Glacier surface characteristics derivation and monitoring using Hyperspectral datasets: a case study of Gepang Gath glacier,Western Himalaya

Mountain Glaciers are natural resources of fresh water and these affect the stream flow of the rivers, regional climate and further global climate. Observed trends and projected future evolutions of climate and Cryospheric variables clearly suggest a need to monitor these changes. Accordingly, the article presents the glacier features mapping using Hyperspectral remote sensing imagery. A freely available Hyperion satellite imagery acquired over Gepang Gath glacier in Himachal Pradesh, India is used for the study. Each class is identified based on their surface characteristics of spectral reflectance properties. Identification is simplified by demarcating the study glacier into accumulation and ablation areas through snowline. Accumulation area is characterized with high reflectance clean snow/ice and reduced moderate reflectance Snow/firn. The identification of classes in Hyperion imagery is validated using the spectral library from USGS and ASTER, and field spectra obtained from literature.     

Land cover mapping at Alkali Flat and Lake Lucero,White Sands,New Mexico,USA using multi-temporal and multi-spectral remote sensing data

The goal of this research is to map land cover patterns and to detect changes that occurred at Alkali Flat and Lake Lucero, White Sands using multispectral Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+), Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), Advanced Land Imager (ALI), and hyperspectral Hyperion and Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) data. The other objectives of this study were: (1) to evaluate the information dimensionality limits of Landsat 7 ETM+, ASTER, ALI, Hyperion, and AVIRIS data with respect to signal-to-noise and spectral resolution, (2) to determine the spatial distribution and fractional abundances of land cover endmembers, and (3) to check ground correspondence with satellite data. A better understanding of the spatial and spectral resolution of these sensors, optimum spectral bands and their information contents, appropriate image processing methods, spectral signatures of land cover classes, and atmospheric effects are needed to our ability to detect and map minerals from space. Image spectra were validated using samples collected from various localities across Alkali Flat and Lake Lucero. These samples were measured in the laboratory using VNIR–SWIR (0.4–2.5 μm) spectra and X-ray Diffraction (XRD) method. Dry gypsum deposits, wet gypsum deposits, standing water, green vegetation, and clastic alluvial sediments dominated by mixtures of ferric iron (ferricrete) and calcite were identified in the study area using Minimum Noise Fraction (MNF), Pixel Purity Index (PPI), and n-D Visualization. The results of MNF confirm that AVIRIS and Hyperion data have higher information dimensionality thresholds exceeding the number of available bands of Landsat 7 ETM+, ASTER, and ALI data. ASTER and ALI data can be a reasonable alternative to AVIRIS and Hyperion data for the purpose of monitoring land cover, hydrology and sedimentation in the basin. The spectral unmixing analysis and dimensionality eigen analysis between the various datasets helped to uncover the most optimum spatial–spectral–temporal and radiometric-resolution sensor characteristics for remote sensing based on monitoring of seasonal land cover, surface water, groundwater, and alluvial sediment input changes within the basin. The results demonstrated good agreement between ground truth data and XRD analysis of samples, and the results of Matched Filtering (MF) mapping method.     

琯溪蜜柚叶片氮浓度高光谱遥感监测初探

以福建省平和县琯溪蜜柚为研究对象，利用星载Hyperion高光谱遥感数据对蜜柚叶片进行氮浓度估测。在分析Hyperion数据特征的基础上进行大气校正、几何纠正等预处理，从而得到图像反射率；结合地面光谱测量和蜜柚叶片采样分析，通过逐步回归分析法研究叶片氮浓度与高光谱图像反射率及其衍生量的关系，最终建立其遥感定量监测模型。结果表明，图像反射率的对数变换更有利于氮浓度的定量反演，入选的波段是983 nm、1 245 nm、1 316 nm和1 457 nm，其中1 245 nm波段对氮浓度影响最大，1 457 nm波段最小。利用该模型对氮浓度进行估算的值域与地面调查结果一致，说明利用高光谱进行氮浓度定量反演具有一定的可行性。     

EO-1Hyperion高光谱数据FLAASH模块大气纠正及评价

由于受到大气的影响,传感器接收到的辐射信息不能真实地反映地表反射光谱信息,因此,从遥感影像中去除大气的影响,即进行大气校正,是高光谱遥感数据处理中极为重要的环节。文章介绍了EO-1hyperion高光谱数据的特点,以及用FLAASH（Fast Line of Sight Atmospheric Analysis of ...     

