Land use change detection based on multi‐date imagery from different satellite sensor systems

An empirical study was performed assessing the accuracy of land use change detection when using satellite image data acquired ten years apart by sensors with differing spatial resolutions. Landsat/Multi‐spectral Scanner (MSS) with Landsat/Thematic Mapper (TM) or SPOT/High Resolution Visible (HRV) multi‐spectral (XS) data were used as a multi‐data pair for detecting land use change. The primary objectives of the study were to: (1) compare standard change detection methods (e.g. multi‐date ratioing and principal components analysis) applied to image data of varying spatial resolution; (2) assess whether to transform the raster grid of the higher resolution image data to that of the lower resolution raster grid or vice‐versa in the registration process: and (3) determine if Landsat/TM or SPOT/ HRV(XS) data provides more accurate detection of land use changes when registered to historical Landsat/MSS data.

Ratioing multi‐sensor, multi‐date satellite image data produced higher change detection accuracies than did principal components analysis and is useful as a land use change enhancement technique. Ratioing red and near infrared bands of a Landsat/MSS‐SPOT/HRV(XS) multi‐date pair produced substantially higher change detection accuracies (～10%) than ratioing similar bands of a Landsat/MSS ‐ Landsat/TM multi‐data pair. Using a higher‐resolution raster grid of 20 meters when registering Landsat/MSS and SPOTZHRV(XS) images produced a slightly higher change detection accuracy than when both images were registered to an 80 meter raster grid. Applying a “majority”; moving window filter whose size approximated a minimum mapping unit of 1 hectare increased change detection accuracies by 1–3% and reduced commission errors by 10–25%.     

ASTER和TM/ETM+遥感数据融合监测土地覆盖变化

在人们纷纷选择IKONOS、QUICKBIRD、SPOT-5等高分辨率影像监测土地利用/覆盖变化之际,以北京海淀区为例,尝试采用Brovey变换和主成分分析(PCA)法融合ASTER、TM/ETM+中等分辨率影像,充分利用ASTER、TM/ETM+数据的多光谱和较高空间分辨率特性,挖掘其在土地覆盖变化监测中的潜力,为大规模监测土地利用/覆盖变化提供科学参考。研究将2003年ASTER多光谱3N、2、1波段与1999年ETM+PAN波段进行Brovey变换;1992年TM543与1999年ETM+PAN波段进行PCA融合,快速发现土地覆盖变化信息。经验证,变化发现精度达92.50%,符合项目精度要求。试验表明:在缺乏高分辨率影像的地区,选择价格相对便宜的AS-TER和TM/ETM+数据,采用Brovey变换和主成分分析(PCA)法进行融合,可有效监测土地覆盖变化,节约动态监测成本,二者具有很大的应用价值,值得推广。     

Performance of Landsat TM in ship detection in turbid waters

The visible and near infrared bands of Landsat have limitations for detecting ships in turbid water. The potential of TM middle infrared bands for ship detection has so far not been investigated. This study analyzed the performance of the six Landsat TM visible and infrared bands for detecting dredging ships in the turbid waters of the Poyang Lake, China. A colour composite of principal components analysis (PCA) components 3, 2 and 1 of a TM image was used to randomly select 81 dredging ships. The reflectance contrast between ships and adjacent water was calculated for each ship. A z-score and related p-value were used to assess the ship detection performance of the six Landsat TM bands. The reflectance contrast was related to water turbidity to analyze how water turbidity affected the capability of ship identification. The results revealed that the TM middle infrared bands 5 and 7 better discriminated vessels from surrounding waters than the visible and near infrared bands 1–4. A significant relation between reflectance contrast and water turbidity in bands 1–4 could explain the limitations of bands 1–4; while water turbidity has no a significant relation to the reflectance contrast of bands 5 and 7. This explains why bands 5 and 7 detect ships better than bands 1–4.     

