A time-integrated MODIS burn severity assessment using the multi-temporal differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBRMT)

Burn severity is an important parameter in post-fire management. It incorporates both the direct fire impact (vegetation depletion) and ecosystem responses (vegetation regeneration). From a remote sensing perspective, burn severity is traditionally estimated using Landsat's differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR). In this case study of the large 2007 Peloponnese (Greece) wildfires, Landsat dNBR estimates correlated reasonably well with Geo composite burn index (GeoCBI) field data of severity (R² = 0.56). The usage of Landsat imagery is, however, restricted by cloud cover and image-to-image normalization constraints. Therefore a multi-temporal burn severity approach based on coarse spatial, high temporal resolution moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) imagery is presented in this study. The multi-temporal dNBR (dNBR_MT) is defined as the 1-year integrated difference between burned pixels and their unique control pixels. These control pixels were selected based on time series similarity and spatial context and reflect how burned pixels would have behaved in the case no fire had occurred. Linear regression between downsampled Landsat dNBR and dNBR_MT estimates resulted in a moderate-high coefficient of determination R² = 0.54. dNBR_MT estimates are indicative for the change in vegetation productivity due to the fire. This change is considerably higher for forests than for more sparsely vegetated areas like shrub lands. Although Landsat dNBR is superior for spatial detail, MODIS-derived dNBR_MT estimates present a valuable alternative for burn severity mapping at continental to global scale without image availability constraints. This is beneficial to compare trends in burn severity across regions and time. Moreover, thanks to MODIS's repeated temporal sampling, the dNBR_MT accounts for both first- and second-order fire effects.     

归一化转动惯量特征的遥感影像检索

针对传统遥感影像检索方法大多存在精度不高、效率低下等不足的问题,该文提出了一种基于归一化转动惯性特征的遥感影像检索算法。该算法对经过脉冲耦合神经网络处理的二值影像序列进行计算,提取影像序列的归一化转动惯量特征;同时,利用马氏距离结合Pearson积矩相关法来度量各特征矢量之间的相似性,提高检索结果的正确率。实验结果证明,该算法有效地兼顾了影像的内容结构信息,不仅可以快速地进行检索计算,还能提高检索精度。     

Illumination effects on the differenced Normalized Burn Ratio's optimality for assessing fire severity

The influence of illumination effects on the optimality of the dNBR (differenced Normalized Burn Ratio) was evaluated for the case of the 2007 Peloponnese (Greece) wildfires using a pre/post-fire Landsat TM (Thematic Mapper) image couple. Well-illuminated pixels (south and south-east facing slopes) exhibited more optimal displacements in the bi-spectral feature space than more shaded pixels (north and north-west exposed slopes). Moreover, pixels experiencing a small image-to-image difference in illumination obtained a higher optimality than pixels with a relatively large difference in illumination. To correct for illumination effects, the c-correction method and a modified c-correction technique were applied. The resulting median dNBR optimality of uncorrected, c-corrected and modified c-correction data was respectively 0.58, 0.60 and 0.71 (differences significant for p < 0.001). The original c-correction method improved the optimality of badly illuminated pixels while deteriorating the optimality of well-illuminated pixels. In contrast, the modified c-correction technique improved the optimality of all the pixels while retaining the prime characteristic of topographic correction techniques, i.e. detrending the illumination–reflectance relationship. For a minority of the data, for shaded pixels and/or pixels with a high image-to-image difference in illumination, the original c-correction outperformed the modified c-correction technique. In this study conducted in rugged terrain and with a bi-temporal image acquisition scheme that deviated up to two months from the ideal anniversary date scheme the modified c-correction technique resulted in a more reliable change detection.     

林火烈度遥感评估指数适应性分析

科学合理地定量评估林火烈度,对揭示林火干扰下森林生态系统的变化,以及植被的恢复与管理具有重要意义。以美国科罗拉多大峡谷国家公园北缘的Poplar Fire为实验区,利用Landsat5 TM影像,结合实地调查的综合火烧指数(composite burn index,CBI),分析评价了归一化差值植被指数(normalized difference vegetation index,NDVI),归一化火烧指数(normalized burn ration,NBR),差分归一化植被指数(differenced normalized difference vegetation index,ΔNDVI)和差分归一化火烧指数(differenced normalized burn ration,ΔNBR)4种遥感指数对林火烈度评估的适应性。结果表明,4种遥感指数对识别不同等级林火烈度存在一定的差异。在未过火区和轻度火灾区,单一遥感指数的精度略高于差分遥感指数,其中NBR的提取精度最高,分别达到了66.7%和80%;在中度火灾区和重度火灾区,差分遥感指数的精度高于单一遥感指数,ΔNBR的提取精度最高,分别达到了100%和90%。总体上,基于差分遥感指数的林火烈度制图精度总体高于单一遥感指数,其中ΔNBR的总体制图精度最高,达到了86.2%。因此,ΔNBR是林火烈度分析与评估的适宜遥感指数。     

