Regional scale evapotranspiration estimation using satellite derived albedo and surface temperature

In the studies reteted to surface energy balance, satellite data provides important inputs for estimating regional surface albedo and evapotranspiration. The paper describes the use of satellite data in determining the surface emissivity over heterogeneous a’reas by taking Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) as modulating parameter at pixel resolution. The estimated emissivity values have been used to find the surface temperature at the pixel scale. Landsat-TM-visible, NIR, TIR bands data and some ground meteorological data have been used in an energy balance model for estimating surface albedo and evapotranspiration. The ET values derived from the model are in good agreement with the values obtained with. ‘CENTURY MODEL’ and ground observations over the area, suggesting the possible use of this approach fot regional scale studies on evapotranspiration.     

Crop Evapotranspiration Estimation for Wheat (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Triticum aestivum</Emphasis> L.) Using Remote Sensing Data in Semi-Arid Region of Maharashtra

Penman–Monteith method adapted to satellite data was used for the estimation of wheat crop evapotranspiration during the entire growth period using satellite data together with ground meteorological measurements. The IRS-1D/IRS-P6 LISS-III sensor data at 23.5 m spatial resolution for path 096 and row 059 covering the study area were used to derive, albedo, normalized difference vegetation index, leaf area index and crop height and then to estimate wheat crop evapotranspiration referred to as actual evapotranspiration (ETact). The ETact varied from 0.86 to 3.41 mm/day during the crop growth period. These values are on an average 16.40 % lower than wheat crop potential evapotranspiration (ETc) estimated as product of reference crop evapotranspiration estimated by Penman–Monteith method and lysimetric crop coefficient (Kc). The deviation of ETact from ETc is significant, when both the values were compared with t test for paired two sample means. Though the observations on ETact were taken from well maintained unstressed experimental plot of 120 × 120 m size, there was significant deviation. This deviation could be attributed to, the satellite images representing the actual crop evapotranspiration as function crop canopy biophysical parameters, condition of the crop stand, climatic and soil conditions and the microclimate variation over area of one hectare. However, Penman–Monteith method represents a flat rate of specific growth stage of the crop.     

多源遥感数据支持下的区域性森林冠层高度估测

结合机载LiDAR数据,提出了一种改进的GLAS光斑点冠层高度地形校正模型,以校正后的GLAS光斑点作为输入样本,结合MODIS遥感影像,利用支持向量回归（SVR）的方法对研究区森林冠层高度进行分生态区估测,并利用野外调查数据和机载LiDAR冠层高度结果对估测结果进行验证。结果显示:研究区的坡度等级直接影响GLAS光斑点森林冠层高度估测精度,改进的地形校正模型可以较好的减小坡度对GLAS光斑点森林冠层高度估测的影响,模型精度RMSE稳定在3.25~3.48 m;不同生态分区的SVR模型估测精度较为稳定,其RMSE=6.41~7.56 m;与算数平均高相比,样地的Lorey's高与制图结果拟合最好,不同生态分区平均估测精度为80.3%。机载LiDAR冠层高度结果的验证平均精度为79.5%,和Lorey's高验证结果呈现较好的一致性。     

基于MODIS-NDVI的内蒙古植被变化遥感监测

本文利用2002-2006年5-8月的MODIS 1B数据,建立NDVI时间序列,并结合气象数据中的月均温、月降水量、滞后1月和滞后2月累计降水量对内蒙古地区植被生长季NDVI的月际、年际变化规律以及NDVI变化同气候因子的相关性进行了分析。结果表明:月际变化上,5-8月NDVI不断增加,NDVI变化率5-6月>6-7月>7-8月;年际变化上,2002-2006年间,草地的波动性最大;在与气候因子的相关性上:滞后2月降水>滞后1月降水>月均温>月降水量;对于林地和草地来说,各种相关系数高纬高于低纬,对于农耕地来说各种相关系数基本相当;对于沙地来说,各种相关系数均不高,这与其植被稀少且几乎无变化有关。     

Spatio-temporal variation of vegetation coverage and its response to climate change in North China plain in the last 33 years