陆地卫星MSS图像地表水域信息的机助识别提取

本文介绍了一种利用陆地卫星MSS图像进行水域信息机助识别提取的快速、经济而有效的方法。该方法以对水与非水信息的光谱特征,比值图像的数据结构特点和大气校正的研究与分析为基础。 研究表明,水与非水的主要差异集中于MSS4与MSS7波段,这两个波段的比值图像可在压抑阴影的同时将两图像的信息集中于一。根据对比值图像数据特点的分析,发现比值图像在作等比例拉伸并取整时所不可避免的信息损失主要集中在低值区,高值区则相对得到扩展增强。由于在MSS4/MSS7图像中,水的信息位于高值区,因此其水域识别能力优于MSS7/MSS4。但是,即使MSS4/MSS7图像也无法完全排除山区深阴影对水域识别的干扰。在进行MSS4/MSS7比值运算之前,首先对MSS4图像作粗略的大气校正,则可圆满地解决这一难题。在经大气校正后的MSS4/MSS7图像上,水体像元的值大于1,而深阴影及其它所有非水信息像元的值则小于1,因此,只要以此为门限值将图像二值化,即可获得精度很高的水域识别图像。完全消除阴影和其它因素的干扰。 本方法运算简单,处理速度为最小距离分类的3倍以上,且精度比分类方法高。它不仅适用于MSS图像,也适用于TM图像。采用本方法进行湖北省地表水域机助识别和面积测量的实际应用表明,在各种地貌类型区内本方法均能以较高的精度完成     

监督分类和目视修改相结合在高分辨率遥感影像中的应用

用计算机对遥感影像进行地物类型识别是遥感数字图像处理的一个重要内容,传统的地物分类一般采用MSS、TM和Spot等遥感影像作为数据源。与MSS、TM和Spot等传统遥感影像相比,QuickBird等高分辨率影像数据量大,混合像元减少、地物信息增大,能够被应用于土地分类。在监督分类中,对于达不到精度要求的模板,通常采用重新选择训练区的方法来进行修正,而本文采用目视修改的方法来对监督分类进行补充。本文方法可以改正初次分类中的误分、混分地物,使其归到正确的地物分类中,显著提高了土地分类的精度。为了验证算法的有效性,利用ERDASIMAGING遥感图像处理软件进行实验和精度评价。实验结果表明,监督分类和目视修改相结合的地物分类方法可以显著提高图像的分类精度。     

海河流域湿地格局变化分析

利用遥感和GIS技术,制作了海河流域1980年、1990年、2000年和2007年4期湿地分布图,分析了湿地格局变化过程与区域气候变化以及人类活动的影响.结果表明:(1)流域内天然湿地面积萎缩趋势明显,由1980年的5360 km2降至2007年的4331 km2;人工湿地面积先增加后减小,由1980年的3492 km...     

Exploiting IKONOS and Hyperion data fusion for automated road extraction

We present here the examples that show how fusing data from hyperspectral sensors with data from high spatial resolution sensors can enhance overall road detection accuracy. The fusion of hyperspectral and high spatial resolution data combines their superior respective spectral and spatial information. IKONOS (MSS) and Hyperion images were fused using the principal component analysis (PCA) method. The approach for road extraction integrates multiresolution segmentation and object oriented classification. Road extraction is done from an IKONOS (MSS) image and a Hyperion and IKONOS (MSS) merged image and comparisons are made depending on accuracy and quality measures such as completeness and correctness. This article also emphasises the types of roads which are giving better accuracy of extraction after fusion with hyperspectral image. This can vary because of types of material and condition of roads. The methodology was applied on roads of Dehradun, India.     

