Analysis of urban built-up areas and surface urban heat island using downscaled MODIS derived land surface temperature data

Regional scale urban built-up areas and surface urban heat islands (SUHI) are important for urban planning and policy formation. Owing to coarse spatial resolution (1000 m), it is difficult to use Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Land surface temperature (LST) products for mapping urban areas and visualization, and SUHI-related studies. To overcome this problem, the present study downscaled MODIS (1000 m resolution)-derived LST to 250 m resolution to map and visualize the urban areas and identify the basic components of SUHI over 12 districts of Punjab, India. The results are compared through visual interpretation and statistical procedure based on similarity analysis. The increased entropy value in the downscaled LST signifies higher information content. The temperature variation within the built-up and its environs is due to difference in land use and is depicted better in the downscaled LST. The SUHI intensity analysis of four cities (Ludhiana, Patiala, Moga and Vatinda) indicates that mean temperature in urban built-up core is higher (38.87 °C) as compared to suburban (35.85 °C) and rural (32.41 °C) areas. The downscaling techniques demonstrated in this paper enhance the usage of open-source wide swath MODIS LST for continuous monitoring of SUHI and urban area mapping, visualisation and analysis at regional scale. Such initiatives are useful for the scientific community and the decision-makers.     

Regional yield estimation for winter wheat with MODIS-NDVI data in Shandong, China

The significance of crop yield estimation is well known in agricultural management and policy development at regional and national levels. The primary objective of this study was to test the suitability of the method, depending on predicted crop production, to estimate crop yield with a MODIS-NDVI-based model on a regional scale. In this paper, MODIS-NDVI data, with a 250 m resolution, was used to estimate the winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yield in one of the main winter-wheat-growing regions. Our study region is located in Jining, Shandong Province. In order to improve the quality of remote sensing data and the accuracy of yield prediction, especially to eliminate the cloud-contaminated data and abnormal data in the MODIS-NDVI series, the Savitzky–Golay filter was applied to smooth the 10-day NDVI data. The spatial accumulation of NDVI at the county level was used to test its relationship with winter wheat production in the study area. A linear regressive relationship between the spatial accumulation of NDVI and the production of winter wheat was established using a stepwise regression method. The average yield was derived from predicted production divided by the growing acreage of winter wheat on a county level. Finally, the results were validated by the ground survey data, and the errors were compared with the errors of agro-climate models. The results showed that the relative errors of the predicted yield using MODIS-NDVI are between −4.62% and 5.40% and that whole RMSE was 214.16 kg ha⁻¹ lower than the RMSE (233.35 kg ha⁻¹) of agro-climate models in this study region. A good predicted yield data of winter wheat could be got about 40 days ahead of harvest time, i.e. at the booting-heading stage of winter wheat. The method suggested in this paper was good for predicting regional winter wheat production and yield estimation.     

遥感影像植被信息提取方法研究及思考

从植被光谱特征出发,对植被信息提取的方法和现状进行了综述,其中主要介绍了几种具有代表性的植被提取方法,如:植被指数提取法、NDVI与波段合成法、HIS融合法、分级分类提取法、基于知识库提取法等,对各种方法的原理、特点、优势与限制进行了分析、对比、思考,并展望了下一步研究方向。     

连续运行参考站实时动态测量技术在带状线路测量中应用

通过在30km长的带状线路上按5km、1km、0．5km和0．1km的间距对中线点进行采样,分别比较各相邻点之间的连续运行参考站实时动态测量技术（CORSRTK）高差与水准高差之间的差异,得出在采样点间距不大于1km时,该带状区域可以用相邻点之间的连续运行参考站（CORS）高差代替水准高差,结果可满足1：2000地形图测绘的高程精度需求,从而对于加快工程进度,缩短工期等具有较强的参考作用。     

自适应换站算法及其在长距离机载GPS动态相对定位中的应用

提出采用＂自适应换站＂法来解决单基线处理模式难以满足长距离动态定位的问题。该方法的主要思想是：整个解算过程始终保持单基线的动态定位模式,当发现流动站与原参考站间的距离大于流动站与其他参考站间的距离时,自动更换周围最近的参考站作为新参考站;对换站前后的数据设置一定时间的重叠段,利用等价消参法将换站前后的数据进行严格的自适应融合,以保持整个解算过程的连续性。通过对实测机载数据的解算,证明该方法不仅可以克服因载体飞行距离过远而导致的定位精度下降,而且能够避免因换站所引起的前后解的不连续,计算结果表明该方法的定位精度约为2 cm。     

利用Landsat 5 TM影像估算沉水植物地上生物量的研究——以江西省鄱阳湖国家自然保护区为例

阐述了利用Landsat 5 TM影像在鄱阳湖国家自然保护区进行沉水植物地上生物量估算的方法和过程。研究结果显示,采用该影像,结合传统的采样策略和估算方法进行生物量的估算,在此研究区域中具有一定的局限性。分析了产生这一问题的原因,并对后续的研究工作提出了具体的建议。     

基于NDVI背景场的雪盖制图算法探索

NDSI算法提取MSS雪盖面积时,受到MSS影像缺少短波红外波段的局限。为充分精确提取MSS影像的雪盖面积,本文探索一种以NDVI为背景场的雪盖制图新思路。该方法首先在辐射校正时利用6S模型反演地表反射率,然后根据各地物的光谱特性差异和NDVI特性差异,在ENVI软件SPECTRAL模块中创建冰雪光谱阈值查找表。通过ETM＋和TM影像的三个例证,详细阐明该算法流程以及查找表的创建,并以NDSI对其雪盖制图进行精度验证。结果一致表明,与常规的分类方法（最大似然法）相比较,本文探索的NDVI背景场算法有更高的总体精度和Kappa系数。     

利用土地利用现状数据提取1∶10 000地形图植被信息研究

1∶10 000地形图植被要素的采集和更新较为复杂,考虑国土部门现有的现势性较强的土地利用现状数据可以用来补充1∶10 000地形图中的植被信息,积极开展试验.本文作者利用广东省现有的土地利用现状数据,结合航空(卫星)正射影像图、1∶10 000矢量数据进行了充分试验,走出了一条植被更新的新路子,为省级基础地理信息数据库的完善和更新提供了一种新方法.     

运用归一化光谱混合模型分析城市地表组成

运用归一化光谱混合分析(NSMA)方法,用ETM 数据调查广州市海珠区城市地表组成,采用亮度标准化方法减小亮度变化。通过标准化,使亮度差异在每个植被-非渗透性表面-土壤-水体(V-I-S-W)组成中减小或者消除,这样使得一个单一的端元能够代表一种地表组分。在此基础上,通过归一化影像,选择了植被、非渗透性表面、土壤和水体4种端元,运用一种约束光谱混合分析(SMA)模型,分解了不同种类的城市地表组成。通过与已有模型计算结果比较,认为本文所构建的模型较优,其对研究区非渗透性表面估计的均方根误差为12.6%。     

基于遥感分类的植被覆盖度提取

阐述了基于遥感分类进行植被覆盖度提取的方法,分析了直接利用关系模型提取植被覆盖度的缺点,遥感分类可获得不同类型地物,此后关系模型分别提取,解决了直接利用关系模型提取中存在的缺点.