Global climate change has led to significant vegetation changes in the past half century. North China Plain, the most important grain production base of china, is undergoing a process of prominent warming and drying. The vegetation coverage, which is used to monitor vegetation change, can respond to climate change (temperature and precipitation). In this study, GIMMS (Global Inventory Modelling and Mapping Studies)-NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) data, MODIS (Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) – NDVI data and climate data, during 1981–2013, were used to investigate the spatial distribution and changes of vegetation. The relationship between climate and vegetation on different spatial (agriculture, forest and grassland) and temporal (yearly, decadal and monthly) scales were also analyzed in North China Plain. (1) It was found that temperature exhibiting a slight increase trend (0.20 °C/10a, P < 0.01). This may be due to the disappearance of 0 °C isotherm, the rise of spring temperature. At the same time, precipitation showed a significant reduction trend (−1.75 mm/10a, P > 0.05). The climate mutation period was during 1991–1994. (2) Vegetation coverage slight increase was observed in the 55% of total study area, with a change rate of 0.00039/10a. Human activities may not only accelerate the changes of the vegetation coverage, but also c effect to the rate of these changes. (3) Overall, the correlation between the vegetation coverage and climatic factor is higher in monthly scale than yearly scale. The correlation analysis between vegetation coverage and climate changes showed that annual vegetation coverage was better correlatend with precipitation in grassland biome; but it showed a better correlated with temperature i the agriculture biome and forest biome. In addition, the vegetation coverage had sensitive time-effect respond to precipitation. (4) The vegetation coverage showed the same increasing trend before and after the climatic variations, but the rate of increase slowed down. From the vegetation coverage point of view, the grassland ecological zone had an obvious response to the climatic variations, but the agricultural ecological zones showed a significant response from the vegetation coverage change rate point of view. The effect of human activity in degradation region was higher than that in improvement area. But after the climate abruptly changing, the effect of human activity in improvement area was higher than that in degradation region, and the influence of human activity will continue in the future.     

Estimation of regional evapotranspiration over the North China Plain using geostationary satellite data

Data from the first operational Chinese geostationary satellite Fengyun-2C (FY-2C) satellite are applied in combination with Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite products for the assessment of regional evapotranspiration over the North China Plain. The approach is based on the improved triangle method, where the temperature–vegetation index space includes thermal inertia. Two thermal infrared channels from FY-2C are used to estimate surface temperature (Ts) based on a split window algorithm originally proposed for the MSG-SEVIRI sensor. Subsequently the high temporal resolution of FY-2C data is exploited to give the morning rise in Ts. Combined with the 16 days composite MODIS vegetation indices product (MOD13) at a spatial resolution of 5 km, evaporative fraction (EF) is estimated by interpolation in the ΔTs–NDVI triangular-shaped scatter space. Finally, regional actual evapotranspiration (ET) is derived from the evaporative fraction and available energy estimated from MODIS surface albedo products MCD43. Spatial variations of estimated surface variables (Ts, EF and ET) corresponded well to land cover patterns and farmland management practices. Estimated ET and EF also compared well to lysimeter data collected for the period June 2005–September 2007. The improved triangle method was also applied to MODIS products for comparison. Estimates based on FY-2C products proved to provide slightly better results than those based on MODIS products. The consistency of the estimated spatial variation with other spatial data supports the use of FY-2C data for ET estimation using the improved triangle method. Of particular value is the high temporal frequency of image acquisitions from FY-2C which improves the likelihood of obtaining cloud free image acquisitions as compared to polar orbiting sensors like MODIS.     