RNDSI: A ratio normalized difference soil index for remote sensing of urban/suburban environments

Understanding land use land cover change (LULCC) is a prerequisite for urban planning and environment management. For LULCC studies in urban/suburban environments, the abundance and spatial distributions of bare soil are essential due to its biophysically different properties when compared to anthropologic materials. Soil, however, is very difficult to be identified using remote sensing technologies majorly due to its complex physical and chemical compositions, as well as the lack of a direct relationship between soil abundance and its spectral signatures. This paper presents an empirical approach to enhance soil information through developing the ratio normalized difference soil index (RNDSI). The first step involves the generation of random samples of three major land cover types, namely soil, impervious surface areas (ISAs), and vegetation. With spectral signatures of these samples, a normalized difference soil index (NDSI) was proposed using the combination of bands 7 and 2 of Landsat Thematic Mapper Image. Finally, a ratio index was developed to further highlight soil covers through dividing the NDSI by the first component of tasseled cap transformation (TC1). Qualitative (e.g., frequency histogram and box charts) and quantitative analyses (e.g., spectral discrimination index and classification accuracy) were adopted to examine the performance of the developed RNDSI. Analyses of results and comparative analyses with two other relevant indices, biophysical composition index (BCI) and enhanced built-up and bareness Index (EBBI), indicate that RNDSI is promising in separating soil from ISAs and vegetation, and can serve as an input to LULCC models.     

应用迁移学习的林火烈度初始评估研究

林火发生后,开展森林生态系统烈度信息的初始评估,能够为灾后生态修复管理措施的快速实施提供定量依据。为了改善传统林火烈度评估模型的时效性,本研究利用历史过火区域的实地调查数据,构建基于迁移学习的烈度评估模型,并将其应用于2020年3月30日发生的西昌泸山森林大火烈度初始评估研究中。研究结果表明：迁移学习算法能够将源区域和目标区域的遥感影像光谱转换为多个新的特征变量,在这些新特征变量构成的投影空间中,源区域和目标区域样本具有相似的特征分布。在此基础上,基于源区域历史实地调查数据构建的烈度评估模型,能够迁移应用于目标区域的烈度评估。在本研究林火烈度的初始评估中,基于迁移学习的烈度评估模型精度较高,总体精度为71.20%,Kappa系数为0.64。与该模型对比,未进行迁移学习的支持向量回归模型精度较低,其总体精度为58.00%,Kappa系数为0.48。同时,基于dNDVI、dLST和dNBR指数的经验回归模型精度最低,其总体精度分别为：20.80%、34.8%和24.80%,Kappa系数分别为：0.01、0.19和0.06。本研究可为林火灾后管理措施的快速响应,提供一种新的思路和参考。     

高信息—背景反差比滤波特性的水、雪、植被偏振遥感探测

在光学遥感中,水的强烈镜面反射性和角度选择性使探测器饱和或反射率过低而难以提取有效信息,雪的强反射性和表面敏感性使传感器难以直接探测,植被指数在不同反射强度下的敏感性对经典植被监测方法的精度和有效性提出挑战。偏振手段可大大提高水、雪和植被的遥感识别能力。本文利用地物遥感偏振光效应的高信息—背景反差比滤波特性,解决光学遥感中水、雪的不可测量问题,以及破除植被强光反射条件下无法精细监测的瓶颈。本文从偏振高信息—背景反差比滤波特性理论出发,通过实验证明偏振手段可有效提升水的信息—背景反差比、剥离70%以上的太阳耀光,为强反射特性下的积雪遥感提供必要方法,并最高降低78%的植被监测误差。本文首次推导证明了偏振探测高信息—背景反差比滤波特性机理,在理论指导和实验深化引导下解决了光学遥感中水、雪因探测器饱和而无法测量的问题,并破除了强反射条件下植被无法精细监测的瓶颈。     