一种基于阴影像元的光学遥感大气校正方法

提出一种基于6S模型 阴影像元的大气校正方法,适用于有阴影像元存在的高空间分辨率光学遥感影像。该方法从阴影像元与非阴影像元的信号差异估算气溶胶光学厚度,与暗目标方法相比,此方法避免地表反射率的假定难题。以北京市密云县的IKONOS影像对方法进行验证。在气溶胶光学厚度的估算上,该方法的估算结果与MODIS气溶胶产品基本一致,而且其结果的稳定性明显好于暗目标法。在大气校正的结果方面,针对各类地物,比较大气校正前后的光谱与同类典型实测地物光谱,结果说明大气校正能够大大恢复各类地物光谱的典型特征,这将有利于地物的识别。最后通过比较大气校正前后的NDVI发现,大气校正能够明显增大高植被覆盖区与低植被覆盖区NDVI的差别,使植被信息更加突出。     

TM/ETM+影像大气校正产品质量评价方法研究

对TM/ETM+的大气校正产品质量进行评价是改进影像质量的必要手段。提出采用已有高质量TM/ETM+表面反射率产品作为参考影像评价TM/ETM+的大气校正产品质量的方法。该方法设计了面向产品质量评价的影像光谱采样方案和多时相遥感影像PIFs(pseudo invariant features,PIFs)样本自动识别方法,能对多时相/季相TM/ETM+大气校正产品质量进行评价。试验表明该方法能准确识别PIFs地物,评价结果真实反映了遥感影像大气校正结果准确度。方法具有快速和低成本等特点,能开展规模化应用。     

Potential of Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2A composite for land use land cover analysis

Abstract

This study proposes the development of a multi-sensor, multi-spectral composite from Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2A imagery referred to as ‘LSC’ for land use land cover (LULC) characterisation and compared with respect to the hyperspectral imagery of the EO1: Hyperion sensor. A three-stage evaluation was implemented based on the similarity observed in the spectral response, supervised classification results and endmember abundance information obtained using linear spectral unmixing. The study was conducted for two areas located around Dhundi and Rohtak in Himachal Pradesh and Haryana, respectively. According to the analysis of the spectral reflectance curves, the spectral response of the LSC is capable of identifying major LULC classes. The kappa accuracy of 0.85 and 0.66 was observed for the classification results from LSC and Hyperion data for Dhundi and Rohtak datasets, respectively. The coefficient of determination was found to be above 0.9 for the LULC classes in both the datasets as compared to Hyperion, indicating a good agreement. Thus, these three-stage results indicated the significant potential of a composite derived from freely available multi-sensor multi-spectral imagery as an alternative to hyperspectral imagery for LULC studies.     

地物反射光谱对MODIS近红外波段水汽反演影响的模拟分析

在近红外辐射传输方程的基础上,利用近红外波段水汽的不同吸收属性,在MODTRAN的模拟下,深入分析了基于MODIS近红外数据的可降水汽反演算法,并着重讨论了地物反射光谱非线性在可降水汽反演中的影响。研究结果显示,当波段间反射率之比不等于1时,MODIS近红外波段反演水汽将存在较大偏差。同时,在地物光谱库基础上,计算了不同地物反射率比值,其分布表明,大部分地物波段反射率比值不等于1。研究表明,应用现有MODIS近红外波段水汽反演算法,如果不考虑地表反射率光谱变化的影响,由地表反射光谱造成的误差最大约为反射率比值与1偏差的15倍,同时,这一误差还与大气波段透过率之比有关。     

航天高光谱遥感器CHRIS的水体图像大气校正

CHRIS(Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer)是欧空局于2001年10月发射的PROBA-1卫星上搭载的探索性高光谱遥感器,它具备高空间分辨率、多角度观测、高光谱成像等特点,为水质遥感监测提供不可多得的数据源。基于卫星遥感图像定量监测水质,一个关键步骤就是进行精确的大气校正,提取水面反射率。相比陆地遥感图像,水面反射率是弱信号,对大气校正的要求更高。6S(Second Simulation of SatelliteSignal in the Solar Spectrum)和MODTRAN(MOderate resolution TRANsmittance code)是两种常用的大气辐射传输模型。本文选取基于6S的REMS(Remote Sensing Environmental Monitoring System)和基于MODT-RAN的ACORN(Atmospheric CORrection Now)两种大气校正软件,对太湖梅梁湾的三景不同成像角度CHRIS图像进行大气校正,将大气校正后的图像水体反射率与地面同步实测水体反射率进行比较分析。结果表明,经过大气校正的CHRIS图像得到的水面反射率与实测反射率波形十分地接近,在全部波长范围内的相关系数达到90%。分析实测的水体反射率角度特征,发现图像的角度特征更明显。三个观测角度下反射率之间的各差值都呈现出在绿光波段较大,在红光和近红外波段偏小的特点,这和实测结果相符。ACORN校正后的图像的角度特征更好地与实测结果吻合。     