基于MODIS产品影像及陆面能量平衡系统(SEBS)的河北平原区域蒸散估算

地表蒸散是区域水文循环的重要组成部分之一,传统的地表蒸散估算一般基于点上的气象观测数据,当用于区域地表蒸散评价时,具有一定的局限性.随着遥感技术的发展,利用遥感影像能够对大区域进行观测的优势进行区域地表蒸散估算已成为可能.地表能量平衡系统(SEBS)是根据地表能量平衡估算地表蒸散量的一种方法,该方法由于提出了地表能量传输过程中关键制约因素热传导粗糙度的估算模型而在遥感蒸散计算方面具有较高的精度.本文在SEBS模型的基础上,以河北平原为例,采取中分辨率成像光谱辐射仪(MODIS)产品影像,根据研究区下垫面的实际情况进行了参数估算,进行了区域实际蒸发蒸腾量计算及模型精确度评价,并在SEBS模型的基础上,提出了新的"标准化温度差-反照率"特征空间分析方法,对研究区内地表土壤水分现状进行了评价;最后,对河北平原地表蒸散时空分布进行了分析.计算结果表明,在所选取的晴空乌云条件下,根据SEBS模型计算所得的地表蒸散与研究区内利用大型承重式蒸渗仪所测量的地表实际蒸散量具有很好的一致性,说明SEBS模型在遥感蒸散计算方面据有较高的可信度.然而,由于地表蒸散的遥感估算是以所获取的遥感影像单元为基础,计算误差不可避免,尤其是使用低分辨率遥感影像的时候,每个影像单元所反映的地表蒸散为单元内各种地表覆盖的综合反映,当与只反映一种地表覆盖蒸散的大型承重式蒸渗仪测量结果进行比较时,误差是显而易见的,因此,若着重考虑模型精度验证,尚需在以后的研究中考虑使用高分辨率的遥感影像.地表土壤水分或湿度状况是地表能量交换及蒸散发生的主要控制因素.利用地表温度与植被指数的关系对区域地表湿度状况进行监测在实践中被广泛利用,然而,由于不用地区地表属性的千差万别,当利用这种方法进行区域地表湿度评价时,"地表温度-植被指数"特征空间的边界很难确定.本文在SEBS模型的基础上,提出新的"标准化温度差-反照率"特征空间分析方法,对研究区内地表土壤水分现状进行评价,结果显示,由于在SEBS模型中考虑了干限和湿限两种极端情况下的能量平衡,"标准化温度差.反照率"特征空间的边界问题很容易被确定,利用修正的特征空间,可以对区域土壤水分或湿度状况进行客观的评价.下垫面的几何特征参数的精确反演是进行地表能量平衡模拟的基础,目前多根据有关经验公式利用遥感影像进行下垫面几何特征参数估算,由于已有的经验公式多基于不同研究区域获得,当应用到新的研究区时,其具体参数需要进一步调整,以获得对下垫面的几何特征的精确描述.由于缺乏相关实测资料,本研究中利用经验公式进行下垫面几何特征参数,误差不可避免,需要在以后的研究中进行深入探索.另外,地表蒸散的计算只是进行区域水资源评价、农业节水措施评价以及全球变化等研究的一个中间环节,需要在以后的研究中根据具体研究目的进行进一步研究.     

Decreased vegetation growth in response to summer drought in Central Asia from 2000 to 2012

Climate change scenarios predict that Central Asia may experience an increase in the frequency and magnitude of temperature and precipitation extremes by the end of the 21st century, but the response regularity of different types of vegetation to climate extremes is uncertain. Based on remote-sensed vegetation index and in-situ meteorological data for the period of 2000–2012, we examined the diverse responses of vegetation to climate mean/extremes and differentiated climatic and anthropogenic influence on the vegetation in Central Asia. Our results showed that extensive vegetation degradation was related to summer water deficit as a result of the combined effect of decreased precipitation and increased potential evapotranspiration. Water was a primary climatic driver for vegetation changes regionally, and human-induced changes in vegetation confined mainly to local areas. Responses of vegetation to water stress varied in different vegetation types. Grasslands were most responsive to water deficit followed by forests and desert vegetation. Climate extremes caused significant vegetation changes, and different vegetation types had diverse responses to climate extremes. Grasslands represented a symmetric response to wet and dry periods. Desert vegetation was more responsive during wet years than in dry years. Forests responded more strongly to dry than to wet years due to a severe drought occurred in 2008. This study has important implications for predicting how vegetation ecosystems in drylands respond to climate mean/extremes under future scenarios of climate change.     

Using remote sensing energy balance and evapotranspiration to characterize montane landscape vegetation with focus on grass and pasture lands

Water and energy balance interactions with vegetation in mountainous terrain are influenced by topographic effects, spatial variation in vegetation type and density, and water availability. This is the case for the mountainous areas of northern Portugal, where ancestral irrigated meadows (lameiros) are a main component of a complex vegetation mosaic. The widely used surface energy balance model METRIC was applied to four Landsat images to determine the spatial and temporal distribution of the energy balance terms in the identified land cover types (LCT). A discussion on the variability of evapotranspiration (ET) through the various vegetation types was supported by a comparison between the respective crop coefficients and those available in the literature corresponding to the LCT, which has shown the appropriateness of METRIC estimates of ET. METRIC products derived from images of May and June – NDVI, surface temperature, net radiation, soil heat flux, sensible heat flux, and ET – were used to characterize the LCTs, through application of principal component analysis. Three principal components explained the variance of observed variables and their varimax rotated loadings allowed a good explanation of the behaviour of the explanatory variables in association with the LCTs. Information gained contributes to improve the characterization of the study area and may further support conservation and management of these mountain landscapes.     

