Sentinel-2密集时间序列数据和Google Earth Engine的潮间带湿地快速自动分类

潮间带湿地是滨海湿地的重要组成部分,具有维持生物多样性、促进碳汇等重要生态功能.及时、准确地掌握潮间带湿地现状是实现潮间带湿地可持续管理目标的基础.先前的潮间带湿地分类研究依赖于训练样本、人工设定阈值或后处理等,本研究基于GEE (Google Earth Engine)平台开发一种自动、快速、高精度的潮间带湿地分类方...     

Google Earth Engine云平台对遥感发展的改变

近年来,随着遥感技术的快速发展,积累了海量的对地观测遥感数据.传统桌面端遥感处理平台(例如ERDAS和ENVI等)无法满足当前遥感大数据的应用需求.作为领先的遥感云计算平台,GEE (Google Earth Engine)的出现改变了传统遥感数据处理和分析模式,为海量数据快速处理与信息挖掘带来了新的契机.截止目前,科...     

Retrieving soil moisture in rainfed and irrigated fields using Sentinel-2 observations and a modified OPTRAM approach

Surface soil water content plays an important role in driving the exchange of latent and sensible heat between the atmosphere and land surface through transpiration and evaporation processes, regulating key physiological processes affecting plants growth. Given the high impact of water scarcity on yields, and of irrigated agriculture on the overall withdrawal rate of freshwater, it is important to define models that help to improve water resources management for agricultural purposes, and to optimize rainfed crop yield. Recent advances in satellite-based remote sensing have led to valuable solutions to estimate soil water content based on microwave or optical/thermal-infrared data. This study aims at improving soil water content estimation at high spatial and temporal resolution, by means of the Optical Trapezoid Model (OPTRAM) driven by Copernicus Sentinel-2 data. Two different model variations were considered, based on linear and nonlinear parameters constraints, and validated against in situ soil water content measurements made with time domain reflectometry (TDR) on irrigated maize in central Italy and on rainfed maize and pasture in northern Italy. For the first site the non-linear model shows a better correlation between measured and estimated soil water content values (r = 0.80) compared to the linear model (r = 0.73). In both cases the modeled soil moisture tends to overestimate the measured values at medium to high water content level, while both models underestimate soil moisture at low water content level. Estimated versus measured normalized surface soil water for rainfed pasture plots from nonlinear OPTRAM parametrized based on irrigated maize parameterization (SIM1), and site-specific parametrization for rainfed pasture (SIM2), indicate that both models (SIM1 and SIM2) are comparable for rotational grazing pasture (RMSEsim1 = 0.0581 vs. RMSEsim2 = 0.0485 cm3 cm-3) and the continuous grazing pasture (RMSEsim1 = 0.0485 vs. RMSEsim2 = 0.0602 cm3 cm-3), while for the rainfed maize plots SIM1 shows lower RMSE (average for all plots RMSE = 0.0542 cm3 cm-3) compared to the site-specific calibration model (SIM2 – average for all plots RMSE = 0.0645 cm3 cm-3). Finally, OPTRAM estimations are close to in situ measurement values while Surface Soil Moisture at 1 km (SSM1 km) tends to underestimate the measurements during maize crop growing season. Soil moisture retrieval from high-resolution Sentinel-2 optical images allows water stress conditions to be effectively mapped, supporting decision making in irrigation scheduling and other crop management.     

Multitemporal settlement and population mapping from Landsat using Google Earth Engine

As countries become increasingly urbanized, understanding how urban areas are changing within the landscape becomes increasingly important. Urbanized areas are often the strongest indicators of human interaction with the environment, and understanding how urban areas develop through remotely sensed data allows for more sustainable practices. The Google Earth Engine (GEE) leverages cloud computing services to provide analysis capabilities on over 40 years of Landsat data. As a remote sensing platform, its ability to analyze global data rapidly lends itself to being an invaluable tool for studying the growth of urban areas. Here we present (i) An approach for the automated extraction of urban areas from Landsat imagery using GEE, validated using higher resolution images, (ii) a novel method of validation of the extracted urban extents using changes in the statistical performance of a high resolution population mapping method. Temporally distinct urban extractions were classified from the GEE catalog of Landsat 5 and 7 data over the Indonesian island of Java by using a Normalized Difference Spectral Vector (NDSV) method. Statistical evaluation of all of the tests was performed, and the value of population mapping methods in validating these urban extents was also examined. Results showed that the automated classification from GEE produced accurate urban extent maps, and that the integration of GEE-derived urban extents also improved the quality of the population mapping outputs.     

