Discrimination of sedimentary facies by association analysis

The ability of association analysis to discriminate sedimentary facies was tested on Purdy's modal analyses of modern sediments of the Great Bahama Bank. Purdy's data set has served in the past as a standard reference for evaluating various multivariate classification algorithms. In order to adapt Purdy's data to association analysis, the percent abundance of the 12 constituents was converted to binary form by dichotomizing each variable on its mean value. The results obtained by association analysis are virtually identical to those obtained by Purdy and other authors. The same four main sedimentary facies were discriminated; 86% of the samples were identically classified (97% when misclassified borderline cases are counted as matches); the total partition variance of the classification is only negligibly greater (4%); and the grouping of the variables yielded the same four groups. The rank order of the three division-attributes responsible for the sample classification is fines, oolites, and corals. Association analysis has been employed by other authors to differentiate meaningful facies groups in studies of ancient reef carbonates, modern reef sediments, and heavy minerals in stream sediments. In all these studies, the results were found to be compatible with those obtained by using the continuous quantitative measurements, indicating that qualitative binary data may often be sufficient for the purpose of facies discrimination in many branches of geology and that association analysis is an effective method for this purpose.     

Computing the Light Periods of Blazars with the Periodogram Spectral Analysis Method

The periodogram spectral analysis method applicable to equallyspaced time series is discussed, and the method is tested first with a simulated data series. It is confirmed that this method is effective for noisy series. Then, applying this method to the analysis of the light periods of the quasars 3C 279 and 3C 345 as well as the BL Lac objects OJ 287 and ON 231, we obtain their light periods to be 7.14 yr, 10.00 yr, 11.76 yr and 6.80 yr, respectively. These results obtained by periodogram spectral analysis are consistent with those obtained by the Jurkevich method in the literature. We have analyzed the effects of different window functions, and commented on their correct selection in practical applications.     

基于光谱空间密度分析的边缘提取

针对传统的边缘提取方法大部分不适应高光谱数据的特点,提出了基于光谱空间密度分析边缘提取的思想。在分组主分量变换提取第一主分量作为特征维的基础上,采用面向对象的二次判别边缘的方法,通过立体判决将光谱空间中低密度超椭球体集群视为真实边缘点集群。试验表明,此方法是合理可行的。     

利用案例推理（CBR）方法对雷达图像进行土地利用分类

提出了基于案例推理 (CBR)的遥感分类的新方法。基于规则的专家系统被用来提高遥感分类的效率。但所涉及的规则可能多达上百或上千条 ,有的问题根本无法用规则来表达。CBR只是根据以往的案例进行推理 ,克服了基于规则的推理方法的不足 ,可以用来解决一些复杂的资源环境问题。利用CBR和模糊数学结合 ,并通过分层随机采样来控制案例在空间上的分布 ,以反映复杂环境所造成的光谱变化 ,由此解决遥感分类中的“同物异谱”现象。实验表明 ,所建立的案例库可以被重复多次使用 ,分类的效果比监督分类和非监督分类要好。     

可视化交互空间数据挖掘技术的探讨

随着地理信息获取技术飞速发展,使得当前存储在空间数据库中的空间数据的深度和广度得到了前所未有的发展,传统的空间统计方法和空间分析方法已经难以有效而迅速地处理和分析它们,如何有效而及时地分析和处理空间数据变得越来越迫切。空间数据挖掘作为上个世纪90年代逐步发展起来的新兴技术,逐渐在研究和实践中显示出它的优势。与此同时,地理可视化技术也逐步走向成熟,二者的结合催生出新型空间数据分析技术———可视化交互空间数据挖掘。本文就该技术的相关问题进行了一些研究探讨。     