非均匀地表蒸散遥感研究综述

本文评述了目前常用的遥感估算地表蒸散方法,包括地表能量平衡模型、Penman-Monteith类模型、温度—植被指数特征空间方法、Priestley-Taylor类模型和其他方法。然而使用这些方法估算地表蒸散时会面临严重的尺度效应,而产生尺度效应的根本原因之一是地表异质性,在分析了非均匀下垫面对水热通量遥感反演造成的影响后,介绍了面积加权、校正因子补偿与温度降尺度3种尺度误差纠正方法;并从地面观测实验的角度简述了非均匀下垫面水热通量真实性检验的研究;最后探讨了将来建立更具时空代表性的非均匀下垫面地表蒸散遥感估算模型可能会面临的一些挑战。     

距平植被指数在1992年特大干旱监测中的应用

本文重点阐述ＮＯＡＡ极轨气象卫星距平植被指数的处理技术及算法，以及在１９９２年干旱监测中的应用。距平植被指数是以归一化植被指数（ＮＤＶＩ）多年旬、月平均值作为背景，然后用当年旬、月的ＮＤＶＩ值减去背景值。植被指数的距平值不仅反映了植被年际间的变化，而且也指示了天气对植被的影响。用这个量监测农作物是否遭到旱灾威胁比只用ＮＤＶＩ的瞬时值优越。研究结果表明当月的距平植被指数与当月降水量距平百分率相一致。     

An approach to estimate the evapotranspiration using NOAA/AVHRR DATA

Evapotranspiration (ET) is continued process wherein moisture from soil and vegetated surface is transferred to the atmosphere. Changes in evapotranspiration are likely to have large impacts on terrestrial vegetation. Evapotranspiration is a seasonally varying property at a given place; changes in it reflect the status of soil moisture and terrestrial vegetation. Through water balance, ET can include major shifts in vegetative patterns and or its condition leading to climate change. Therefore, in this paper, it is attempted to estimate the evapotranspiration over various land cover using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/ Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data at coarse spatial resolution of 1.1 km. For this purpose, a semi-empirical model has been proposed to estimate the ET. Regression analysis has been carried out to develop an empirical relation between individual land cover surface temperature and ET, which will be helpful to know the effect of each land cover surface temperature on ET. In which, it is observed that surface temperature over grassland is more effective on ET in comparison to other land cover in March 1999 on the Mupfure, Zimbabwe catchment area. This type of estimation will be helpful for climate modeler, climatologists, ecosystem modeler and regional planner.     

Modelling and Remote Sensing of Land Surface Temperature in Turkey

This study introduces artificial neural networks (ANNs) for the estimation of land surface temperature (LST) using meteorological and geographical data in Turkey (26?C45°E and 36?C42°N). A generalized regression neural network (GRNN) was used in the network. In order to train the neural network, meteorological and geographical data for the period from January 2002 to December 2002 for 10 stations (Adana, Afyon, Ankara, Eski?ehir, ?stanbul, ?zmir, Konya, Malatya, Rize, Sivas) spread over Turkey were used as training (six stations) and testing (four stations) data. Latitude, longitude, elevation and mean air temperature are used in the input layer of the network. Land surface temperature is the output. However, land surface temperature has been estimated as monthly mean by using NOAA-AVHRR satellite data in the thermal range over 10 stations in Turkey. The RMSE between the estimated and ground values for monthly mean with ANN temperature(LST_ANN) and Becker and Li temperature(LST_B-L) method values have been found as 0.077?K and 0.091?K (training stations), 0.045?K and 0.003?K (testing stations), respectively.     

