Retrieving leaf area index for coniferous forest in Xingguo County, China with Landsat ETM+ images

Spatial distributions of the leaf area index (LAI) needed for carbon cycle modeling in Xingguo County, China were estimated based on correlations between the field-measurements and vegetation indices (VIs). After making geometric and atmospheric corrections to two Landsat ETM+ images, one in January 2000 and the other in May 2003, three VIs (SR, NDVI, and RSR) were derived, and their separate correlations with ground LAI measurements were established. The correlation with RSR was the highest among the three VIs. The retrieved LAI values for January 2000 were lower than those for May 2003 because of a small seasonal variation in the coniferous forests (predominantly masson pine) and the decrease in the understorey vegetation during winter.     

珠江口沿岸土地利用变化及其地表热环境遥感分析

以遥感和GIS为技术手段,选择四期TM/ETM＋影像为数据源,对珠江口沿岸区域的土地利用及其地表热环境的变化进行了定量分析。1990—2008年期间,建设用地扩展是珠江口区域土地利用变化最为显著的特征,建设用地从1990年的605.50km^2增加到2008年的2394.26km^2。土地利用变化导致区域热环境效应增强,并促使不同土地利用类型在7个热力区间中的组成发生变化。珠江口东岸建设用地在数量上的优势使得珠江口的热力重心始终分布在东岸。研究结果表明,以建设用地扩展为突出特征的土地利用变化,深刻影响着区域热环境。     

基于Landsat TM/ETM+的天津城区及滨海新区热岛效应时空变化研究

利用1987年、1998年、2004年和2008年4景Landsat TM/ETM+数据的热红外波段数据反演天津市地表亮温,并对绝对亮温值进行归一化处理得到相对亮温。通过对相对亮温分布图进行时空分析可知,自1987年到2008年,天津市热岛效应主要发生在中心城区、滨海新区以及道路沿线等区域。热岛范围在加大,强度也在增加。中心城区热岛效应不断加剧,滨海新区的热岛效应则从无到有,从弱到强,变化十分明显。并分析了热岛现象产生和异常的原因,有降水变化、农作物收割、公路建设和建成区增加。     

土地利用/覆被变化对小流域地表温度的影响

遥感和GIS技术被用于检测白家湾河流域土地利用/覆被变化,并评估土地利用/覆被变化对白家湾河流域地表温度的影响。不同时期的Landsat TM和ETM+影像被用于确定土地利用/覆被变化格局,并对矿点增长及相关的植被覆盖减少情况进行量化。采用Landsat数据的热红外波段进行地表温度的反演。结果表明:(1)小流域内不同土地利用/覆被类型上地表温度具有差异;(2)由于不同时期不同人为干扰造成的影响不同,不同时期土地利用/覆被类型间的地表温度差异不同。(3)在整个研究区域内,平均地表温度和NDVI之间呈负相关关系,各种土地利用/覆被类型上的平均地表温度和NDVI都呈现负相关性,但一些土地利用/覆被类型与NDVI的相关性高于平均水平。(4)植被覆盖情况越好,对稳定地表温度所起的作用越大。     

Rapid Mapping and Prioritisation of Wetland Sites in the Manawatu–Wanganui Region,New Zealand

The extent of wetland in New Zealand has decreased by approximately 90% since European settlement began in 1840. Remaining wetlands continue to be threatened by drainage, weeds, and pest invasion. This article presents a rapid method for broad-scale mapping and prioritising palustrine and estuarine wetlands for conservation. Classes of wetland (lacustrine, estuarine, riverine, marine, and palustrine) were mapped using Landsat ETM+ imagery and centre-points of palustrine and estuarine sites as ancillary data. The results shown are for the Manawatu–Wanganui region, which was found to have 3060 ha of palustrine and 250 ha of estuarine wetlands. To set conservation priorities, landscape indicators were computed from a land-cover map and a digital terrain model. Four global indicators were used (representativeness, area, surrounding naturalness, and connectivity), and each was assigned a value to score wetland sites in the region. The final score is an additive function that weights the relative importance of each indicator (i.e., multicriteria decision analysis). The whole process of mapping and ranking wetlands in the Manawatu–Wanganui region took only 6 weeks. The rapid methodology means that consistent wetland inventories and ranking can now actually be produced at reasonable cost, and conservation resources may therefore be better targeted. With complete inventories and priority lists of wetlands, managers will be able to plan for conservation without having to wait for the collection of detailed biologic information, which may now also be prioritised.     