Google Earth Engine云平台及植被遥感案例研究

植被物候是全球变化的敏感指示器,对陆表物质和能量交换产生显著影响.植被物候遥感分析存在数据收集困难、提取方法实现复杂等问题,谷歌地球云计算平台(Google Earth Engine,GEE)为基于遥感大数据的物候分析提供了有利条件.本文分析了GEE平台的数据源、开发接口和应用场景,然后基于GEE中的长时序植被指数数据...     

Winter cover crops in Dutch maize fields: Variability in quality and its drivers assessed from multi-temporal Sentinel-2 imagery

Planting a cover crop between the main cropping seasons is an agricultural management measure with multiple potential benefits for sustainable food production. In the maize production system of the Netherlands, an effective establishment of a winter cover crop is important for reducing nitrogen leaching to groundwater. Cover crop establishment after maize cultivation is obliged by law for sandy soils and consequently implemented on nearly all maize fields, but the winter-time vegetative ground cover varies significantly between fields. The objectives of this study are to assess the variability in winter vegetative cover and evaluate to what extent this variability can be explained by the timing of cover crop establishment and weather conditions in two growing seasons (2017–2018). We used Sentinel-2 satellite imagery to construct NDVI time series for fields known to be cultivated with maize within the province of Overijssel. We fitted piecewise logistic functions to the time series in order to estimate cover crop sowing date and retrieve the fitted NDVI value for 1 December (NDVI_Dec). We used NDVI_Dec to represent the quality of cover crop establishment at the start of the winter season. The Sentinel-2 estimated sowing dates compared reasonably with ground reference data for eight fields (RMSE = 6.6 days). The two analysed years differed considerably, with 2018 being much drier and warmer during summer. This drought resulted in an earlier estimated cover crop sowing date (on average 19 days) and an NDVI_Dec value that was 0.2 higher than in 2017. Combining both years and all fields, we found that Sentinel-2 retrieved sowing dates could explain 55% of the NDVI_Dec variability. This corresponded to a positive relationship (R² = 0.50) between NDVI_Dec and the cumulative growing degree days (GDD) between sowing date and 1 December until reaching 400 GDD. Based on cumulative GDD derived from two weather stations within Overijssel, we found that on average for the past three decades a sowing date of 19 September (± 7 days) allowed to attain these 400 GDD; this provides support for the current legislation that states that from 2019 onwards a cover crop should be sown before 1 October. To meet this deadline, while simultaneously ascertaining a harvest-ready main crop, in practice implies that undersowing of the cover crop during spring will gain importance. Our results show that Sentinel-2 NDVI time series can assess the effectiveness and timing of cover crop growth for small agricultural fields, and as such has potential to inform regulatory frameworks as well as farmers with actionable information that may help to reduce nitrogen leaching.     

Efficacy of multi-season Sentinel-2 imagery for compositional vegetation classification