基于典型相关分析的多元变化检测

通过对传统变化检测方法在不足的分析,引进典型相关分析的基础理论,将不同时相的多通道遥感数据视为分组的多元随机变量,利用典型我进行遥感数据的多变换进行遥感数据的多元化检测。实验结果表明,所提出的Ｍ变换方法用于多时相、多通道遥感影像的变化检测具有明显的优势和应用前景。     

Characterizing wetland dynamics: a post-classification change detection analysis of the East Kolkata Wetlands using open source satellite data

The East Kolkata Wetlands is a unique resource recovery system. The Ramsar Convention recognized it as a ‘Wetland of International Importance’ in August 2002. However, the long-term resource exploitation and land use changes in the dynamic ecosystem have resulted in non-linear environmental responses. This is an attempt using open source remote sensing datasets to capture the spatio-temporal transformation of the wetland resulting from various anthropogenic activities. Landsat MSS and TM imageries of 1973, 1980, 1989, 2001 and 2010 were classified using Maximum Likelihood Classifier to monitor the wetland change; however, to study wetland dynamics, the post-classification wetland change detection maps have been generated for two temporal phases, i.e. 1973–1989 and 1989–2010. This study finds that the area under wetlands has reduced comprehensively in the past 40 years due to the conversion of wetlands into various other uses such as urban expansion of the Kolkata metropolitan city.     

SAR和TM图像主成分变换融合中不同主分量替换的比较

常用的主成分变换融合方法是将一种遥感图像数据代替主成分变换后的第一主成分并进行反变换,从而得到融合信息的方法。但是,信息量较高的第一主成分被替换,往往造成一定的信息损失。本文对TM2、TM3、TM4、TM5和TM7进行主成分变换,然后用RadarsatSAR影像分别替换各主成分,并对其进行反变换。研究表明,与替换第一主成分或原始图像相比,替换第四和第五主成分的结果在信息量上有很大提高,且信息增强,类别间分离度增大,分类精度提高。但是,替换第四、第五主成分的融合结果相差不大.     

Landsat TM versus MSS data for forest type identification

Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and Multispectral Scanner (MSS) data were digitally analyzed for forest type identification in the Kisatchie Ranger District, Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana. Ground‐verification maps were produced from field surveys and interpretation of 1.12,000 and 1: 58,000 color‐infrared (CIR) aerial photography of nine compartments. Stand boundary and soils maps were input to a digital Geographic Information System (GIS) with the Landsat and ground‐verification data.

‐ Unsupervised classifications of the Landsat data did not identify the above cover types well. Supervised classifications were tested by stand agreement to the ground verification. The highest four‐class agreement was obtained for the TM classification (76 percent). Three‐class (open, pine, and hardwoods) stand agreements (81 (MSS) and 85 (TM) percent) were not significantly different as tested by analysis of variance (alpha level 0.1).     

基于Radarsat和TM图像融合与分类的土壤盐渍化信息遥感监测研究

单一雷达影像数据通常不能提供足够的用以监测干旱地区盐渍化的信息。雷达图像与TM图像的融合可以提高遥感数据的利用率,增强数据的可靠性和信息的互补性,有助于提高分类精度。本文采用了GramSchmidt变换融合法将Radarsat和TM图像进行融合,并将该融合方法与一些常用融合方法(HIS融合、PCA融合、Brovey融合)进行了比较,结果表明该融合方法优于其他方法。最后采用支持向量机分类法(SVM)对Radarsat、TM融合后的图像进行了分类。结果表明:同单独Radarsat影像和TM影像分类结果相比,该融合分类法将分类精度分别提高了近30%和2%。因此该融合分类法更适合于遥感图像盐渍化信息监测。     

Spatiotemporal reflectance blending in a wetland environment

To understand the mechanism of wetland cover change with both moderate spatial resolution and high temporal frequency, this research evaluates the applicability of a spatiotemporal reflectance blending model in the Poyang Lake area, China, using 9 time-series Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper images and 18 time-series Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer images acquired between July 2004 and November 2005. The customized blending model was developed based on the enhanced spatial and temporal adaptive reflectance fusion model (ESTARFM). Reflectance of the moderate-resolution image pixels on the target dates can be predicted more accurately by the proposed customized model than the original ESTARFM. Water level on the input image acquisition dates strongly affected the accuracy of the blended reflectance. It was found that either of the image sets used as prior or posterior inputs are required when the difference of water level between the prior or posterior date and target date at Poyang Hydrological Station is <2.68 m to achieve blending accuracy with a mean average absolute difference of 4% between the observed and blended reflectance in all spectral bands.     

