Biodiversity Assessment of Mammal and Bird Species from Camera Trap Data in Yanchiwan National Nature Reserve,Gansu Province,China

Camera traps serve as an important tool for monitoring species diversity. We used data from camera traps set for capturing snow leopards (Panthera uncia) in the Yanchiwan National Nature Reserve, Gansu Province, China, to assess species richness with respect to mammal and birds species. We also assessed survey efficiency for species detection, and conducted an initial analysis of species interactions. The survey effort of 10, 171 camera workdays yielded 2, 868 suitable animal image events involving 17 mammal and 20 bird species. Among these, the dhole (Cuon alpinus) is considered to be Endangered, the snow leopard and white-lipped deer (Cervus albirostris) Vulnerable, and the Pallas’s cat (Feli smanul), mountain weasel (Mustela altaica), Himalayan griffon (Gyps himalayensis) and cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) Near Threatened under the IUCN red list. Fourteen species were also listed as key protected wild animals according to China national standards. Both the rarefaction curves and richness estimators suggested our sampling for mammal and pheasant species is sufficient, while more survey efforts are still needed to detect other bird species. With a focus on the dominant species Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), occupancy models were used to estimate site use and detection probability for selected species, and to investigate predator-prey relationships between lynx on the one hand and woolly hare (Lepus oiostolus), pika (Ochotona spp.) and Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae) on the other. We give recommendations on how to increase efficiency in camera-based species inventory and biodiversity monitoring.     

Photogrammetric Capabilities of the Kodak DC40, DCS420 and DCS460 Digital Cameras

The aim of this study is to assess the impact of sensor size and resolution of different digital camera sensors upon the accuracy and precision of three dimensional data derived by photogrammetry. Kodak DC40, DCS420 and DCS460 digital cameras were used to produce digital images of retroreflective targets in a 4 m three dimensional test field. The image locations of the targeted points were automatically measured using an off the shelf image processing software package. Two different sub-pixel measurement approaches were examined: centre of gravity and weighted mean. From the automated sub-pixel measurement of the targeted points, results indicate that the high resolution DCS460 camera produces optimum results using either the weighted mean or centre of gravity approaches. Although this was perhaps expected, the far lower resolution DC40 camera performed better than was originally anticipated, suggesting potential for the cheaper DC40 for many applications.     

SHORT COMMUNICATION­­A field experiment of cusp formation on a coarse clastic beach using a suspended video‐camera system

Cusp formation was continuously monitored on a manually flattened, plane section of a coarse clastic, microtidal, pocket beach on the Pacific coast of Japan using a CCD camera suspended in the air. Vertical video pictures enabled the examination of the temporal change in foreshore morphologies and swash pattern. Boulders on the beach face appeared to have triggered the formation of beach cusps, which gradually and successively grew up alongshore. In 2·5 h, two well defined beach cusps had developed with a spacing of 2·2 and 2·5 m, respectively. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Application of the HY-1 satellite to sea ice monitoring and forecasting

The HY-1A satellite is the first oceanic satellite of China. During the winter of 2002～2003, the data of the HY-1A were applied to the sea ice monitoring and forecasting for the Bohai Sea of China for the first time. The sea ice retrieval system of the HY-1A has been constructed. It receives 1B data from the satellite, outputs sea ice images and provides digital products of ice concentration, ice thickness and ice edge, which can be used as important information for sea ice monitoring and the initial fields of the numeric sea ice forecast and as one of the reference data for the sea ice forecasting verification. The sea ice retrieval system of the satellite is described, including its processes, methods and parameters. The retrieving results and their application to the sea ice monitoring and forecasting for the Bohai Sea are also discussed.     

BVRI photometry of possible standard stars in NGC 188

CCD photometry of possible standard stars, in Cousins B, V, R and I, in a field in the region of NGC 188 is presented.     

利用四元数描述线阵CCD影像的空间后方交会

将四元数理论引入高分辨率线阵CCD影像的空间后方交会解算中,提出了一种利用四元数描述线阵CCD影像的单片空间后方交会方法。该方法利用四元数描述角度旋转矩阵,对严格的共线条件方程进行线性化,并采用正则化的数学方法克服线阵CCD影像外方位元素的相关性。试验证明了本算法的正确性和可靠性。     

单目视觉下基于对偶四元数的运动目标位姿确定

利用对偶四元数研究运动载体和目标之间相对运动的单目算法大多是仿真验证,缺乏实验验证。针对这些不足,在James方法的基础上,扩展了状态量,推导了相应的系统模型和观测模型,组成新的滤波方程。匀速旋转的转台实验验证了改进算法的优越性。     

基于时空匹配的车载激光点云与CCD线阵图像的融合

本文给出了一种基于车载的激光点云与线阵CCD相机图像进行数据融合的方法。车载数据采集系统集成了GPS,激光扫描仪,IMU和线阵相机。该方法基于POS的定位定姿数据,利用时间信息和各个传感器的相对空间位置信息建立激光点与CCD相机扫描线之间的对应关系,进而确定CCD扫描线上与该激光点对应的像素。将该像素的颜色属性赋给激光点,可得到具有颜色属性的三维激光点云。最后给出具体融合结果。     

线阵CCD指向角解算方法的模拟实验研究

本文根据卫星线阵CCD指向角的特点提出简化解算模型,用单位四元数来描述旋转角,以几乎无偏估计作为平差方法。通过一系列模拟实验证实在外方位元素初值比较准确的前提下可以以较高精度求得设计的参数。模拟了不同的姿态稳定度、控制点精度、控制点密度、岭参数及航线长度对解算结果的影响。     

机载三线阵传感器航空摄影测量的坐标转换方法研究

由于机载GPS获取的数据是WGS84坐标系,定向测图时首先要进行坐标转换。本文讨论了7参数平面转换模型与GPS水准测量拟合高程异常的方法,研究了数字航空摄影测量的像控点布设问题,并对数字航空摄影测量只在测区四角布设控制点即可满足空三精度要求的观点进行了分析。实验结果表明,机载三线阵航空摄影测量中高精度的7参数转换与似大地水准面精化成果是获取高精度空三的前提。