Vegetation maps are essential tools for the conservation and management of landscapes as they contain essential information for informing conservation decisions. Traditionally, maps have been created using field-based approaches which, due to limitations in costs and time, restrict the size of the area for which they can be created and frequency at which they can be updated. With the increasing availability of satellite sensors providing multi-spectral imagery with high temporal frequency, new methods for efficient and accurate vegetation mapping have been developed. The objective of this study was to investigate to what extent multi-seasonal Sentinel-2 imagery can assist in mapping complex compositional classifications at fine spatial scales. We deliberately chose a challenging case study, namely a visually and structurally homogenous scrub vegetation (known as kwongan) of Western Australia. The classification scheme consists of 24 target classes and a random 60/40 split was used for model building and validation. We compared several multi-temporal (seasonal) feature sets, consisting of numerous combinations of spectral bands, vegetation indices as well as principal component and tasselled cap transformations, as input to four machine learning classifiers (Support Vector Machines; SVM, Nearest Neighbour; NN, Random Forests; RF, and Classification Trees; CT) to separate target classes. The results show that a multi-temporal feature set combining autumn and spring images sufficiently captured the phenological differences between the classes and produced the best results, with SVM (74%) and NN (72%) classifiers returning statistically superior results compared to RF (65%) and CT (50%). The SWIR spectral bands captured during spring, the greenness indices captured during spring and the tasselled cap transformations derived from the autumn image emerged as most informative, which suggests that ecological factors (e.g. shared species, patch dynamics) occurring at a sub-pixel level likely had the biggest impact on class confusion. However, despite these challenges, the results are auspicious and suggest that seasonal Sentinel-2 imagery has the potential to predict compositional vegetation classes with high accuracy. Further work is needed to determine whether these results are replicable in other vegetation types and regions.     

GEE云平台支持下的西天山森林遥感监测与时空变化分析

针对区域大尺度森林遥感调查、精确信息提取和时间序列变化监测过程中存在的数据挑选困难、计算效率较低、提取精度不高等问题,本文基于谷歌云计算平台(GEE)强大的海量遥感数据组织、存储和计算功能,根据新疆干旱区森林资源的空间分布特点,结合多源遥感数据和地理要素数据集,首先构建了光谱+纹理+地形等多维分类特征集;然后在地理国情监测森林地面调查样本数据的协助下建立了西天山森林分类样本数据库;进而采用随机森林分类算法实现了对西天山森林1995、2000、2005、2010、2015和2018年6期自动分类;最后通过云端与本地相结合完成了森林资源遥感分类数据编辑检查、制图与分析。研究结果表明:①1995—2018年西天山森林总体呈动态扩张趋势,森林分布面积从1995年的3 953.6 km²年增加到2018年的4 243.2 km²,增长速率为12.6 km²/a;在结构组成上,西天山森林以针叶林为主,阔叶林、灌木林、针阔混交林较少。②在时间变化过程上,西天山森林的扩张态势呈现缓中增强,2005—2018年增长速率要明显高于1995—...     

Crop type mapping using LiDAR,Sentinel-2 and aerial imagery with machine learning algorithms

LiDAR data are becoming increasingly available, which has opened up many new applications. One such application is crop type mapping. Accurate crop type maps are critical for monitoring water use, estimating harvests and in precision agriculture. The traditional approach to obtaining maps of cultivated fields is by manually digitizing the fields from satellite or aerial imagery and then assigning crop type labels to each field - often informed by data collected during ground and aerial surveys. However, manual digitizing and labeling is time-consuming, expensive and subject to human error. Automated remote sensing methods is a cost-effective alternative, with machine learning gaining popularity for classifying crop types. This study evaluated the use of LiDAR data, Sentinel-2 imagery, aerial imagery and machine learning for differentiating five crop types in an intensively cultivated area. Different combinations of the three datasets were evaluated along with ten machine learning. The classification results were interpreted by comparing overall accuracies, kappa, standard deviation and f-score. It was found that LiDAR data successfully differentiated between different crop types, with XGBoost providing the highest overall accuracy of 87.8％. Furthermore, the crop type maps produced using the LiDAR data were in general agreement with those obtained by using Sentinel-2 data, with LiDAR obtaining a mean overall accuracy of 84.3％ and Sentinel-2 a mean overall accuracy of 83.6％. However, the combination of all three datasets proved to be the most effective at differentiating between the crop types, with RF providing the highest overall accuracy of 94.4％. These findings provide a foundation for selecting the appropriate combination of remotely sensed data sources and machine learning algorithms for operational crop type mapping.     

