SATELLITE IMAGERY OF CLOUD COVER IN THE STUDY OF SHORT-WAVE RADIATION AT THE EARTH'S SURFACE

A method is proposed for analyzing properties of solar radiation at the earth's surface based on satellite observations of cloud cover. It is shown that the amount of incident solar radiation is clearly governed by type of weather conditions and, more specifically, by the quantity and types of clouds. This affords a basis for predicting solar radiation receipt at the earth's surface. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, VA 22308 from: Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, geografiya, 1989, No. 2, pp. 83–85.     

AN INITIAL ATTEMPT AT INTERPRETING THE STRUCTURE OF MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IN THE WESTERN ANTARCTIC WITH SPACE IMAGERY

The second of two reports on the use of space imagery in the interpretation of Antarctica's geologic structure applies interpretation procedures described in an earlier article (see Mapping Sciences and Remote Sensing, 1985, No. 1) to produce a geologic map of a portion of the Antarctic Peninsula. Features identified on space imagery and depicted on the map include: a deep pericratonnal fault zone, a Mesozoic fold belt interrupted by a complex system of faults, and ring or annular structures of volcanic origin. Translated from: Antarktika, AN SSSR Mezhduve-domstvennaya komissiya po izucheniyu Antarktiki, Doklady komissii [USSR Academy of Sciences Joint Commission on Antarctic Research, Commission Report], No. 24. Moscow, 1985, pp. 43-49.     

全景扫描图像系统几何畸变特征及其校正

在简述遥感图像的几何畸变特征的基础上,本文着重讨论了包括陆地卫星多光谱扫描图像 (Lanasat-MSS)、陆地卫星专题制图仪图像(Landesat-TM)和航空多光谱扫描图像在内的各类 全景扫描图像(panoramic scanner image)系统几何畴变的成因、大小及其变化规律,提出了定 量计算图像上任一像元处系统几何畴变量D的计算公式。 本文探讨了全景扫描图像系统几何校正的基本原则,并根据这些基本原则,用Fortran语言编 制了可直接用于校正各类全景扫描图像系统几何畸变的实用程序。 用该程序对德国南部某地的航空多光谱扫描图像实施系统几何校正的结果表明,偏离航线不 同距离各部位影像的系统几何畸变均得到合理校正,图像上由于全景扫描造成的不程度的压缩现 象均得到相应的补偿。     

多光谱卫星图像反演云空湿度场方法的改进

利用1998年6～8月GMS图像和分析区内近70个台站的地面和探空资料,在过去工作的基础上,通过引入地面实测湿度场相关资料作新的分析参量,建立了各标准等压面相对湿度统计分析新模型,改进了应用多光谱卫星图像反演三维湿度场的方法.通过比较和检验,证实新模型可有效改进大气湿度场的反演精度,特别是低层湿度场的反演精度.     

AUTOMATED MAPPING FROM THEMATIC INTERPRETATION OF SCANNER IMAGERY

The process of the automated compilation and plotting of thematic maps based on selected methods of cartographic representation is examined. The authors argue that the essence of logical and mathematical processing of digitized space imagery is formalized, objective cartographic representation of the results of image interpretation. General procedures of map compilation are operationalized based on a geomorphological mapping project using Landsat MSS data for the Moscow Region.     

MAPPING THE STRUCTURE OF THE SOIL COVER OF THE TAIGA FROM REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY

An experiment is described in which multiscalar remote sensing imagery is sequentially employed in the detection of various rankings of soil types endemic to the taiga natural zone in the northern USSR. Relief features, vegetation associations, extent of surface water, and drainage patterns visible on imagery at scales from 1:12,000,000 to 1:5,000, also examined at low altitude and in the field at a series of test sites, served as indicators of various soil cover types. Considerable attention is given to an explanation of why these features can be considered valid indicators of taiga soil types as well as to the appearance of the indicators on band-specific (black-and-white) and color composite imagery. Translated from: Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, seriya geograficheskaya, 1987, No. 3, pp. 87-99.     

DIGITAL CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT OF SPACE SCANNER IMAGERY OF AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES

The advantages and shortcomings of different algorithms for contrast enhancement of space scanner images are investigated using the example of the agricultural landscape of Krasnodar Kray. The best algorithm for the purpose of agricultural interpretation of images was selected.     

THE POTENTIAL FOR VISUAL AND AUTOMATED INTERPRETATION OF FOREST VEGETATION WITH SCANNER IMAGERY

Feature classification maps derived from visual and automated methods of interpreting band-specific and composite imagery from the “Fragment” multispectral scanning system are compared in the study of vegetation and related features along the Gulf of Riga. The automated method, featuring a two-stage unsupervised/supervised classification algorithm developed at Moscow University (see MSRS, 1984, No. 3, pp. 255-261) provided for enhanced discrimination of wetland areas, farm land, and settlements, as well as for the elimination of extraneous components (especially the above) visually classified as deciduous forest. Translated from: Vestnilk Moskovskogo Universiteta, geografiya, 1988, No. 3, pp. 49-57 by Jay K. Mitchell, PlanEcon, Inc., Washington, DC 20005.     

