Analysis of Spatio-temporal Land Surface Temperature and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Changes in the Andassa Watershed,Blue Nile Basin,Ethiopia

Analysis of the nexus between vegetation dynamics and climatic parameters like surface temperature is essential in environmental and ecological studies and for monitoring of the natural resources. This study explored the spatio-temporal distribution of land surface temperature (LST) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the relationship between them in the Andassa watershed from 1986 to 2016 periods using Landsat data. Monthly average air temperature data of three meteorological sites were used for validating the results. The findings of the study showed that the LST of the Andassa watershed has increased during the study periods. Overall, average LST has been rising with an increasing rate of 0.081°C per year. Other results of this study also showed that there has been a dynamic change in vegetation cover of the watershed in all seasons. There was also a negative correlation between LST and NDVI in all the studied years. From this study we can understand that there has been degradation of vegetation and intensification of LST from 1986 to 2016.     

A geospatial study of the drought impact on surface water reservoirs: study cases from Texas,USA

Satellite images have been used historically to measure and monitor fluctuations in the surface water reservoirs. This study integrates remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies to investigate the impact of drought on 10 selected surface water reservoirs in San Angelo and Dallas, Texas. Oscillations in summer and winter months throughout the 2005–2016 period were assessed using multispectral images from Landsat-5, ?7, and ?8, and changes in the reservoirs were characterized and correlated against local climate data of each reservoir. For quantitative comparisons of the time-series measurements, a robust density slicing approach was employed to classify the range of values of the raster cells in the near-infrared band of Landsat images for each lake into three desired classes (deep water, shallow water, and dry area) based on the natural breaks inherent in the dataset. Statistical analysis shows that the overall accuracy of the classification is about 94%, which demonstrates the efficiency of the density slicer to accurately estimate surface water area changes from an individual Landsat band. Shrinkage in the surface water area over the study period reveals the concrete impact that the drought along with other factors have on the 10 selected lakes. The San Angelo lakes located in west central Texas experienced a nearly consistent pattern of change during most of the study period; whereas the Dallas lakes in northeast Texas followed the oscillating pattern of drought and correlated closely to the local conditions. Shockingly, the extreme drought caused complete vanishing of several lakes, and consequently Texas had to remove them from its recreational plans. Our new findings can certainly help with the water resource management in Texas and our study approach can be adapted for monitoring lake oscillations in other areas across the world. This geospatial study demonstrates the societal benefits from incorporating remote sensing and GIS in investigating geo-environmental problems associated with severe climate changes.     

从Landsat8影像反演地表温度的劈窗算法研究

以厦门市为研究区域,以2013年的Landsat8为研究数据,研究亮度温度反演以及地表温度反演的劈窗算法,推导出该算法的演算过程,根据Landsat8的特性,确定该算法的参数取值。通过ENVI/IDL软件编程实现该算法,采用厦门市遥感数据反演地表温度,并且利用厦门市气象局实测温度验证地表温度反演结果的有效性。     

归一化水汽指数与地表温度的关系

城市热岛的遥感研究,传统上主要利用归一化植被指数作为指标来评估地表温度-植被之间的关系。本研究探讨了以归一化水汽指数作为评估其与地表温度关系的适应性,比较了归一化水汽指数和归一化植被指数在表达城市热岛效应方面的效力。利用"单窗算法"和3个不同时段的TM/ETM+数据获取了珠江三角洲核心区域的地表温度分布图,分析了两种指数与地表温度之间的关系。对局部区域逐像元和对区域总体分析的结果表明:不同时段的地表温度与归一化水汽指数之间均存在较强的线性关系,而地表温度与归一化植被指数之间的线性关系相对较弱。说明在城市化的环境下,与传统上常用归一化植被指数作为指标来定量分析地表温度相比,归一化水汽指数提供了一种互补的、甚至更加有效的衡量指标。     

基于Landsat/TM资料研究广州城市热岛现象

利用Landsat/TM卫星资料及气象观测资料,基于覃志豪单窗算法对地表温度进行反演,根据热岛强度定义进行热岛强度、热岛范围的定量计算。研究结果表明,在考虑初始地温、总辐射量、植被状况等因素的影响之后,2000年至2005年间,广州市热岛现象呈现明显增强趋势,2000年11月1日、2002年11月7日、2005年11月23日热岛强度指数分别为1.15、1.20、2.89,热岛面积分别为235.44 km~2、261.09 km~2、381.42 km~2。人口增长刺激城市化加剧、温室效应增强使得地表蓄积热量增加是导致广州城市热岛效应增强的主要原因。     

基于ETM影像数据融合的土地覆盖分类研究

在ERDAS软件支持下，对ETM遥感影像数据的TM1-TM5，TM7与其全色波段TM8进行融合，采用主成分、乘积法、Brovey转换三种融合方法，重采样方法分别为邻域法、立方卷积法及双线性内插法。采用相同的训练样本区及最大似然法分类方法，对融合产生的9幅影像及未融合影像进行土地覆盖分类，通过对分类影像的Producers Accuracy，Users Accuracy，Kappa三者的精度数据和地物波谱信息的对比分析，在总体上，上述的影像融合方法对提高土地覆盖分类的精度不明显，但就某些地物类型来说，还是值得采用的；三种融合方法和三种重采样方式它们之问相比较而言，乘积法融合法和立方卷积重采样法相对较为可取。     