Evaluation of directional normalization methods for Landsat TM/ETM+ over primary Amazonian lowland forests

Biodiversity mapping in extensive tropical forest areas poses a major challenge for the interpretation of Landsat images, because floristically clearly distinct forest types may show little difference in reflectance. In such cases, the effects of the bidirectional reflection distribution function (BRDF) can be sufficiently strong to cause erroneous image interpretation and classification. Since the opening of the Landsat archive in 2008, several BRDF normalization methods for Landsat have been developed. The simplest of these consist of an empirical view angle normalization, whereas more complex approaches apply the semi-empirical Ross–Li BRDF model and the MODIS MCD43-series of products to normalize directional Landsat reflectance to standard view and solar angles. Here we quantify the effect of surface anisotropy on Landsat TM/ETM+ images over old-growth Amazonian forests, and evaluate five angular normalization approaches. Even for the narrow swath of the Landsat sensors, we observed directional effects in all spectral bands. Those normalization methods that are based on removing the surface reflectance gradient as observed in each image were adequate to normalize TM/ETM+ imagery to nadir viewing, but were less suitable for multitemporal analysis when the solar vector varied strongly among images. Approaches based on the MODIS BRDF model parameters successfully reduced directional effects in the visible bands, but removed only half of the systematic errors in the infrared bands. The best results were obtained when the semi-empirical BRDF model was calibrated using pairs of Landsat observation. This method produces a single set of BRDF parameters, which can then be used to operationally normalize Landsat TM/ETM+ imagery over Amazonian forests to nadir viewing and a standard solar configuration.     

1975年—2018年白洋淀湿地变化分析

白洋淀湿地生态功能重要、战略地位特殊,研究其时空变化规律具有重要意义。本文基于1975年—2018年间10期Landsat卫星遥感影像,辅以2017年—2018年高分二号（GF-2）卫星遥感影像,在野外考察湿地类型及其覆被特征基础上,人机交互解译获取各期土地利用/覆被分类图,从面积变化、类型转化、景观格局变化方面分析了近43年白洋淀湿地变化时空特征,讨论了影响分析结果的不确定性因素以及湿地变化成因。结果表明：1975年—2018年白洋淀湿地面积总体呈减少趋势,净变化-68.20 km²（-24.83%）。其中,1975年—1990年湿地面积波动性小、基本稳定,1990年—2011年湿地面积持续性减少,2011年—2018年湿地面积呈现增加趋势。湿地与非湿地类型相互转换区域主要分布于淀区南部、西部、北部的水体—水生植物—耕地—建设用地过渡区域。近43年白洋淀湿地景观趋于破碎、复杂和异质。遥感影像选取月份、年份,以及土地利用/覆被分类体系、分类方法,是影响分析结果的主要不确定性因素。气候、水文等自然因素变化,叠加工农业及城镇生活用水、上游水利工程蓄水、地下水开采等人为因素变化,是白洋淀湿地面积减少、趋于干化的成因。     

应用MSS数字图像处理进行森林资源动态监测的探讨

本文探讨了应用多时相Landsat Mss图像进行森林动态监测的方法。研究了差值图像法、比值植被指数差值法、归一化植被指数差值法、多时相主分量分析法(垂直植被指数法)和分类比较法对提取森林动态变化信息的作用。结果表明,3种植被指数法都能较好地提取植被动态信息,可用于森林面积消长的动态监测。     

Development of a remotely sensed,historical land-cover change database for rural Chihuahua,Mexico

