Potential of High-Resolution Satellite Data in the Context of Vulnerability of Buildings

High-resolution space-borne remote sensing data are investigated for their potential to extract relevant parameters for a vulnerability analysis of buildings in European countries. For an evaluation of large earthquake scenarios, the number of parameters in models for vulnerability is reduced to a minimum of relevant information such as the type of building (age, material, number of storeys) and the geological and spatial context. Building-related parameters can be derived from remote sensing data either directly (e.g. height) or indirectly based on the recognition of the urban structure type in which the buildings are located. With the potential of a fully- or semi-automatic inventory of the buildings and their parameters, high-resolution satellite data and techniques for their processing are a useful supporting tool for the assessment of vulnerability.     

基于单景高分辨率光学卫星遥感影像的浅海水下地形提取

本文基于海浪波折射现象和浅水波理论,提出了一种基于单景高分辨率光学遥感影像的浅海地形提取方法。首先,基于浅水波理论推导出适用于浅海区域的水深与海浪波长、频率的定量关系,针对近岸光学遥感图像复杂的海浪特征,讨论了两种海浪波长提取方法,即FFT方法和剖面线法。然后提出了基于长距离波长波动分析的海浪频率计算方法,解决了单景遥感影像的波浪频率计算难题。最后,利用单景QuickBird高分辨率光学遥感影像,以海南岛三亚湾为研究区域进行了应用实验,结果表明,对12m以浅的浅海区域,在不需要任何辅助参数的情况下,反演获得了浅海地形(DEM),经与1:25000比例尺海图的水深对比验证,地形趋势吻合良好,反演水深的均方根误差为1.07m,相对水深误差为16.2%,表明该方法适合于浅海水下地形的提取,且具有无需实测水深数据和环境参数的支持的优点。     

基于ERMapper软件的QuickBird卫星影像处理实践

采用卫星遥感方法制作的数字正射影像是获取基础空间信息最快速、高效的手段,利用高精度卫星遥感成图,处理速度快、工艺简便、图像清晰,而且精度达到成图要求。本文介绍了以高分辨率的QuickBird卫星影像为研究对象,利用ERMapper图像处理系统进行图像的几何校正、全色与多光谱数据融合方法与过程。     

高分辨率遥感影像融合研究

遥感影像融合不仅可以提高原多光谱影像的空间分辨率,更重要的是最大量地保留影像的光谱信息。为了研究适合于QuickBird遥感影像融合的融合方法,本研究应用乘法复合算法(MLT)、改进的Brovey(MB)、高通滤波(HPF)以及基于平滑滤波的亮度调节算法(SFIM)四种融合方法对QuickBird影像进行了融合试验和分析。试验区以覆盖不同土地利用类型的一小景QuickBird影像为基础。采用了均值偏差、标准差、信息熵、平均梯度和相关系数五种数字统计方法来定量地评价由以上算法产生的融合影像。分析结果表明:SFIM算法在光谱保真性、高频信息融入度、影像清晰度方面都优于其他三种方法。因此,在研究的四种方法中,SFIM算法最适合Quick-Bird影像融合。     

A new fault rupture scenario for the 2003 Mw 6.6 Bam earthquake, SE Iran: Insights from the high-resolution QuickBird imagery and field observations

The December 26, 2003 M_w 6.6 Bam earthquake is one of the most disastrous earthquakes in Iran. QuickBird panchromatic and multispectral satellite imagery with 61 cm and 2.4 m ground resolution, respectively provide new insights into the surface rupturing process associated with this earthquake. The results indicate that this earthquake produced a 2–5 km-wide surface rupture zone with a complex geometric pattern. A 10-km-long surface rupture zone developed along the pre-existing Bam fault trace. Two additional surface rupture zones, each 2–5 km long, are oblique to the pre-existing Bam fault in angles of 20–35°. An analysis of geometric and geomorphic features also shows that movement on the Bam fault is mainly right-lateral motion with some compressional component. This interpretation is consistent with field investigations, analysis of aftershocks as well as teleseismic inversion. Therefore, we suggest that the 2003 Bam earthquake occurred on the Bam fault, and that the surface ruptures oblique to the Bam fault are caused by secondary faulting such as synthetic shears (Reidel shears). Our fault model for the Bam earthquake provides a new tectonic scenario for explaining complex surface deformations associated with the Bam earthquake.     