GPS技术在大气探测中的应用

介绍了GPS遥感大气水汽含量技术的类型、实时GPS遥感水汽技术的研究现状以及地基GPS大气探测的基本原理。提出了用非差精密单点定位模式进行实时GPS遥感水汽探测的基本构想和需要解决的关键问题,并对非差精密单点定位的主要误差源进行了简要分析和评述。     

多样地表和大气状况下的MODIS数据云检测

云覆盖作为天气和气候变化的一个重要因子,对地表-大气能量平衡和水循环有着重要的影响,因此,快速、准确地利用卫星遥感技术检测云覆盖具有重要的实用价值和科学意义。利用卫星遥感数据,尤其是常用的Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS)影像数据,因其具有较高的光谱和时间分辨率,以及2330 km扫描幅宽,为大范围实时、准确地进行云检测提供了可能。目前,基于MODIS数据发展了大量的云检测方法,但因地表类型的多样性和大气状况(如空气污染和沙尘事件等)的复杂性,目前已有的云检测方法,检测精度通常具有较大的不确定性,且针对不同地表和大气状况缺乏普适性,同时也缺乏对检测精度的定量化评估。因此,本文首先比较了常用的3种云检测算法,并基于前人经验提出了两种改进方法(方法4和方法5),首先区分出云和冰雹,摒弃了不稳定的亮温波段,两种算法均适用于复杂地表和大气状况的云检测算法。结果显示,方法5可以较好地应用于基于MODIS数据的云检测,总体精度达92.6±7%,改进了现有基于MODIS数据的云检测算法;方法4平均总体精度82.9±13%,虽然精度相对较低,但云残留少,适合作为对云敏感度高的研究工作的云检测方法。     

Calibration of ASTER and ETM + imagery using empirical line method—A case study of north-east of Hajjah, Yemen

This study is aimed at using the Empirical Line Method (ELM) to eliminate atmospheric effects with respect to visible and near infrared bands of advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER) and enhanced thematic mapper plus (ETM+) data. Two targets (Amran limestone as light target and quartz-biotite-sericite-graphite schists as dark target), which were widely exposed and easy to identify in the imagery were selected. The accuracy of the atmospheric correction method was evaluated from three targets (vegetation cover, Amran limestone and Akbra shale) of the surface reflectance. Analytical spectral devices (ASD) FieldSpec3 was used to measure the spectra of target samples. ETM+ data were less influenced by the atmospheric effect when compared to ASTER data. Normalized differences vegetation indices (NDVI) displayed good results with reflectance data when compared with digital number (DN) data because it is highly sensitive to ground truth reflectance (GTR). Most of the differences observed before and after calibration of satellite images (ASTER and ETM+) were absorbed in the SWIR region.      

Hyperspectral remote sensing of evaporate minerals and associated sediments in Lake Magadi area, Kenya

Pleistocene to present evaporitic lacustrine sediments in Lake Magadi, East African Rift Valley, Kenya were studied and mapped using spectral remote sensing methods. This approach incorporated surface mineral mapping using space-borne hyperspectral Hyperion imagery together with laboratory analysis, including visible, near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (VNIR) measurements and X-ray diffraction for selected rock and soil samples of the study area. The spectral signatures of Magadiite and Kenyaite, which have not been previously reported, were established and the spectral signatures of trona, chert series, volcanic tuff and the High Magadi bed were also analyzed.Image processing techniques, MNF (Minimum Noise Fraction) and MTMF (Mixture Tuned Matched Filtering) using a stratified approach (image analysis with and without the lake area), were used to enhance the mapping of evaporates. High Magadi beds, chert series and volcanic tuff were identified from the Hyperion image with an overall mapping accuracy of 84.3%. Even though, the spatial distribution of evaporites and sediments in Lake Magadi area change in response to climate variations, the mineralogy of this area has not been mapped recently. The results of this study shows the usefulness of the hypersspectral remote sensing to map the surface geology of this kind of environment and to locate promising sites for industrial open-pit trona mining in a qualitative and quantitative manner.     

Multiscale quantification of urban composition from EO-1/Hyperion data using object-based spectral unmixing

Quantification of the urban composition is important in urban planning and management. Previous research has primarily focused on unmixing medium-spatial resolution multispectral imagery using spectral mixture analysis (SMA) in order to estimate the abundance of urban components. For this study an object-based multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis (MESMA) approach was applied to unmix the 30-m Earth Observing-1 (EO-1)/Hyperion hyperspectral imagery. The abundance of two physical urban components (vegetation and impervious surface) was estimated and mapped at multiple scales and two defined geographic zones. The estimation results were validated by a reference dataset generated from fine spatial resolution aerial photography. The object-based MESMA approach was compared with its corresponding pixel-based one, and EO-1/Hyperion hyperspectral data was compared with the simulated EO-1/Advanced Land Imager (ALI) multispectral data in the unmixing modeling. The pros and cons of the object-based MESMA were evaluated. The result illustrates that the object-based MESMA is promising for unmixing the medium-spatial resolution hyperspectral imagery to quantify the urban composition, and it is an attractive alternative to the traditional pixel-based mixture analysis for various applications.     

