星载紫外遥感辐射计积分球定标新方法的研究

在紫外波段，使用常规手段实现高精度的辐射定标是比较困难的，这主要是由于标准灯的定标不确定度约4％和漫反射板双向反射分布函数（BRDF）的测量不确定度4％-6％所致。为了提高定标精度，本文应用积分球辐亮度定标方法，获得了接近理想的大面积辐亮度光源（约2％），标定了在研的星载紫外遥感光谱辐射计的亮度响应度。文中将标准灯考虑为均匀亮度的点光源，对辐射计的投影视场进行了照明因子修正。同时进行了常规的灯-板定标方法与积分球定标新方法的比较，得到了采用两种方法标定的辐射计亮度响应度有较好的一致性（3％）的结论。初步的定标数据分析比对显示，漫反射板BRDF的测量不确定度和仪器投影视场内辐亮度的计算不确定度是比对中不一致主要的来源。     

基于直方图的遥感图像相似性检索方法比较

相似性度量是用于研究多源数据之间相似程度的，是对空间数据进行模式识别的基础。通过单波段遥感图像的检索对两组直方图相似性检索方法进行了实验研究，即基于特征向量的相似性度量和基于概率的相似性度量。实验中发现第一组相似度量中有两种以往较少用于遥感图像检索的方法表现出色，它们分别是，统计距离和相似夹角余弦度量。第二组实验中，针对其中包含较明显的目标物体且背景较为单一的遥感图像（其直方图可看作混合高斯分布），在类别可分离判据的基础上，根据K-近邻法则提出了一种计算该类图像之间相似值的方法。实验结果表明基于K-近邻法则的计算方法行之有效。所得出的结论将对多源数据分析中相似性度量的理解与选择有积极意义。     

基于GIS的城区雨洪监控系统应用

在GIS技术支持下建立的雨洪监控系统,为及时、合理地利用雨洪,节约开支提供了很好的保障,本文介绍了雨洪监控系统的应用和工程实践中的问题。     

气象遥感资料变分校准方案改进及应用试验

针对常见气象遥感资料变分校准方案的不足，提出了一个改进方案。该方案不需要将校准参照量插值到遥测资料的格点上，既避免了对稀疏的校正参照量进行客观分析的困难，也避免了校正参照量稀缺区域不准确插值分析带来的不利影响，使遥感资料的整体偏差得到修订的同时，能够更好地保持遥测资料的空间分布形态不变。利用国家卫星气象中心通过9210下发的ATOVS反演产品进行了试验，结果表明改进方案校准效果好；并将校准后的ATOVS反演资料用于Grapes三维变分同化系统，应用试验表明校准后的ATOVS反演资料在三维变分同化系统中具有应用价值。     

2004年广东省干旱灾害遥感监测应用研究

针对广东省气候湿润、植被覆盖度高的特点,以NOAA/AVHRR资料为数据源,采用植被供水指数法,对2004年广东省发生的50年来最严重的一次干旱灾害进行遥感动态监测,并结合土地利用分类数据,采用掩膜技术提取干旱分类信息.研究结果表明,10月上旬全省部分地区出现旱情,10月下旬全省受旱总面积达到峰值,占全省面积的72.6%;11月上旬后期受旱面积有所减少,中旱、重旱区域有所增加,其后旱情总体呈减缓趋势,但在12月中旬出现了短暂的增加趋势.以11月上旬为例的干旱灾害分类研究还表明,水田、旱地、灌木、林地等不同的用地类型,其受旱比例依次递减.该研究结果较好地反映了本次干旱灾害的空间分布及发展过程,为相关部门进行干旱灾情评估、制定和实施抗旱减灾措施提供了科学依据.     

Sensor Calibration in Support for NOAA’s Satellite Mission

Sensor calibration, including its definition, purpose, traceability options, methodology, complexity, and importance, is examined in this paper in the context of supporting NOAA's satellite mission. Common understanding of sensor calibration is essential for the effective communication among sensor vendors, calibration scientists, satellite operators, program managers, and remote sensing data users, who must cooperate to ensure that a nation's strategic investment in a sophisticated operational environmental satellite system serves the nation's interest and enhances the human lives around the world. Examples of calibration activities at NOAA/NESDIS/ORA are selected to further illustrate these concepts and to demonstrate the lessons learned from the past experience.     

Assessment with satellite data of the urban heat island effects in Asian mega cities

This study focuses on using remote sensing for comparative assessment of surface urban heat island (UHI) in 18 mega cities in both temperate and tropical climate regions. Least-clouded day- and night-scenes of TERRA/MODIS acquired between 2001 and 2003 were selected to generate land-surface temperature (LST) maps. Spatial patterns of UHIs for each city were examined over its diurnal cycle and seasonal variations. A Gaussian approximation was applied in order to quantify spatial extents and magnitude of individual UHIs for inter-city comparison. To reveal relationship of UHIs with surface properties, UHI patterns were analyzed in association with urban vegetation covers and surface energy fluxes derived from high-resolution Landsat ETM+ data. This study provides a generalized picture on the UHI phenomena in the Asian region and the findings can be used to guide further study integrating satellite high-resolution thermal data with land-surface modeling and meso-scale climatic modeling in order to understand impacts of urbanization on local climate in Asia.     

Remotely sensed estimation of forest canopy density: A comparison of the performance of four methods

In recent years, a number of alternative methods have been proposed to predict forest canopy density from remotely sensed data. To date, however, it remains difficult to decide which method to use, since their relative performance has never been evaluated. In this study the performance of: (1) an artificial neural network, (2) a multiple linear regression, (3) the forest canopy density mapper and (4) a maximum likelihood classification method was compared for prediction of forest canopy density using a Landsat ETM+ image. Comparison of confusion matrices revealed that the regression model performed significantly worse than the three other methods. These results were based on a z-test for comparison of weighted kappa statistics, which is an appropriate statistic for analysis of ranked categories. About 89% of the variance of the observed canopy density was explained by the artificial neural networks, which outperformed the other three methods in this respect. Moreover, the artificial neural networks gave an unbiased prediction, while other methods systematically under or over predicted forest canopy density. The choice of biased method could have a high impact on canopy density inventories.     

土地利用动态遥感监测成果应用现状及信息共享策略

新一轮国土资源大调查工程中土地利用动态遥感监测项目,经过六年多的运行取得了丰富的成果和第一手数据资料,是土地管理工作中重要的数据资源,本文通过对土地利用动态遥感监测成果内容和特点、应用现状及存在问题的分析,提出成果应用建议。