The purpose of this article is to describe the development of a remotely sensed, historical land-cover change database for the northwestern quarter of Chihuahua, Mexico, The database consists of multi-temporal land-cover classifications and change detection images. The database is developed to facilitate future investigations that examine urban–rural linkages as possible drivers of rural land-use and land-cover changes. To develop the needed land-cover change database, this study uses the North American Landsat Characterization (NALC) MSS triplicates because of their temporal depth and spatial breadth. Challenges exist, however, to effective classification and change detection using the NALC triplicates, including illumination differences across multiple scenes and periods caused by topographic and solar variations and the lack of ground reference data for historic periods. Therefore, creation of the database is a four step process. First, extensive pre-processing is performed to enhance comparability of multi-date images. Pre-processing includes topographic correction, mosaic creation and multi-date radiance normalization. Second, ancillary sources of land-cover data are combined with visual interpretations of enhanced images to define reference pixels used to classify the images using the maximum likelihood algorithm. Third, classification accuracy is assessed. Fourth, post-classification change detection is performed. Results indicate significant image improvements after pre-processing that permit very good overall classification (86.26% classified correctly) and change detection. To conclude, findings are presented that indicate significant changes to arid grasslands/shrublands and forest resources in mountainous regions.     

Use of Very High Spatial Resolution Remotely Sensed Imagery for Assessing Land‐Cover Changes in Shrub Habitat Preserves of Southern California

Abstract

The goal of this research was to explore the utility of very high spatial resolution, digital remotely sensed imagery for monitoring land‐cover changes in habitat preserves within southern California coastal shrublands. Changes were assessed for Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve, a large open space in San Diego County, over the 1996 to 1999 period for which imagery was available.

Multispectral, digital camera imagery from two summer dates, three years apart, was acquired using the Airborne Data Acquisition and Registration (ADAR) digital‐camera system. These very high resolution (VHR) image data (1m), composed of three visible and one near‐infrared wavebands (V/NIR), were the primary image input for assessing land cover change. Image‐derived datasets generated from georeferenced and registered ADAR imagery included multitemporal overlays and multitemporal band differencing with threshold selection. Two different multitemporal image classifications were generated from these datasets and compared. Single‐date imagery was analyzed interactively with image‐derived datasets and with information from field observations in an effort to discern change types. A ground sampling survey conducted soon after the 1999 image acquisition provided concurrent ground reference data.

Most changes occurring within the three‐year interval were associated with transitional phenological states and differential precipitation effects on herbaceous cover. Variations in air temperatures and timing of rainfall contributed to differences that the seven‐week image acquisition offset may have caused. Disturbance factors of mechanical clearing, erosion, potentially invasive plants, and fire were evident and their influence on the presence, absence, and type of vegetation cover were likely sources of change signals.

The multitemporal VHR, V/NIR image data enabled relatively fine‐scale land cover changes to be detected and identified. Band differencing followed by multitemporal classification provided an effective means for detecting vegetation increase or decrease. Detailed information on short‐term disturbance effects and long‐term vegetation type conversions can be extracted if image acquisitions are carefully planned and geometric and radiometric processing steps are implemented.     

基于正交变换的多通道遥感影像变化检测

针对多时相多通道遥感影像的变化检测问题，引入了多元统计中的典型相关分析方法，对遥感影像进行典型变换，并采用最小噪声比率变换对典型变换结果作后处理，得到差异影像，初步解决了将变化信息集中到少数分量中的问题。实验证实了该方法的有效性，并与主成分分析方法进行了比较。     

基于多尺度分割算法的湿地干扰格局研究

以三江平原具有典型湿地特征的建三江区为例,首先采用不同时间段归一化植被指数（NDVI）差值的变化监测人类活动改变的土地利用变化程度,然后结合遥感图像多尺度分割法,分析湿地系统的8种类型空间干扰格局,计算干扰度（PD）、干扰邻近度（PDD）及二者的相关性。结果表明：研究区土地利用类型变化对多尺度干扰格局的分布有明显影响,耕地、草地和沼泽地总干扰率较高,变化频繁;水域、林地和沼泽在干扰类型C1、C2中分布较广,但干扰值低,面积小;耕地分别占干扰类型C7、C8的74.38%和61.76%,干扰值高且面积大,说明耕地是建三江区湿地系统的主要干扰源。干扰邻近度说明干扰在一定尺度上发生,当干扰度PD＆lt;0.4或PD＆gt;0.7,且干扰邻近度PDD＆gt;PD时,干扰对周边土地类型必定产生影响。本研究为湿地生态系统脆弱性和恢复力的评价提供有效的生态特征指标。