基于谷歌地球引擎的植被覆盖度变化长时间序列检测

利用遥感技术进行植被覆盖度提取,是实现植被覆盖度变化检测的一种有效手段.然而,进行大尺度长时间序列的植被覆盖度变化检测时,传统遥感技术具有操作复杂、耗时较多等缺点.本文利用谷歌地球引擎(Google Earth Engine,GEE)平台,获取美国陆地卫星(Landsat)归一化植被指数(normalized diff...     

基于Google Earth Engine与机器学习的省级尺度零散分布草地生物量估算

大区域草地地上生物量估算对草地资源利用管理及全球碳循环研究具有重要意义。为高效快速地估算大区域零散分布草地地上生物量,本文选取安徽省为研究区,在谷歌地球云引擎（Google Earth Engine）平台的支撑下,通过机器学习方法建立Landsat 8 OLI及其他辅助数据与地面实测草地地上生物量之间的联系,开展了草地零散分布地区省级尺度草地地上生物量高分辨率估算,并与传统的基于归一化植被指数（NDVI）回归模型进行了比较。研究结果表明,综合利用光谱与地形因子的机器学习方法,估算零散化分布草地地上生物量的精度可以达到65%以上,其中分类回归树（CART）模型R²=0.57,预测精度为68.60%,支持向量机（SVM）模型R²=0.59,预测精度为75.74%,而使用NDVI的回归分析产生的误差较大,R²=0.37,预测精度为57.51%,因此机器学习方法相对于传统基于NDVI的回归分析具有明显优势。另外,谷歌地球云引擎平台数据来源广泛、获取方便,可以高效地实现海量影像数据的预处理及计算分析,大大提升了工作效率,与地面调查数据的结合可实现更大区域乃至全国尺度上的零散分布草地地上生物量高分辨率遥感估算。     

基于Google Earth Engine的遥感大数据分析研究进展与应用

随着地理信息数据规模不断增长,传统的空间分析模式受限于软硬件的性能已经不能对大数据多尺度研究提供较好的支持.以GEE平台为基础,通过算法原理阐述平台架构体系以及分析GEE的技术特点,论述其在遥感大数据分析领域的研究进展、人工智能技术在地理信息分析领域的应用,探索地理空间数据分析的智能化方向.最后,结合交叉学科前沿探索G...     

Google Earth及其应用展望

对Google Earth全球地理信息系统做了简单介绍,充分挖掘其功能,阐述了其在地理教学、水利工程管理、林火管理中的应用,并初步探索了其商业化应用。     

基于GEE的地表覆盖与气候状态关联研究

为探究地表覆盖与气候状态间的关联性,本文选取2019年的Landsat影像数据,结合温度、降水量、PM_2.5浓度3种气候指标,利用GEE平台,结合NDVI、MNDWI、NDBI,采用SVM、RF、CART方法进行地表覆盖分类,探究气候指标与地表覆盖类型分布的关联性;提出了使用3种气候指标构建分类特征进行地表覆盖分类的方法,并通过消融试验分析了气候指标对地表覆盖分类精度的影响。结果表明:①RF有较好的分类结果,总体精度为96.0%;②3种气候指标均能提高地表覆盖分类精度,其中PM_2.5浓度效果最好;③温度与植被、水体关联性较大,PM_2.5浓度与城区、植被关联性较大,降水量与耕地关联性较大。     

