in this study showed that the highest fragmentation occurred on the city edges. These findings suggest that farmland fragmentation is a complex process associated with socio-economic trends at regional and local scales. In addition, socio-economic determinants of landscape fragmentation differ between areas with diverging development trajectories. Intensive cropland fragmentation in remote agricultural regions, detected by this research, should be further studied and its possible effects on both agricultural productivity and biodiversity should be carefully considered.     

复杂环境下高分二号遥感影像的城市地表水体提取

水体指数可以抑制背景噪声和提高地表水体的可分性,已经广泛用于地表水体提取。传统FCM聚类算法考虑了地物的不确定性,但没有顾及地物的邻域空间信息,对背景异质性比较敏感。针对传统FCM聚类算法的不足,提出一种可变邻域的区域FCM聚类算法。由于复杂环境下高分二号(GF-2)遥感影像的城市地表水体具有复杂异质背景和不确定性的特点,本文利用水体指数和区域FCM聚类算法的优点,提出一种整合水体指数和区域FCM的城市地表水体自动提取算法,该算法主要步骤包括:(1)去除影像阴影后计算归一化差分水体指数NDWI(Normalized Difference Water Index);(2)区域FCM聚类算法;(3)整合水体指数和区域FCM聚类的城市地表水体自动提取算法。最后采用两景GF-2高分辨率遥感影像(广州和武汉)进行实验,验证了该算法的有效性,并与经典地表水体提取算法进行对比分析。实验结果表明:该算法具有较高的水体提取精度,城市地表水体边界既具有较好的区域完整性又保持了局部细节,同时对城市地表水体复杂背景噪声具有较好的抑制作用,有效减少传统FCM聚类算法的"胡椒盐"现象。     

Variographic analysis of tropical forest cover from multi-scale remotely sensed imagery

Tropical forest mapping is one of the major environmental concerns at global and regional scales in which remote sensing techniques are firmly involved. This study examines the use of the variogram function to analyse forest cover fragmentation at different image scales. Two main aspects are considered here: (1) analysis of the spatial variability structure of the forest cover observed at three different scales using fine, medium and coarse spatial resolution images; and (2) the study of the relationship between rescaled images from the finest spatial resolution and those of the medium and coarse spatial resolutions. Both aspects are analysed using the variogram function as a basic tool to calculate and interpret the spatial variability of the forest cover. An example is presented for a Brazilian tropical forest zone using satellite images of different spatial resolutions acquired by Landsat TM (30 m), Resurs MSU (160 m) and ERS ATSR (1000 m). The results of this study contribute to establishing a suitable spatial resolution of remotely sensed data for tropical forest cover monitoring.     

Modelling electrical conductivity of soil from backscattering coefficient of microwave remotely sensed data using artificial neural network

Soil salinity is one of the main agricultural problems which expand to larger areas. Soil scientists categorize salinity level by electrical conductivity (EC) measurement. However, field measurements of EC require extensive time, cost and experiences. Remote sensing is one suitable option to investigate and collect spatial data in larger areas. Many researches estimated soil moisture through microwave, but there are fewer studies which mentioned about direct relationship between EC and backscattering coefficient (BC). Thus, this study aims to propose the estimation of EC directly from BC of microwave. The relationship between EC obtained from field survey and BC from microwave is non-linear, artificial neural network (ANN) is one technique proposed in this study to figure out EC and BC relationship. ANN uses multilayer of interconnected processing resulting in EC value with high accuracy which is acceptable. For this reason, ANN model can be successfully utilized as an effective tool for EC estimation from microwave.     

Change detection of linear features in temporally spaced remotely sensed images using edge-based grid analysis

Automatic change detection of land cover features using high-resolution satellite images, is a challenging problem in the field of intelligent remote sensing data interpretation, and is becoming more and more effective for its applications viz. urban planning and monitoring, disaster assessment etc. In the present study, a change in detection approach based on the image morphology that analyses change in the local image grids is proposed. In this approach, edges from both the images are extracted and grid wise comparison is made by probabilistic thresholding and power spectral density analysis for identifying change area. One of the advantages of the proposed methodology is that the temporal images used in the change analysis need not be radiometrically corrected as analysis is based on edge extractions. The grid-based analysis further reduces the error, which might have been introduced by image mis-registration. The proposed methodology is validated by finding the temporal changes in the linear land cover features in parts of Kolkata city, India using three different image data-sets from LISS IV, Cartosat-1 and Google earth having varied spatial resolutions of 5.8 m, 2.5 m and about 1 m, respectively. The overall accuracy in identifying changes is found to be 64.82, 73.86 and 80.93% for LISS IV, Cartosat-1 and Google earth data-set, respectively.     

高分辨率遥感图像港口检测的复合线索视觉注意模型

为提高高分辨率光学遥感图像港口自动检测的准确性,常需综合多类线索并进行复杂的特征提取、融合与分类推理,从而带来较高的计算复杂度。为此,仿生人类视觉注意机制,提出了一种复合线索视觉注意模型,综合利用高分辨率光学遥感图像港口多尺度底层特征和高层知识线索,实现了港口检测特征自然融合与综合分类推理。该方法在提高检测效果的同时较好地控制了计算量的增长,避免了复杂特征的大范围区域提取,采用多步快速算法降低了整个算法的计算复杂度,实现了计算资源受限条件下港口的快速定位与检测。同时,由于能将有限计算资源快速聚焦于最可能含有港口目标的区域,大大提高了目标检测方法响应的实时性。来自不同卫星的高分辨率光学遥感图像实验结果,验证了提出方法的有效性。     

Development of a modified neural network-based land cover classification system using automated data selector and multiresolution remotely sensed data

Integrating multiple images with artificial neural networks (ANN) improves classification accuracy. ANN performance is sensitive to training datasets. Complexity and errors compound when merging multiple data, pointing to needs for new techniques. Kohonen's self-organizing mapping (KSOM) neural network was adapted as an automated data selector (ADS) to replace manual training data processes. The multilayer perceptron (MLP) network was then trained using automatically extracted datasets and used for classification. Two hypotheses were tested: ADS adapted from the KSOM network provides adequate and reliable training datasets, improving MLP classification performance; and fusion of Landsat thematic mapper (TM) and SPOT images using the modified ANN approach increases accuracy. ADS adapted from the KSOM network improved training data quality and increased classification accuracy and efficiency. Fusion of compatible multiple data can improve performance if appropriate training datasets are collected. This proved to be a viable classification scheme particularly where acquiring sufficient and reliable training datasets is difficult.     

热红外地表温度遥感反演方法研究进展

地表温度是表征地表过程变化的一个非常重要的特征物理量,是地表—大气能量交换的直接驱动因子,广泛地用于地表能量平衡、气候变化和资源环境监测等研究领域。本文系统地评述了热红外地表温度遥感反演方法,包括单通道算法、多通道算法、多角度算法、多时相算法和高光谱反演算法。回顾了地表温度反演的基础理论和方法;并在此基础上,进一步综述了地表温度遥感反演的验证方法,以及地表温度的时间和角度归一化方法;最后对未来提高地表温度反演精度的研究方向提出了建议。     

西安市SPOT2．5m卫星影像数据处理的实践与探讨

本文结合西安市SPOT2.5m卫星影像数据处理项目,探讨了一种SPOT5卫星影像数据处理的方法。