Modelling spatial distribution of the Croatian marine benthic habitats

Within the framework of the 3-year project “Mapping the habitats of the Republic of Croatia” the marine benthic habitats of the entire Croatian maritory were mapped. The supralittoral and the mediolittoral were mapped as a function of the coastal lithology and the presumed levels of human impact (both in scale of 1:100,000). The infralittoral was mapped on the basis of spatial modelling (using neural networks as a modelling tool, data about habitats collected by fieldwork as the independent variable for training and testing the model, and the digital bathymetrical model, the distance from coast, the second spectral channel of Landsat ETM+ satellite image and the sea bottom sea temperature, salinity and current magnitude, as dependent variables). The circalittoral and the bathyal were mapped by overlapping and reinterpretation of the existing spatial databases (bathymetry and lithology) within the framework of the raster-GIS.     

ERS-2 SAR和Landsat ETM+数据融合提取崇明东滩典型地物信息与分类

以长江口崇明东滩为研究区，在分析崇明东滩典型地物的反射光谱特性和散射特性的基础上，对ERS-2 SAR数据和Landsat ETM＋数据分别进行了处理，其中对ERS-2 SAR数据进行了小波去噪处理和纹理特征信息的提取，对ETM＋数据进行了HIS彩色空间变换，然后在特征级层次上对两者进行了信息融合，最后对融合后的图像进行了典型地物信息的提取，并且根据我们野外实地调查数据和已有的研究成果，对本文的分类结果进行了评价，取得了满意的效果。     

Mapping wetlands in the Lower Mekong Basin for wetland resource and conservation management using Landsat ETM images and field survey data

The Mekong River Basin is considered to be the second most species rich river basin in the world. The 795,000 km(2) catchment encompasses several ecoregions, incorporating biodiverse and productive wetland systems. Eighty percent of the rapidly expanding population of the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB), made up in part by Lao PDR, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam, live in rural areas and are heavily reliant on wetland resources. As the populations of Cambodia and Lao PDR will double in the next 20 years, pressure on natural resources and particularly wetlands can only increase. For development planning, resource and conservation management to incorporate wetland issues, information on the distribution and character of Mekong wetlands is essential. The existing but outdated wetland maps were compiled from secondary landuse-landcover data, have limited coverage, poor thematic accuracy and no meta-data. Therefore the Mekong River Commission (MRC) undertook to produce new wetland coverage for the LMB. As resources, funding and regional capacity are limited, it was determined that the method applied should use existing facilities, be easily adaptable, and replicable locally. For the product to be useful it must be accepted by local governments and decision makers. The results must be of acceptable accuracy (>75%) and the methodology should be relatively understandable to non-experts. In the first stage of this exercise, field survey was conducted at five pilot sites covering a range of typical wetland habitats (MRC wetland classification) to supply data for a supervised classification of Landsat ETM images from the existing MRC archive. Images were analysed using ERDAS IMAGINE and applying Maximum Likelihood Classification. Field data were reserved to apply formal accuracy assessment to the final wetland habitat maps, with resulting accuracy ranging from 77 to 94%. The maps produced are now in use at a Provincial and National level in three countries for resource and conservation planning and management applications, including designation of a Ramsar wetland site of international importance.     

Land-use induced changes in topsoil organic carbon stock of paddy fields using MODIS and TM/ETM analysis: A case study ofWujiang County, China

Topsoil soil organic carbon (SOC) that plays an important role in mitigating atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO_2) buildup is greatly affected by human activities.To evaluate the influence of land-use changes on SOC stocks in paddy soils,a new algorithm was developed by integrating MODIS (moderate resolution imaging spectral-radiometer) and TM/ETM data for timely monitoring the land-use change in Wujiang County.Thereafter,the land-use class-maps derived from MODIS and TM/ETM analyses were further used to est...     

基于Landsat TM/ETM+/OLI遥感大数据分析南京市1984—2015年大气能见度变化趋势

对南京市1984—2015年Landsat 4／5／7／8卫星TM／ETM＋／OLI传感器获取的遥感数据，利用ENVI遥感软件的FLAASH大气校正模块，进行了区域大气能见度（ VIS）遥感反演。结果表明，时间跨度达30余年的Landsat卫星遥感数据影像序列反演的VIS呈明显的下降趋势，20世纪80年代数值较高，“差”能见度（＜10 km）的观测率不到6％，21世纪以来VIS下降明显，“差”能见度的观测率为20％～25％。与2010—2015年南京市PM10、PM2．5监测数据进行了对比，在城市空气清洁及污染较轻时，星地监测结果有较好的一致性，但中到重污染天气时FLAASH算法反演VIS偏高，侧重于代表离主城区距离远的偏远乡野山林地区的能见度状况。