开源Mapguide与Google Earth相结合的webgis的探讨

利用开源网络地理信息服务软件,结合Google Earth影像,可直观显示地理数据,不过要考虑不同坐标系之间数据的转换问题。     

Evaluation of forest fire on Madeira Island using Sentinel-2A MSI imagery

A forest fire started on August 8th, 2016 in several places on Madeira Island causing damage and casualties. As of August 10th the local media had reported the death of three people, over 200 people injured, over 950 habitants evacuated, and 50 houses damaged. This study presents the preliminary results of the assessment of several spectral indices to evaluate the burn severity of Madeira fires during August 2016. These spectral indices were calculated using the new European satellite Sentinel-2A launched in June 2015. The study confirmed the advantages of several spectral indices such as Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (GNDVI), Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVIreXn) using red-edge spectral bands to assess the post-fire conditions. Results showed high correlation between NDVI, GNDVI, NBR and NDVIre1n spectral indices and the analysis performed by Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMSR175), considered as the reference truth. Regarding the red-edge spectral indices, the NDVIre1n (using band B5, 705 nm) presented better results compared with B6 (740 nm) and B7 (783 nm) bands. These preliminary results allow us to assume that Sentinel-2 will be a valuable tool for post-fire monitoring. In the future, the two twin Sentinel-2 satellites will offer global coverage of the Madeira Archipelago every five days, therefore allowing the simultaneous study of the evolution of the burnt area and reforestation information with high spatial (up to 10 m) and temporal resolution (5 days).     

Global rain-fed,irrigated, and paddy croplands: A new high resolution map derived from remote sensing,crop inventories and climate data

Irrigation accounts for 70% of global water use by humans and 33–40% of global food production comes from irrigated croplands. Accurate and timely information related to global irrigation is therefore needed to manage increasingly scarce water resources and to improve food security in the face of yield gaps, climate change and extreme events such as droughts, floods, and heat waves. Unfortunately, this information is not available for many regions of the world. This study aims to improve characterization of global rain-fed, irrigated and paddy croplands by integrating information from national and sub-national surveys, remote sensing, and gridded climate data sets. To achieve this goal, we used supervised classification of remote sensing, climate, and agricultural inventory data to generate a global map of irrigated, rain-fed, and paddy croplands. We estimate that 314 million hectares (Mha) worldwide were irrigated circa 2005. This includes 66 Mha of irrigated paddy cropland and 249 Mha of irrigated non-paddy cropland. Additionally, we estimate that 1047 Mha of cropland are managed under rain-fed conditions, including 63 Mha of rain-fed paddy cropland and 985 Mha of rain-fed non-paddy cropland. More generally, our results show that global mapping of irrigated, rain-fed, and paddy croplands is possible by combining information from multiple data sources. However, regions with rapidly changing irrigation or complex mixtures of irrigated and non-irrigated crops present significant challenges and require more and better data to support high quality mapping of irrigation.     

Google Earth辅助下的高分辨率遥感影像区域网平差

针对国产卫星境外定位的实际需要,提出利用Google Earth数据量测控制点辅助高分辨率遥感影像区域网平差的方法。首先统一坐标系,将所量测的控制点高程坐标转换为大地高;然后将其视为精度较低的控制点参与平差。试验分为无地面控制点和布设稀少地面控制点两种情况,对于每种情况分别设计不同的试验方案分析Google Earth数据对于定位精度的影响。结果表明利用Google Earth数据辅助区域网平差可以明显提高定位精度,可为缺少地面控制点的境外地区的光学线阵遥感影像几何定位提供新的思路。     

Google Earth和World Wind比较研究

Google Earth和World Wind是目前最具代表性的两款基于网络的三维地理信息浏览器,为空间信息的共享发布提供了新的解决思路和技术手段。本文首先深入分析了这两款软件的技术特点,并在此基础上作了比较研究。     

Google Earth Engine平台下秦岭地区植被覆盖时空变化分析

秦岭地区植被覆盖动态变化对其生态环境有重要影响。本文利用Google Earth Engine云平台,选取1986—2019年Landsat TM/OLI地表反射率数据,结合像元二分模型估算秦岭地区植被覆盖度(FVC);通过年际变化斜率、变异系数、Hurst指数等评价指标,对FVC的时空变化、稳定性和持续性变化进行分析。此外,探究FVC与气温、降雨的耦合关系,并分析土地利用变化对FVC的影响。结果表明:34年间,秦岭地区FVC整体上呈现良好的状况,中高等及以上植被覆盖区达73.11%;FVC由1986年的62.86%增长到2019年的70.01%,植被活动在不断增强;FVC的变异系数均值为0.34,标准差为0.45,其稳定性与其空间分布呈高度自相关性;秦岭地区的植被覆盖变化受气候变化和人为因素的共同影响。