A coupled atmospheric and topographic correction algorithm for remotely sensed satellite imagery over mountainous terrain

Radiometric correction is an important issue in the quantitative remote-sensing community. By integrating dark object subtraction (DOS)-based atmospheric correction with physics-based topographic correction, a coupled land surface reflectance retrieval algorithm (coupled atmospheric and topographic correction algorithm, named the CAT algorithm) for rugged mountainous regions is proposed. Terra MODIS-derived atmospheric characterization data (including aerosol optical depth, integrated precipitable water, surface pressure, and ozone concentration) are employed as inputs for the proposed algorithm. A physics-based path radiance estimation model is proposed and embedded in the CAT algorithm, and band-specific per-pixel path radiance values are calculated. After the CAT algorithm was performed, the correlation between reflectance and terrain was dramatically reduced, with correlation coefficients nearly equal zero, especially for the near infrared and short-wave infrared bands, meanwhile the image information content increased over 20%. To provide a comparison with previous studies, two commonly used methods in the literature (DOS + Cosine and DOS + C) were employed. The results of the comparison show that the proposed algorithm performed better in both atmospheric and topographic corrections without empirical regression.     

Retrieval of soil physicochemical properties towards assessing salt-affected soils using Hyperspectral Data

The relationship between soil salinity parameters and their influence on soil spectral characteristics were analyzed using both satellite data (Hyperion) and reflectance data of soil samples collected from parts of Ahmedabad district of Gujarat, India. The soil spectral reflectance curves were assessed using absorption feature parameters by DISPEC software to identify suitable spectral band for salinity characterization. The Hyperion data of the study area were processed and classified into different classes by spectral angle mapper algorithm using spectral library generated from soil spectra. The results showed that among all the observed soil parameters Electrical Conductivity, Exchangeable Sodium Percentage, Cation Exchange Capacity and Mg⁺⁺ predictions can be made accurately based on partial least square regression models developed from selected wavelengths. Out of the total study area moderately saline-sodic, severely saline-sodic, severely saline and slightly saline soils occupy 23.5, 12.6, 10.9 and 0.04%, respectively.     

Estimating the motion of atmospheric water vapor using the Global Positioning System

Water vapor is both an important component in the atmosphere for the transport of energy and a noise source for space geodetic observations of the Earth's surface, such as from GPS and interferometric SAR (InSAR) measurements. GPS data collected from ground receivers are sensitive to the total amount of water vapor above the antenna and data from continuously operating GPS receivers are routinely used to estimate delays caused by atmospheric water vapor. Using these time series of atmospheric delay, we have estimated the motion of atmospheric water vapor above GPS networks. The motion above each site is determined by comparing the time series from different sites and estimating relative time offsets in these time series. These are then used to determine the velocity field of the atmospheric delays as they move across the network. We have compared the results with similar estimates inferred from geostationary satellite data and found clear correlation on several occasions. Such results can be useful for improving the understanding of the energy transport in the atmosphere, the spatial interpolation of water vapor, and for calibrating InSAR observations for delays caused by water vapor. Electronic Publication     

单窗算法的大气参数估计方法

根据地表热辐射传导方程,提出了一个简单可行且精度较高的专门用于从TM6数据中演算地表温度的方法——单窗算法.这一算法把大气和地表状态对地表热传导的影响直接包括在演算公式中.该方法需要两个大气参数进行地表温度的演算,即大气平均作用温度和大气透射率.本文论述这两个大气参数的估计方法:根据大气水分含量或地表附近空气湿度来估计大气透射率;通过分析标准大气剖面资料,尤其是大气水分和气温随高程的变化规律,根据地表温度推算大气平均作用温度.     

中国区域940nm带整层大气水汽透过率的参数化模式

用MODTRAN模拟计算了全国34个地点的逐月和全年平均大气模式在940 nm波段的水汽透过率,并拟合出每种大气模式水汽透过率与水汽量经验关系式中的参数a、b。结果表明,参数a、b值与模式的整层大气可降水量有较好的相关性,并建立了a-W、b-W的经验关系式,且该关系式与海拔高度H(地面气压p0)有关。最后分析了a、b值的变化对地基消光反演水汽量精度的影响。