Mangrove conversion and aquaculture development in Vietnam: A remote sensing-based approach for evaluating the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Remote sensing data have been proposed as a potential tool for monitoring environmental treaties. However, to date, satellite images have been used primarily for visualization, but not for systematic monitoring of treaty compliance. In this paper, we present a methodology to operationalize the use of satellite imagery to assess the impact of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The approach uses time series analysis of landscape pattern metrics to assess land cover conditions before and after designation of Ramsar status to monitor compliance with the Convention. We apply the methodology to two case studies in Vietnam and evaluate the success of Ramsar using four metrics: (1) total mangrove extent; (2) mangrove fragmentation; (3) mangrove density; and (4) aquaculture extent. Results indicate that the Ramsar Convention did not slow the development of aquaculture in the region, but total mangrove extent has remained relatively constant, primarily due to replanting efforts. Yet despite these restoration efforts, the mangroves have become fragmented and survival rates for replanting efforts are low. The methodology is cost effective and especially useful to evaluate Ramsar sites that rely mainly on self-reporting methods and where third parties are not actively involved in the monitoring process. Finally, the case study presented in this paper demonstrates that with the appropriate satellite record, in situ measurements and field observations, remote sensing is a promising technology that can help monitor compliance with international environmental agreements.     

Multi-criteria spatialization of soil organic carbon sequestration potential from agricultural intensification in Senegal

On the eve of the 15th climate negotiations conference in Copenhagen, the pressure to assess all climate mitigation options is mounting. In this study, a bio-physic model and a socio-economic model were designed and coupled to assess the carbon sequestration potential of agricultural intensification in Senegal. The biophysical model is a multiple linear regression, calibrated and tested on a dataset of long-term agricultural trials established in West Africa. The socio-economic model integrates both financial and environmental costs related to considered practice changes. Both models are spatially explicit and the resulting spatial patterns were computed and displayed over Senegal with a geographic information system. The national potential from large-scale intensification was assessed at 0.65–0.83 MtC. With regards to local-scaled intensification as local projects, the most profitable areas were identified in agricultural expansion regions (especially Casamance), while the areas that meet the current financial additionality criteria of the Clean Development Mechanism were located in the northern part of the Peanut Basin. Using the current relevant mode of carbon valuation (Certified Emission Reductions), environmental benefits are small compared to financial benefits. This picture is radically changed if “avoided deforestation”, a likely consequence of agricultural intensification, is accounted for as the greenhouse gases sink capacity of projects increases by an average of a hundred-fold over Senegal.     

结合潮位信息的红树林遥感识别

红树林的滨海湿地生境使得它同陆生植被、水体-陆生植被混合像元难以区分,且红树林在遥感图像上的空间分布还随着潮位的变化而变化,因此基于通常采用的单一潮位遥感图像无法精确提取红树林空间信息.基于高潮位和低潮位TM遥感图像,尝试利用红树林的潮位周期性变化和滨海湿地特征来精确提取红树林空间分布信息.研究结果表明：基于缨帽变换和潮差信息提取的WI_L+WI_H、GVI_L和GVI_L-GVI_H（WI、GVI分别为Wetness Index、Greenness Vegetation Index,下标L和H分别表示低潮位和高潮位）等指数能使红树林与其他地物之间具有很好的可分性;进一步采用最大似然法对红树林进行分类识别,通过结合潮位信息能精确提取红树林,其中制图精度和用户精度分别为94.57%、98.8%.     

卫星反演积雪信息的研究进展

综合分析了积雪信息反演的主要遥感信息源和提取方法。在光学遥感方面,应用较广的主要是改进型甚高分辨率扫描辐射仪（AVHRR）资料和中分辨率成像光谱仪（MODIS）资料;提取积雪信息大多是根据积雪在可见光波段的高反射率和近红外波段的低反射率,并通过建立回归模型反演积雪面积和深度。由于传感器的改进,MODIS卫星资料在空间分辨率、积雪反演算法等方面明显优于AVHRR资料。光学仪器受云层和大气的影响很大,由于云和积雪在可见光和近红外波段上都具有高反射率。并且由于云层的遮挡。云下的地表信息不能被光学遥感仪器所接收到。微波遥感方面,被动微波遥感仪如微波辐射计成像仪（SSM／I）、高级微波扫描辐射计（AMSR—E）等可以全天候穿过云层进行监测,具有光学仪器所没有的优势,并通过提取地表的亮温差,建立雪深反演模型得到积雪深度。被动微波传感器存在分辨率低。无法监测浅雪区信息等问题。另外影响地表微波亮温的因素很多,这些都在一定程度上影响了反演结果的精确度。主动微波遥感仪如合成孔径雷达、微波散射计等利用积雪与其它地物的后向散射系数的不同来识别积雪,但也同样存在分辨率低等问题。最后探讨了卫星反演积雪信息中仍然存在的问题和进一步发展的方向。     