Introducing mapping standards in the quality assessment of buildings extracted from very high resolution satellite imagery

Many municipal activities require updated large-scale maps that include both topographic and thematic information. For this purpose, the efficient use of very high spatial resolution (VHR) satellite imagery suggests the development of approaches that enable a timely discrimination, counting and delineation of urban elements according to legal technical specifications and quality standards. Therefore, the nature of this data source and expanding range of applications calls for objective methods and quantitative metrics to assess the quality of the extracted information which go beyond traditional thematic accuracy alone. The present work concerns the development and testing of a new approach for using technical mapping standards in the quality assessment of buildings automatically extracted from VHR satellite imagery. Feature extraction software was employed to map buildings present in a pansharpened QuickBird image of Lisbon. Quality assessment was exhaustive and involved comparisons of extracted features against a reference data set, introducing cartographic constraints from scales 1:1000, 1:5000, and 1:10,000. The spatial data quality elements subject to evaluation were: thematic (attribute) accuracy, completeness, and geometric quality assessed based on planimetric deviation from the reference map. Tests were developed and metrics analyzed considering thresholds and standards for the large mapping scales most frequently used by municipalities. Results show that values for completeness varied with mapping scales and were only slightly superior for scale 1:10,000. Concerning the geometric quality, a large percentage of extracted features met the strict topographic standards of planimetric deviation for scale 1:10,000, while no buildings were compliant with the specification for scale 1:1000.     

Estimating soil salinity in Pingluo County of China using QuickBird data and soil reflectance spectra

Soil salinization is a worldwide environmental problem with severe economic and social consequences. In this paper, estimating the soil salinity of Pingluo County, China by a partial least squares regression (PLSR) predictive model was carried out using QuickBird data and soil reflectance spectra. At first, a relationship between the sensitive bands of soil salinity acquired from measured reflectance spectra and the spectral coverage of seven commonly used optical sensors was analyzed. Secondly, the potentiality of QuickBird data in estimating soil salinity by analyzing the correlations between the measured reflectance spectra and reflectance spectra derived from QuickBird data and analyzing the contributions of each band of QuickBird data to soil salinity estimation Finally, a PLSR predictive model of soil salinity was developed using reflectance spectra from QuickBird data and eight spectral indices derived from QuickBird data. The results indicated that the sensitive bands covered several bands of each optical sensor and these sensors can be used for soil salinity estimation. The result of estimation model showed that an accurate prediction of soil salinity can be made based on the PLSR method (R² = 0.992, RMSE = 0.195). The PLSR model's performance was better than that of the stepwise multiple regression (SMR) method. The results also indicated that using spectral indices such as intensity within spectral bands (Int1, Int2), soil salinity indices (SI1, SI2, SI3), the brightness index (BI), the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and the ratio vegetation index (RVI) as independent model variables can help to increase the accuracy of soil salinity mapping. The NDVI and RVI can help to reduce the influences of vegetation cover and soil moisture on prediction accuracy. The method developed in this paper can be applied in other arid and semi-arid areas, such as western China.     

第一次全国地理国情普查中大批量高分辨率卫星影像快速处理实践

对World View/Quick Bird高分辨率卫星影像快速处理实验,实现了在控制点相对较少且分布不均的情况下,对不同时相、不同轨道的遥感影像进行大批量快速处理与生产,避免了不同轨道影像之间接边差较大导致后续影像镶嵌困难情况的出现。通过生产实践,形成了大批量高分辨率遥感影像快速处理解决的方案,产品符合精度要求并有效地提高了工作效率,为第一次全国地理国情普查的顺利实施提供强有力的技术支撑和应用参考。     

土地变更调查遥感监测中QuickBird遥感影像处理方法的讨论

遥感技术在全国土地变更调查工作中得到广泛应用,主要通过从最新获取的遥感影像上提取所需信息,再对比之前的数据库信息进行分析得到一定时间阶段的土地变更情况。文章针对在全国土地变更项目中使用较广的QuickBird影像,以QuickBird影像的全色影像、多光谱影像、前时相基础底图及高程数据为基础,对影像进行拼接处理、降位处理、数据融合、影像彩色合成,以及几何纠正等处理过程,并通过实验确定一个最佳处理流程。最终得到地类清晰可见、容易判读的影像,为之后的影像信息提取打好了基础。