呼图壁至乌苏一带新构造变形特征及油气勘探方向预测

以覆盖北天山山前呼图壁至乌苏一带的四景 L andsat TM卫星遥感图像的地质解译为基础 ,结合野外实地考察所获取的地质资料以及烃源岩的生烃和排烃的盆地模拟分析结果 ,对呼图壁—乌苏地区第二、三排构造带上新世以来的新构造运动变形特征、背斜和断裂构造的形成时代以及油气勘探方向进行分析和预测。该区第二、三排背斜构造的变形非常强烈 ,它们的构造变形始于上新世末期 ,早更新世末期是新构造变形最强烈的时期 ,这些背斜构造带在中更新世早期已基本形成。第二排背斜构造带的构造变形强于第三排构造带。有利烃源岩安集海河组的排烃高峰期在距今 0 .3Ma左右 ,晚于背斜构造的形成时期 ,其生成和排出的油气很有可能聚集于这些背斜构造中。发育于背斜构造核部或北翼一侧的逆冲断裂构造为油气的垂向运移提供了良好通道 ,但也可能导致油气的逸散和破坏。综合分析表明第三排背斜构造带中的西湖背斜、独南背斜、安集海背斜和呼图壁背斜具有良好的油气勘探前景     

Integrating age in the detection and mapping of incongruous patches in coffee (Coffea arabica) plantations using multi-temporal Landsat 8 NDVI anomalies

The development of cost-effective, reliable and easy to implement crop condition monitoring methods is urgently required for perennial tree crops such as coffee (Coffea arabica), as they are grown over large areas and represent long term and higher levels of investment. These monitoring methods are useful in identifying farm areas that experience poor crop growth, pest infestation, diseases outbreaks and/or to monitor response to management interventions. This study compares field level coffee mean NDVI and LSWI anomalies and age-adjusted coffee mean NDVI and LSWI anomalies in identifying and mapping incongruous patches across perennial coffee plantations. To achieve this objective, we first derived deviation of coffee pixels from the global coffee mean NDVI and LSWI values of nine sequential Landsat 8 OLI image scenes. We then evaluated the influence of coffee age class (young, mature and old) on Landsat-scale NDVI and LSWI values using a one-way ANOVA and since results showed significant differences, we adjusted NDVI and LSWI anomalies for age-class. We then used the cumulative inverse distribution function (α ≤ 0.05) to identify fields and within field areas with excessive deviation of NDVI and LSWI from the global and the age-expected mean for each of the Landsat 8 OLI scene dates spanning three seasons. Results from accuracy assessment indicated that it was possible to separate incongruous and healthy patches using these anomalies and that using NDVI performed better than using LSWI for both global and age-adjusted mean anomalies. Using the age-adjusted anomalies performed better in separating incongruous and healthy patches than using the global mean for both NDVI (Overall accuracy = 80.9% and 68.1% respectively) and for LSWI (Overall accuracy = 68.1% and 48.9% respectively). When applied to other Landsat 8 OLI scenes, the results showed that the proportions of coffee fields that were modelled incongruent decreased with time for the young age category and while it increased for the mature and old age classes with time. We concluded that the method could be useful for the identification of anomalous patches using Landsat scale time series data to monitor large coffee plantations and provide an indication of areas requiring particular field attention.     

博格达峰地区气候变化特征及其对冰川变化的影响

20世纪中叶以来,随着全球变暖加剧,中国冰川普遍发生了退缩,对局地人民生活、生存环境及社会经济产生了深刻的影响,对位于西北干旱区的博格达峰地区尤为突出.本文首先采用趋势分析、突变检验和小波变换等方法对研究区周边气温、降水进行研究,同时应用Landsat l-4、5、7MSS、TM/ETM+影像分析1972-2013年博格达峰区冰川变化特征,在此基础上系统探讨冰川变化与该区气候变化之间的响应关系.结果表明:①1960-2013年研究区气温、降水变化倾向分别为0.19℃/10 a和12.4 mm/l0 a;年平均气温在1990年前后存在显著突变,年降水量在1985年前后存在突变.气温主要表现为8～10 a的周期,降水周期性较差.目前处于气温偏高、降水偏少期;②1972-2013年冰川面积减少46.71±1.32 km2,年均退缩率为0.66％±0.02％,冰川退缩趋势明显.其中1972-1990年,冰川年均退缩率为0.44％±0.03％;近20年来冰川退缩加剧,年均退缩率达到0.78％±0.09％;③通过分形理论对研究区冰川空间结构特征分析表明,预计未来冰川消融率将趋于稳定,但仍处于较高状态;④对比中国西部各地区冰川的变化,发现该地区冰川退缩和其他区域退缩速率相吻合;⑤1990年之前博格达峰地区冰川变化受温度和降水共同控制,1990年之后冰川退缩主要由气温上升引起.     

Monitoring Mangrove forest landcover changes in the coastline of Bangladesh from 1976 to 2015

Abstract

This study used multi-date Landsat images to quantify mangrove cover changes in the whole of Bangladesh from 1976 to 2015. Images were pre-processed with an atmospheric correction using Dark Object Subtraction (DOS) and Relative Radiometric Normalization (RRN) using Pseudo-Invariant Features (PIFs). Land Use/Land Cover (LU/LC) classification map was generated using Maximum Likelihood (MaxLike) algorithm, indicating the areal extent of mangroves increased by 3.1% between 1976 and 2015, where 1.79% of this increase occurred between 2000 and 2015. Though mangrove areas remained almost constant in the Sundarbans, Chakaria Sundarbans has almost disappeared between 1976 and 1989. The overall accuracy of Landsat MSS, TM, ETM+, and L8 OLI classified images were 80%, 80%, 87%, and 97% respectively. The study also found deforestation, shrimp & salt farm, coastal erosion and sedimentation, and mangrove plantation could be responsible for mangrove changes in Bangladesh.