Battle over the sun: Resistance,tension, and divergence in enabling rooftop solar adoption in Indonesia

This article examines sustainability transitions in the Global South, focusing on the adoption of rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems in Indonesia as a case study. Based on 55 in-depth interviews and a secondary data review, we develop an alternative analytical framework that draws insights from geographical political economy and political ecology. This alternative lens allows us to better inform the socio-technical transition literature by uncovering both the spatial implications of renewable energy transitions and the power differentials underpinning them. We find that the emergence of rooftop PV technology in Indonesia has provoked resistance, as it challenges the incumbent power company’s monopoly over urban space, the Java-Bali grid system’s dependency on coal-based electricity, and state-led practices that prioritise the implementation of small-scale solar in rural and remote areas. We argue that paying attention to the asymmetric power relations among institutions and actors across multiple scales offers a more-fine grained approach to analysing the dynamics of sustainability transitions. Our findings also call for greater attention to diverse and divergent perspectives among niche actors, emphasising the need to genuinely embrace local voices and knowledge that might otherwise be marginalised by the dominant globally and nationally driven narratives of renewable transition.     

一种由卫星遥感资料获得的修正的土壤调整植被指数

目前,通过卫星遥感资料确定区域面上植被分布、类型的研究受到许多实用领域的普遍重视,并由此提出了许多形式不同的植被指数。由于土壤背景噪声是造成植被指数不确定的重要原因之一,为此不同学者在标准化差值植被指数的基础上提出了多种旨在能消弱土壤背景噪声的土壤调整植被指数,如权重差值植被指数、土壤调整植被指数和转化土壤调整植被指数等等。这些植被指数不同程度上消弱了土壤背景噪声,但是必须预先已知下垫面植被的密度分布或覆盖百分比,也就是说仅适合于求解某一小范围植被覆盖变化较小下垫面上的植被指数,而且其动态范围也偏小。本文提出了一种修正的土壤调整植被指数,土壤调整因子由植被指数自身调整,不需要其它辅助信息。计算结果表明其动态范围较大,与最佳土壤调整因子下的土壤调整植被指数差异小,因此对应用卫星遥感资料求解区域面上土壤调整植被指数极其有效。     

我国沙尘灾害遥感监测研究与展望

沙尘暴是一种强自然灾害,日益成为影响生态环境和社会经济的重要问题.随着遥感技术的不断发展和新型遥感数据的大量出现,运用遥感技术监测沙尘灾害不仅弥补了传统监测手段时空分辨率的不足,同时也是沙尘灾害研究的重要组成部分.本文论述了卫星遥感监测沙尘灾害的原理,从沙尘移动路径变化、下垫面状况、遥感信息定量获取和强度监测等四个方面总结了遥感监测沙尘灾害的主要内容,并介绍了利用极轨卫星和静止卫星遥感监测沙尘的主要方法,最后从新型遥感数据应用、多种遥感方式结合和多学科、多领域的交叉研究等三个方面展望了卫星遥感监测沙尘的未来的发展趋势.     

基于RS和GIS的黄河故道地区土地沙质贫瘠化评价——以河南省中牟县为例

土地沙质贫瘠化是土地沙漠化在黄河故道地区的典型表现形式,对该区域的生态环境和人类可持续发展构成了巨大威胁。利用Landsat TM数据,在遥感与地理信息建模技术支持下,构建了像元为尺度的土地沙质贫瘠化定量化评价模型。通过对模型中的植被盖度、地表温度和裸沙占地百分比等3个关键因子的遥感反演,可实现对研究区土地沙质贫瘠化程...     

Thermal infra-red underflights compared to ERS-1 C-band synthetic aperture radar focusing soil moisture distribution

Summary This paper is focused on the applicability of remotely sensed data of different platforms to determine spatial variability and distribution of soil mositure on a local scale. A plane agricultural test site of 2 km² in Central Europe is the basis for a comparison of simultaneously recorded high resolution (<0.2 m) thermal infra-red data with C-band microwave data (<30 m). In situ measurements link the remote sensing data to ground truth. Heterogeneity in landform, soil and vegetative cover are accounted for in a resolution of less than a hectare. Results of this study show that there is no correlation between backscattering coefficients and brightness temperatures over vegetated fields, but brightness temperature indicates a distribution of plant available water in the root zone. Bare fields in dry conditions demand in-situ determination of soil moisture of the top few millimeters to compare remote sensing data to reliable ground truth.With 7 Figures     