ETWatch的模型与方法

流域水量平衡分析是水资源现状评价与水资源合理调度研究工作中的一个核心。本文基于遥感技术估算的蒸散,结合监测统计数据,提出了流域耗水平衡方法,以海河流域为例进行了2002-2007年流域及子流域的耗水平衡分析,流域多年平均蓄变量为-62.3亿方,其中农业生产是流域水资源消耗的主要大户,占耗水总量的54.3%,年际变动范围较小（-5%~8%）。通过流域蓄变量变化和流域蒸散结构的分析,揭示海河流域存在的水资源问题,为流域水资源管理和节水型社会建设提出建议。     

亚热带山地丘陵区气象要素空间化方法分析

空间连续的气象要素是区域环境、生态系统模拟的重要参数,空间插值是实现气象观测站点数据空间化的主要方法。由于不同区域气候要素时空分布的复杂性,研究适用于特定区域的空间化方法具有重要意义。本文以湖南省为研究区,分析长江中游亚热带丘陵区气象要素的空间化方法。基于湖南省及其毗邻地区的46个气象站点14年(2000—2013年)的气象观测数据(月降水量、月均温)和DEM数据,对普通克里金法(OK)、反距离加权法(IDW)、样条法(SPLINE)和基于DEM的多元线性回归插值法(MLR)进行比较分析研究。研究结果表明:1)月降水量和月均温的MRE和RMISE值排序分别为:SPLINEIDWMLROK和SPLINOKIDWMLR;年平均降水量和年均温插值的MRE和RMISE值排序分别为:SPLINEIDWOKMLR和SPLINOKIDWMLR;2)MLR法不仅插值误差小,而且能从细节上反映出气象变化的空间变异性;3)对多变量进行数据探索分析表明,MLR插值法中,经度、坡度与年降水量空间分布存在空间的一致性;纬度、高程和坡度对年均温的空间分布具有很强的解释力。     

Predictive Analysis for Vegetation Biomass Assessment in Western Ghat Region (WG) Using Geospatial Techniques

Forests play a critical role in ecological functioning, global warming and climate change through its unique potential to capture and hold carbon (C). Biomass is one of the indicator of the status of forests hence accurate assessment and biomass mapping is important for sustainable forest management. The objectives of this study is to estimate above ground biomass (AGB) from field inventory data and to map AGB combining field inventory data, remote sensing and geo-statistical model. In the present study stratified random sampling were used for estimation of biomass in which 59 plots were laid down in different homogenous strata depending on the NDVI values for the region of Maharashtra Western Ghats. The above ground biomass from field ranged from 0.05 to 271 t-dry wt ha^?1 in which trees added maximum towards total biomass followed by shrubs and herbs. This paper evaluates the best vegetation indices to estimate biomass. This study was carried out by using Landsat TM satellite data and field inventory data in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, India. A significant correlation was observed between biomass and vegetation indices. The best fit regression equation developed from field above ground biomass and NDVI with R² value of 0.61 was used for spectral modeling to estimate the geospatial distribution of AGB in the entire region. The results of spatial predictions Geostatistical technique and remotely sensed data as auxiliary variables were compared using statistical error methods. This study employed Mean error, Root-Mean-Square error, Average Standard error and Root-Mean Square Standardized error. The ME, RMSE, Average Standard error and Root-Mean Square Standardized error was 0.078, 8.032, 7.982 and 0.967 respectively. The results showed that cokriging technique is one of the geostatistical method for spatial predictions of biomass in the studied region. The present study revealed that remote sensing technique combined with field sampling provides quick and reliable estimates of above ground biomass and carbon pool and can be used as baseline information for further temporal studies of biomass status of the region and in planning of forest and natural resources management.     

Estimation of hourly and daily evapotranspiration and soil moisture using downscaled LST over various urban surfaces

Surface moisture is important to link land surface temperature (LST) to people’s thermal comfort. In urban areas, the surface roughness from buildings and urban trees impacts wind speed, and consequently surface moisture. To find the role of surface roughness in surface moisture estimation, we developed methods to estimate daily and hourly evapotranspiration (ET) and soil moisture, based on a case study of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. In order to capture the spatial and temporal variations of LST, hourly and daily LST was produced by downscaling techniques. Given the heterogeneity in urban areas, fractions of vegetation, soil, and impervious surfaces were calculated. To describe the urban morphology, surface roughness parameters were calculated from digital elevation model (DEM), digital surface model (DSM), and Terrestrial Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR). Two source energy balance (TSEB) model was employed to generate ET, and the temperature vegetation index (TVX) method was used to calculate soil moisture. Stable hourly soil moisture fluctuated from 15% to 20%, and daily soil moisture increased due to precipitation and decreased due to seasonal temperature change. ET over soil, vegetation, and impervious surface in the urban areas yielded different patterns in response to precipitation. The surface roughness from high-rise has bigger influence on ET in central urban areas.     