USE OF SATELLITE IMAGERY IN ESTIMATING THE MOISTURE CONDITION OF SNOW COVER

A method for determining areas of most intensive melting within a mountain snowpack is described, based on an inverse relationship between reflectance and age of snow at wavelengths greater than 0.8 μm. Comparisons between the area of snow cover detected on visible and near infrared satellite imagery at different times during the spring thaw, and more specifically differences in position of the snowline, permit identification of the upper boundary of a zone of intensive snow-melt and water discharge from the snow cover. Translated from: Distantsionnyye Issledovaniya rel'yefa Sibiri, A. L. Yanshin and V. N. Sharapov, eds. Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1985, pp. 88-91.     

遥感图像中云层遮挡影响消除方法研究述评

 综合评述了目前用于消除遥感图像云层遮挡影响方法的原理、应用现状及处理过程中存在的问题，并在同一实验区比较了同态滤波和Kriging插值等方法的处理效果，结果表明，Kriging插值处理具有一定的优越性。     

MONITORING OF ACTIVE VOLCANOES ON KAMCHATKA FROM THERMAL INFRARED SCANNER AND RADAR IMAGERY

On the basis of data recorded by a thermal infrared multispectral scanner (TIMS) carried on board an aircraft laboratory, maps of volcanic regions in Russia were compiled on which portions of lava dating to different periods were identified. SIR-C (Shuttle) data, processed by computer, made it possible to obtain distinct boundaries of lava flows with cross-polarization. A three-dimensional digital model of the Northern Fissure of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, on which TIMS, Zeiss, and SIR-C data were plotted, was constructed. A lineament analysis was made it possible to genetically classify cinder cones on the eastern slope of the Klyuchevskoy volcano, and a zone of areal volcanism was defined.     

一种改进的遥感图像薄云快速去除方法

从遥感图像成像机理出发,改进了同态滤波处理方法,以削弱图像中的薄云影响,更好地反映真实地表情况。试验表明,该方法运算效率高,效果理想。     

深圳市土地覆盖格局空间变化研究

以深圳市为研究对象,利用遥感影像和空间分析方法,研究了深圳市土地覆盖格局的梯度变化特征:各个土地覆盖类型的斑块形状指数沿梯度区呈先增大后减少的趋势,在城区内其值较低,城乡结合区其值较高;城区的斑块密度与边缘密度较小,聚集度较高,越靠近城乡结合处,斑块的密度越大.分析土地覆盖类型斑块平均形状指数和斑块聚集度的变化,可看出人为活动的干扰由市中心向郊区呈增强的趋势.     

AN EXPERIMENT IN AUTOMATED INTERPRETATION OF REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY

Algorithms, designed for digital image processing in standard mainframe computers and representing sequential stages in a land-use classification procedure, are used to produce maps of agricultural crop types from multispectral satellite imagery. Pixel reflectance values are first grouped according to an unsupervised “rapid classification algorithm,” or data compression procedure. Mean reflectance values of the resulting classes then go into a supervised “sequential clustering algorithm” where classes are refined according to training value and other parameter inputs. The objective is to increase the accessibility of automated image interpretation while balancing classification accuracy and processing time. Translated from: Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, geografiya, 1984, No. 4, pp. 63-69.     

云干扰下NOAA图像数据模糊聚类方法的改进

利用多时相NOAA/AVHRR热红外数据构成像元级的时间序列,根据不同像元上时间序列曲线的距离和相似度进行聚类分析；对传统的模糊C-均值聚类算法进行改进,在算法中引入指标权重,对不同质量的数据赋予不同的指标权重。试验表明,改进后的算法扩大了应用范围,克服了单幅图像常存在的云干扰,实际效果明显。     

THE CONCEPT OF AN INTEGRATED REPOSITORY OF SPACE IMAGERY AND NEW CRITERIA FOR ITS GEOGRAPHIC AND CARTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

This paper outlines some principles believed necessary for the establishment of integrated collections of remote sensing imagery, including, at the national level, a unified state image repository for the USSR. A multi-criterion classification of imagery is introduced, which provides a framework for structuring such a repository, and a number of measures for evaluating the utility of imagery within it are described. One of the latter is “geographic” resolution (levels of image detail), which provides a relatively straightforward indication of the type of geographic information embedded within particular types of remote sensing imagery. Translated by Jay K. Mitchell, PlanEcon, Inc., Washington, DC 20005 from: Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, geografiya, 1988, No. 6, pp. 53-62.     

PRINCIPLES OF THE COMPARISON AND INTERPRETATION OF MULTITEMPORAL IMAGERY

General principles are outlined for the use of a series of remote sensing images (obtained for the same area of the earth's surface for different points in time) in the detection of significant changes in land use and environmental conditions. Emphasis is placed on visual methods of interpretation, and a number of different methods for graphically analyzing the dynamics of earth surface features on photographic image products are described. A final section describes procedures for cartographically representing the dynamics of features interpreted from multitemporal images. Translated by Jay Mitchell; PlanEcon, Inc.; Washington, DC 20005 from: Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, geografiya, 1987, No. 6, pp. 57-60.     

立交桥三维建模的集成方法研究

基于大比例尺航空立体像对提出三维立交桥建模方法，依据航空影像三维重建原理，从航空影像中采集出较为精确的三维立交桥轮廓线，结合立交桥设计方法，创建了基于CAD的重现点、线、多边形、体的立交桥模型，在此基础上形成了由CAD、GIS、三维影像数据集成的一种立交桥三维建模的处理方法，并提出了立交桥三维重建的层次细节模型，最后对本文方法进行了实验并获得了较好的实验结果。