支持向量机在积雪检测中的应用

针对地球观测系统/中分辨率成像光谱仪EOS/MODIS（Earth Observation System/Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer）影像资料中的积雪检测,提出了基于支持向量机SVMs（Sup-port Vector Machines）的遥感影像分类方法。分析了积雪检测过程中的特征选择和提取,建立基于支持向量机的遥感影像分类模型,并进行了积雪检测试验。结果表明,特征选择对积雪检测起到了积极的作用,同时也证明了支持向量机方法在遥感影像分类中的优势,值得进一步推广使用。     

气象卫星遥感资料在积雪监测中的应用

介绍了在地区级气象台站采用气象系统 92 1 0工程下发的FY 1D卫星遥感数据 ,在短红外波段的基础上建立多光谱提取积雪信息的计算方法及监测模型 ,并以2 0 0 2年 1 1月至 2 0 0 3年 5月新疆积雪遥感监测为例 ,介绍了卫星遥感监测积雪深度和积雪覆盖面积的方法 ,分析了积雪覆盖特征和变化规律。     

Deforestation in the Ayeyarwady Delta and the conservation implications of an internationally-engaged Myanmar

Myanmar is a country of huge biodiversity importance that is undergoing major political change, bringing with it new international engagement. This includes access to international markets, which will likely spur investment in export-oriented agriculture, leading to increased pressures on already threatened ecosystems. This scenario is illustrated in the Ayeyarwady Delta, the country's agricultural heartland sustaining high deforestation rates. Using the Delta as a model system, we use an integrated approach to inquire about whether and how imminent agricultural reforms associated with an internationally-engaged Myanmar could introduce new actors and incentives to invest in agricultural expansion that could affect deforestation rates. We use a novel remote sensing analysis to quantify deforestation rates for the Delta from 1978 to 2011, develop business-as-usual deforestation scenarios, and contextualize those results with an analysis of contemporary policy changes within Myanmar that are expected to alter the principal drivers of land-cover change. We show that mangrove systems of Myanmar are under greater threat than previously recognized, and that agriculture has been the principle driver of deforestation on the Delta. The centrality of agriculture to the Myanmar economy indicates that emerging policies are likely to tip the scales towards agricultural expansion, agro-industrial investment and potentially greater rates of deforestation due to the introduction of well-funded investors, insufficient land tenure agreements, and low governance effectiveness. The broad national challenge is to initiate environmental governance reforms (including safeguards) in the face of significant pressures for land grabbing and opportunistic resource extraction.     

一种高分辨率遥感影像的数学形态学滤波算法

应用数学形态学理论,结合高空间分辨率遥感影像的特点,选择包含全部方向的结构元素,设计一种基于全方位结构元素的加权多级滤波算法,用于高空间分辨率遥感影像的处理。算法中使用峰值信噪比方法自适应地确定各个方向结构元素的权重。实验结果表明：与结构元素尺度形状单一的形态学滤波算法相比,全方位结构元素的加权多级滤波算法在噪声抑制和细节保持上均有较好的性能,峰值信噪比有了更大的提高,而且更适合于对高空间分辨率遥感影像的噪声去除。     

基于多源遥感数据的辽宁地表温度反演及空间分布研究

以辽宁地表温度为研究对象,采用普适性单通道算法,利用FY-3A/MERSI数据,并结合MODIS 1000 m分辨率数据,反演了2009年和2010年4-9月间10个时次晴空或局部晴空时的地表温度。结果表明：计算验证了模型的反演精度与同期NASA所发布MODIS地表温度产品的精度相当,其结果与相应的56个气象站点的实际观测数据相一致。多源遥感数据的综合应用,可获得较合理的地表温度反演结果;不同土地覆盖类型间地表温度的高低在相同时间内存在显著差异;研究期内,林地、水田、旱地和建设用地的NDVI与地表温度具有负相关性。综合利用遥感、地理信息系统技术,可以表征地表温度与土地利用类型以及地表温度与归一化植被指数(NDVI)之间的关系。     

植物物候遥感监测研究进展

基于遥感监测方法的植物物候研究已成为全球气候变化研究的一个热点课题,通过对植物物候生长季概念的遥感界定,归纳总结了物候监测的基本原理、遥感数据源以及4种常用的遥感监测方法,并指出各种遥感监测方法存在的问题和不足;以遥感监测技术为支撑,对地区、大洲和全球尺度上物候与气候关系的研究、物候与人类行为关系的研究进行了阐述,指出植物物候的变化常常是二者共同影响的结果。针对当前物候研究中存在的不足,探讨了今后的研究发展方向。     