Estimation and validation of snow surface temperature using modis data for snow-avalanche studies in NW-Himalaya

Snow avalanche studies require different snow-meteorological parameters for avalanche forecasting. Snow surface temperature is one of the major parameters, which is responsible for the evolution of snow pack characteristics. In the present paper, the snow surface temperature was estimated using TERRA satellite based — Moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor for NW-Himalayas. Ground data observed by automatic weather stations (AWS) was used to calibrate the brightness temperature obtained by MODIS thermal bands data into the actual snow surface temperature data through regression analysis. A split window technique has been implemented for the estimation of snow surface temperature. The multi-date satellite derived snow surface temperature was validated with ground data of winter 2004–05 and 2005–06 collected at various observation stations located in different ranges of NW-Himalaya. Good correlations were observed for Upper Himalaya (0.98, 0.98), Middle Himalaya (0.92, 0.96) and Lower Himalaya (0.88, 0.82) for 2004–05 and 2005–06 winter respectively. Further, estimated snow surface temperature was also verified with snow-cover information collected by manned observatories and area delineated by thematic maps of snow surface temperature was validated with the different snow climatic zones of NW-Himalaya.     

Albedo-rainfall Feedback Over Indian Monsoon Region Using Long Term Observations Between 1981 to 2000

Albedo determines radiation balance of land (soil-canopy complex) surface and influence boundary layer structure of the atmosphere. Accurate surface albedo determination is important for weather forecasting, climate projection and ecosystem modelling. Albedo-rainfall feedback relationship has not been studied so far using observations on spatial scale over Indian monsoon region due to lack of consistent, systematic and simultaneous long-term measurements of both. The present study used dekadal (ten-day) composite of satellite (e.g. NOAA) based Pathfinder AVHRR Land (PAL) datasets between 1981 and 2000 over India (68–100°E, 5–40°N) at 8 km spatial resolution. Land surface albedo was computed using linear transformation of red and near infrared (NIR) surface reflectances. The cloud effects were removed using a smoothening filter with harmonic analysis applied to time series data in each year. The monthly, annual and long term means were computed from dekadal reconstructed albedo. The mean per year and coefficient of variation (CV) of surface albedo over seventeen years, averaged over Indian land region, were found to show a significantly decreasing (0.15 to 0.14 and 60 to 40%, respectively) trend between 1981 and 2000. Among all the land use patterns, the inter-annual variation of albedo of Himalayan snow cover showed a significant and the steepest reducing trend (0.42 – 0.35) followed by open shurbland, grassland and cropland. No significant change was noticed over different forest types.. This could be due to increase in snow melting period and snow melt area. A strong inverse exponential relation (correlation coefficient r = 0.95, n = 100) was found between annual rainfall and annual albedo over seven rainfall zones. The decreasing trend in snow-albedo of accumulation period (September to March) follows the declining trend in measured south-west monsoon rainfall between 1988 (980 mm) to 1998 (880 mm) over India. This finding perhaps suggests the possible reversal of reported coupling of increased snowfall followed by lower monsoon rainfall.     

基于混合光谱分解的城市不透水面分布估算

城市化的一个重要表现就是不透水面分布比率的上升,城市内部不透水面分布是城市生态环境的一个重要指标。对于规模较大的大城市,采用高性价比的中等分辨率影像,获取不透水面的分布,是当前国际研究的一个热点。本研究利用Landsat 7的ETM 影像,在线性光谱分解的技术上,提取了上海市的不透水面分布并对其空间特征进行了分析。研究揭示,ETM 影像对于城市尺度的信息提取,其成本是较低的;对于城市地域来说,利用植被、高反照度、低反照度和裸露的土壤四种最终光谱端元的线性组合,可以较好地模拟ETM 波谱特征,而除了水面以外的高反照度、低反照度两种最终光谱端元,可以较好地表达城市不透水表面信息。结果显示,利用中等分辨率影像对上海中心城区不透水面分布提取的精度还是令人满意的,总体上,上海市不透水面分布比率较高,不透水面分布的空间差异进一步揭示了城市土地覆被空间结构以及城市空间扩展的差异性。