玉米大豆生长中后期遥感辨识的指示性特征研究

玉米和大豆是两种主要的粮食作物,及时准确地监测两者的种植面积对于产量预测和市场价格的制定具有重要的意义。利用遥感技术探究在生长季中后期能有效区分玉米和大豆的指示性特征集,为在不同实验区进行推广应用和提前玉米和大豆种植面积信息发布的时间提供技术支撑。文章以玉米和大豆为研究对象,以黑龙江和安徽省两个典型种植区为实验区,以高分一号影像为数据源,计算多种植被指数特征和两种纹理特征,同时利用特征优选方法评价特征间的相对重要性,并结合随机森林分类算法分析特征个数对精度的影响,得到不同试验区区分两者的最佳特征子集。随后根据不同实验区最佳特征子集的共同点和差异,遴选出对玉米和大豆中后期区分的遥感指示性识别特征集,并设计实验方案验证其有效性和稳定性。实验表明：在玉米和大豆生长中后期存在具有高效辨识两者的遥感特征集,能有效和稳定地增强两者的遥感识别能力;在不同实验区,基于特征优选方法可以选择出区分玉米和大豆的最佳分类特征子集,得到两者最优的识别效果,比仅仅使用原始波段特征的分类精度提升了近10个百分点,总体分类精度能够平均达到97%,Kappa系数0.96,玉米和大豆的单类分类精度平均超过95%;在不同的种植区,利用玉米和大豆的指示性特征集可以得到几乎与优选出的最佳特征子集同样的分类精度和制图效果,且具有稳定性和有效性,较最佳特征集更具推广使用意义。指示性特征集包含6种：植被指数中的比值植被指数（RVI）,差值植被指数（DVI）,转换型植被指数（TVI）,改进型叶绿素吸收比率指数（MCARI）和灰度共生矩阵（GLCM）纹理特征中的二阶矩（the Second Moment）和熵（Entropy）。     

Semi-automatic delineation of badlands using contrast in vegetation activity: a case study in the lower Chambal valley,India

Population growth worldwide leads to an increasing pressure on the land. Recent studies reported that many areas covered by badlands are decreasing because parts of badlands are being levelled and converted into arable land. It is important to monitor these changes for environmental planning. This paper proposes a remote-sensing-based detection method which allows mapping of badland dynamics based on seasonal vegetation changes in the lower Chambal valley, India. Supervised classification was applied on three Landsat (Thematic Mapper) images, from 3 different seasons; January (winter), April (summer) and October (post-monsoon). Different band selection methods were applied to get the best classification. Validation was done by ground referencing and a GeoEye-1 satellite image. The image from January performed best with overall accuracy of 87% and 0.69 of kappa. This method opens the possibilities of using semi-automatic classification for the Chambal badlands which is so far mapped with manual interpretations only.     

应用图像关联度的图像模糊分类

提出了应用图像关联度的图像模糊分类新方法。该方法在求得每幅图像相对各个类别的关联度的基础上,求得每个类别图像关联度的均值和标准差σ;然后计算每幅图像的关联度与所在类别关联度均值之差Δi,差值Δi≤2σ,该图像应“留“在该类中;否则,该图像应归入与另两个类别的关联度较大的类别。每幅图像都经过这样的检验,实现图像的再划分,直到这一过程稳定为止。实验结果表明,该方法的图像分类质量有一定优势。     

Woody vegetation and land cover changes in the Sahel of Mali (1967–2011)

In the past 50 years, the Sahel has experienced significant tree- and land cover changes accelerated by human expansion and prolonged droughts during the 1970s and 1980s. This study uses remote sensing techniques, supplemented by ground-truth data to compare pre-drought woody vegetation and land cover with the situation in 2011. High resolution panchromatic Corona imagery of 1967 and multi-spectral RapidEye imagery of 2011 form the basis of this regional scaled study, which is focused on the Dogon Plateau and the Seno Plain in the Sahel zone of Mali. Object-based feature extraction and classifications are used to analyze the datasets and map land cover and woody vegetation changes over 44 years. Interviews add information about changes in species compositions. Results show a significant increase of cultivated land, a reduction of dense natural vegetation as well as an increase of trees on farmer's fields. Mean woody cover decreased in the plains (−4%) but is stable on the plateau (+1%) although stark spatial discrepancies exist. Species decline and encroachment of degraded land are observed. However, the direction of change is not always negative and a variety of spatial variations are shown. Although the impact of climate is obvious, we demonstrate that anthropogenic activities have been the main drivers of change.     

融合光谱-空间信息的高光谱遥感影像增量分类算法

提出了一种融合光谱和空间结构信息的高光谱遥感影像增量分类算法INC_SPEC_MPext。通过主成分分析(PCA)提取高光谱影像的若干主成分,利用数学形态学提取各主分量影像对应的形态学剖面(MP),再将所有主分量影像的形态学剖面归并联结,组成扩展的形态学剖面(MPext)。将MPext与光谱信息相结合以增加知识,最大限度地挖掘未标记样本的有用信息,优化分类器的学习能力。不断从分类器对未标记样本的预测结果中甄选置信度高的样本加入训练集,并迭代地利用扩大的训练集进行分类器构建和样本预测。以不同地表覆盖类型的AVIRIS Indian Pines和Hyperion EO-1Botswana作为测试数据,分别与基于光谱、MPext、光谱和MPext融合的分类方法进行比对。试验结果表明,在训练样本数量有限情况下,INC_SPEC_MPext算法在降低分类成本的同时,分类精度和Kappa系数都有不同程度的提高。