农作物长势遥感监测业务化应用与研究进展

农作物长势监测可为田间管理提供及时的决策支持信息和早期估产提供依据。为了更好地研究作物生长过程中不同遥感监测作物长势方法的适用性,从多光谱遥感数据、高光谱遥感数据和微波遥感数据的应用及遥感监测指标与模型模拟方面综述了国内外农作物长势遥感监测研究及业务化应用的最新进展,指出了未来拟重点加强的研究任务,包括高时空分辨率和高光谱分辨率遥感数据的业务化技术、多遥感反演参数协同监测作物长势技术研发、基于遥感信息与作物过程模型的集合预报技术研究、全球尺度作物长势监测业务运行系统研发。     

丘陵区土壤热通量遥感估算模型适应性分析

利用具有丘陵区典型特征的四川省乐至县气象站的土壤热通量和净辐射观测数据,分析了二者的变化特征,并验证了土壤热通量遥感估算模型的适用性。分析结果表明：晴空土壤热通量G与净辐射Rn存在明显日变化,最大值出现13时左右;其比值G／Rn受土壤湿润程度和地表覆盖的影响,地表湿润、覆盖率高,比值小。在干旱时,瞬时比值可高达0．7,而湿润情况,可低至0．05。对目前广泛使用的G／Rn卫星遥感模型估算结果与实测值的对比分析表明,不同的G／Rn卫星遥感估算模型估算结果存在明显的差异,仅依靠植被指数的模型不适合南方丘陵区。本研究认为Bastiaanssen等的模型较适合丘陵区的土壤热通量遥感估算模型。     

遥感监测土地覆盖变化的方法及研究进展

应用遥感技术进行土地覆盖变化监测研究，是全球环境变化研究的重要组成部分。本文归纳了当前土地覆盖遥感监测的主要方法。从遥感图像处理和变化信息提取两方面，对国内外土地覆盖变化遥感研究的现状和最新趋势进行了总结。并对土地覆盖分类的新进展做了总结和介绍。     

中国西部积雪类型划分

利用中国105°E以西地区189个地面气象台站1960-2004年积雪日资料和1981-2004年SMMR、SSM/Ⅰ反演的逐日雪深资料,使用积雪年际变率方法划分中国西部积雪类型,并与积雪日数方法的划分结果进行比较.在此基础上,尝试建立了结合以上两种要素的综合分类指标.利用积雪年际变率方法和台站资料,将中国西部积雪划分为3类.其中,稳定积雪区主要包括北疆、天山和青藏高原东部高海拔山区;年周期性不稳定积雪区包括南疆和东疆盆地周边、河西走廊、青海北部、青藏高原中西部、藏南谷地以及青藏高原东南缘;其他积雪区均为非年周期性不稳定积雪区.气候突变后,积雪日数方法划分的积雪类型变化反映出沙漠和低纬度地区积雪变幅增大,在积雪年际变率方法的结果中体现出青藏高原东部地区趋于稳定的积雪面积在增加.在没有台站记录地区,卫星遥感资料很大程度上弥补了台站观测的缺陷,使用这种资料划分积雪类型时,积雪年际变率方法比积雪日数方法的结果更符合西部积雪的分布特点,反映出积雪分布与地形的密切关系.利用综合分类指标划分西部积雪类型的结果表明,台站资料的划分结果很大程度上受积雪持续时间的影响,而在卫星遥感结果中,积雪年际变率则是影响类型划分的主要因素.     

沙尘气溶胶卫星遥感现状与需要关注的若干问题

沙尘暴是全球干旱、半干旱地区特有的一种灾害性天气,所产生的沙尘气溶胶是全球气溶胶系统重要组成部分,对全球环境、天气、气候和生态有复杂的影响。沙尘气溶胶作为一种吸收性气溶胶,对太阳辐射有着较强的吸收,还能通过加热大气、改变大气稳定度、蒸发云滴、减少云量等"半直接方式"影响气候。卫星遥感对沙尘气溶胶的监测具有独特的优势,是全球沙尘研究的重要手段。本文系统整理和介绍了目前常用的可见近红外、热红外、被动微波、紫外和主动激光测量等五类卫星遥感沙尘气溶胶的主要方法,在总结典型遥感仪器和主要产品基础上,讨论了遥感产品的定量精度和地面验证问题,结合辐射传输理论模拟了可见近红外和热红外的卫星观测,探讨了可见近红外遥感的地表反照率影响和热红外高光谱遥感的波段选择问题,最后对未来的一些研究重点进行了展望。