基于归一化指数分析的居民地遥感信息提取

以无锡市作为研究区域,采用2000年Landsat ETM+影像数据,通过对居民地的遥感机理分析,利用植被指数、水体指数、城镇指数相结合的方法提取居民地信息。分析遥感影像的谱间结构特征,通过试验,建立二值逻辑运算式,得到居民地遥感信息提取结果。并用该方法在不同时相不同地区的Landsat TM/ETM+影像上进行了进一步的验证。研究结果表明:该方法可以将居民地信息提取出来,并且效果较好。     

遥感与中国可持续发展:机遇和挑战

中国要实现可持续发展,必须积极应对资源短缺、环境恶化、海洋开发和气候变化等一系列重大资源环境问题;随着全球经济发展一体化进程加快,中国必须以全球视角研究和解决面临的资源环境问题。遥感在地球科学、环境科学、资源科学与全球变化研究中具有宏观动态的优点,是不可替代的全球观测手段,是实施可持续发展战略的基础性技术支撑。本文回顾了遥感科学技术进步的历程,总结了国际上围绕可持续发展所开展的全球遥感科学计划,分析了中国遥感现状和服务于可持续发展的前景,并结合国际上地球综合观测系统的发展态势,提出了中国遥感科学技术发展面临的挑战和机遇,进一步阐述了遥感发展面临的建立地球综合观测系统之系统、高精度遥感模型与参数反演、遥感产品真实性检验与遥感性能判据及测试系统、遥感数据与地球系统模式同化、遥感大数据与主动服务等前沿科学与技术问题。最后指出遥感要更好地服务于社会可持续发展,服务于国家的全球战略,服务于国民经济建设;必须创新遥感应用服务模式,加快遥感产业化和商业化进程;建议推进卫星观测系统的商业化,加快无人机遥感发展,促进遥感应用市场化。     

Remote sensing and geoinformation center of Mongolia: A brief outlook

Abstract

A GIS based approach is proposed for the integration of three thematic maps viz. geomorphology, drainage density and slope using fuzzy logic for the assessment of ground water resource potential of a soft rock terrain of Midnapur District, West Bengal, India. The geomorphology and drainage density maps of the area are prepared from IRS‐1B LISS‐II data, and the slope map is obtained from the contours depicted on the topographic map of Survey of India. Each feature of all the thematic maps is assigned with individual fuzzy set values within a range between 0 to 1 according to their relative importance in the prediction of ground water occurrence. The maps are then integrated through fuzzy operation to model the ground water potential zone of the study area. The evolved model while verified with surface geophysical results is found to be in good agreement.     

非均匀地表蒸散遥感研究综述

本文评述了目前常用的遥感估算地表蒸散方法,包括地表能量平衡模型、Penman-Monteith类模型、温度—植被指数特征空间方法、Priestley-Taylor类模型和其他方法。然而使用这些方法估算地表蒸散时会面临严重的尺度效应,而产生尺度效应的根本原因之一是地表异质性,在分析了非均匀下垫面对水热通量遥感反演造成的影响后,介绍了面积加权、校正因子补偿与温度降尺度3种尺度误差纠正方法;并从地面观测实验的角度简述了非均匀下垫面水热通量真实性检验的研究;最后探讨了将来建立更具时空代表性的非均匀下垫面地表蒸散遥感估算模型可能会面临的一些挑战。     

利用GPS反射信号遥感全球海态

最近几年，迅速发展一种新的空基海洋遥感技术。它在低轨卫星上接收经海面或地面反射的GPS信号，通过分析C／A或P码的相关函数波形及其后沿，荻得全球海面平均高度、浪高、海面风场以及土壤湿度等，提供海洋中尺度涡旋发展、演变信息，监测和分析高纬地区冰层厚度。它采用无源探测方法，具有成本低、荻取数据量多和快速等突出特点，是传统卫星高度计探测的重要补充和发展。该文讨论了这项技术发展现状、反射信号的时间延迟以及海态参数计算等关键技术；也给出作者利用掩星观测资料分析得到的海面反射回波一些重要结果。     

湖泊碳循环研究中遥感技术的机遇与挑战

湖泊碳循环是全球碳循环过程中的重要环节,随着全球碳循环研究的不断深入,湖泊碳循环对全球碳循环的影响,以及其对全球气候变化的调节作用越来越受到关注.然而,由于湖泊分布的破碎性(大于0.002 km2的湖泊约有1.17×108个,并零星地分布在全球)和多样性(流域生态多样性,湖泊类型多样性,分布的气候带多样性等),使得全面...