Spatial Analysis of Urban Growth Impacts on Vegetative Greenness with Landsat TM Data

Abstract

Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data have been used to monitor land cover types and to estimate biophysical parameters. However, studies examining the spatial relationships between land cover change and biophysical parameters are generally lacking. With the integration of remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), these relationships can be better explored. The research reported in this paper applies this integrated approach for detecting urban growth and assessing its impact on vegetative greenness in the Zhujiang Delta, China. Multi‐temporal Landsat TM data were utilized to map urban growth and to extract and identify changes in vegetative greenness. GIS analyses were conducted to examine the changing spatial patterns of urban growth and greenness change. Statistical analyses were then used to examine the impact of urban growth on vegetative greenness. The results revealed that there was a notably uneven urban growth pattern in the delta, and urban development had reduced the scaled Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) value by 30% in the urbanized area.     

Usage of ERS SAR data over the Singhbhum Shear Zone,India for structural mapping and tectonic studies

The extraction of lineaments and anomalous patterns in the Singhbhum Shear Zone, Jharkhand, India, has multifaceted applications for mineral exploration as well as for geological interpretation of neotectonic movements. ERS-1 SAR data are very useful for such applications because of their structural information content. A comparative study has been attempted with ERS, Landsat and IRS images for the interpretation of various geological structures over the Singhbhum Shear Zone. The Rose diagram generated from this study has shown major trends that matched well with the geological map of the area and the associated tectonic boundary as well as with the results obtained from ground based studies.     

Land-use and vegetation-cover mapping of an indigenous land area in the state of Mato Grosso (Brazil) based on spectral linear mixing model,segmentation and region classification

A spectral linear-mixing model using Landsat ETM+ imagery was undertaken to estimate fraction images of green vegetation, soil and shade in an indigenous land area in the state of Mato Grosso in the central-western region of Brazil. The fraction images were used to classify different types of land use and vegetation cover. The fraction images were classified by the following two methods: (a) application of a segmentation based on the region-growing technique; and (b) grouping of the regions segmented using the per-region unsupervised classifier named ISOSEG. Adopting a 75% threshold, ISOSEG generated 44 clusters that were grouped into eight land-use and vegetation-cover classes. The mapping achieved an average accuracy of 83%, showing that the methodology is efficient in mapping areas of great land-use and vegetation-cover diversity, such as that found in the Brazilian cerrado (savanna).     

A method for groundwater prospect zonation in data poor areas using remote sensing and GIS: a case study in Kalikavu Panchayath of Malappuram district,Kerala, India

Abstract

The present study was an attempt to delineate potential groundwater zones in Kalikavu Panchayat of Malappuram district, Kerala, India. The geo-spatial database on geomorphology, landuse, geology, slope and drainage network was generated in a geographic information system (GIS) environment from satellite data, Survey of India topographic sheets and field observations. To understand the movement and occurrence of groundwater, the geology, geomorphology, structural set-up and recharging conditions have to be well understood. In the present study, the potential recharge areas are delineated in terms of geology, geomorphology, land use, slope, drainage pattern, etc. Various thematic data generated were integrated using a heuristic method in the GIS domain to generate maps showing potential groundwater zones. The composite output map scores were reclassified into different zones using a decision rule. The final output map shows different zones of groundwater prospect, viz., very good (15.57% of the area), good (43.74%), moderate (28.38%) and poor (12.31%). Geomorphic units such as valley plains, valley fills and alluvial terraces were identified as good to excellent prospect zones, while the gently sloping lateritic uplands were identified as good to moderate zones. Steeply sloping hilly terrains underlain by hard rocks were identified as poor groundwater prospect zones.     

Issues in the application of Digital Surface Model data to correct the terrain illumination effects in Landsat images

The accuracy of topographic correction of Landsat data based on a Digital Surface Model (DSM) depends on the quality, scale and spatial resolution of the DSM data used and the co-registration between the DSM and the satellite image. A physics-based bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) and atmospheric correction model in conjunction with a 1-second DSM was used to conduct the analysis in this paper. The results show that for the examples used from Australia, the 1-second DSM, can provide an effective product for this task. However, it was found that some remaining artefacts in the DSM data, originally due to radar shadow, can still cause significant local errors in the correction. Where they occur, false shadows and over-corrected surface reflectance factors can be observed. More generally, accurate co-registration between satellite images and DSM data was found to be critical for effective correction. Mis-registration by one or two pixels could lead to large errors of retrieved surface reflectance factors in gully and ridge areas. Using low-resolution DSM data in conjunction with high-resolution satellite images will also fail to correct significant terrain components where they occur at the finer scales of the satellite images. DSM resolution appropriate to the resolution of satellite image and the roughness of the terrain is needed for effective results, and the rougher the terrain, the more critical will be the accurate registration.     

从专题地图到数字地球——20世纪我国地图科技复兴的一角

即将迎来国庆60周年和我国测绘科学事业50周年庆典之际,作者为我国测绘事业实现数字化和信息化转型而欢呼。作者以50年来的亲身经历和体验,参与国家地图集与制图自动化、遥感专题制图到数字地球的探索历程,风雨如磐,感慨万千。     

机载激光雷达点云的阶层式分类

激光雷达是一种快速获得高密度高精度的三维数字地面信息的新技术。本文介绍了几种激光雷达数据过滤算法,提出了激光雷达点云数据的阶层式分类策略,并将基于航拍影像数据进行着色后的机载激光雷达点云数据作为研究对象,对其应用激光雷达数据过滤算法进行阶层式分类。实验结果表明,此种方法能有效地对大部分地物信息进行过滤和分类。     

多源遥感影像的去云层处理

针对多源遥感影像的云覆盖问题，提出了利用多项式改正算法，以实现不同遥感影像之间的局部影像替换，从而满足去除目标影像上云覆盖的要求。     

赣中红壤区TM图像的居民地信息自动提取专家模式研究

从遥感信息分析入手,分析了抚州地区居民地在Landsat TM1 TM2 TM3 TM4 TM5 TM6 TM7各个波段上与其它背景地物的可分性。通过对各地物光谱曲线特征进行分析,利用居民地光谱特征与其它地物的差异性,建立条件表达式,即可把该区的居民地提取出来。通过验证,其点位精度达到81%,面积精度达到75%。该研究表明,通过简单模型的建立,可将以水泥顶房屋和瓦顶房屋为主的居民地提取出来。