Estimating Siberian timber volume using MODIS and ICESat/GLAS

Geosciences Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) space LiDAR data are used to attribute a MODerate resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) 500 m land cover classification of a 10° latitude by 12° longitude study area in south-central Siberia. Timber volume estimates are generated for 16 forest classes, i.e., four forest cover types × four canopy density classes, across this 811,414 km² area and compared with a ground-based regional volume estimate. Two regional GLAS/MODIS timber volume products, one considering only those pulses falling on slopes ≤ 10° and one utilizing all GLAS pulses regardless of slope, are generated. Using a two-phase(GLAS-ground plot) sampling design, GLAS/MODIS volumes average 163.4 ± 11.8 m³/ha across all 16 forest classes based on GLAS pulses on slopes ≤ 10° and 171.9 ± 12.4 m³/ha considering GLAS shots on all slopes. The increase in regional GLAS volume per-hectare estimates as a function of increasing slope most likely illustrate the effects of vertical waveform expansion due to the convolution of topography with the forest canopy response. A comparable, independent, ground-based estimate is 146 m³/ha [Shepashenko, D., Shvidenko, A., and Nilsson, S. (1998). Phytomass (live biomass) and carbon of Siberian forests. Biomass and Bioenergy, 14, 21-31], a difference of 11.9% and 17.7% for GLAS shots on slopes ≤ 10° and all GLAS shots regardless of slope, respectively. A ground-based estimate of total volume for the entire study area, 7.46 × 10⁹ m³, is derived using Shepashenko et al.'s per-hectare volume estimate in conjunction with forest area derived from a 1990 forest map [Grasia, M.G. (ed.). (1990). Forest Map of USSR. Soyuzgiproleskhoz, Moscow, RU. Scale: 1:2,500,000]. The comparable GLAS/MODIS estimate is 7.38 × 10⁹ m³, a difference of less than 1.1%. Results indicate that GLAS data can be used to attribute digital land cover maps to estimate forest resources over subcontinental areas encompassing hundreds of thousands of square kilometers.     

飞行目标红外多光谱高效识别算法

随着新型诱饵的快速发展,在日益复杂的目标环境中探测识别真假目标是红外探测识别系统最难解决的技术问题之一.通过分析天空背景下红外小目标,干扰物,噪音及背景的光谱特性,利用人造飞行目标光谱辐射强度高且相邻波段光谱辐射强度连续性特点,提出了一种以多光谱辐射强度和梯度相组合的目标识别高效算法.就此给出了相应的仿真算例,验证了算法在获取的红外图像信噪比很低,背景高亮度,多个诱饵干扰的条件下也能准确识别目标,具有更强的自适应性,更高的识别率和更为快捷的处理能力.     

Color Subspaces as Photometric Invariants

Complex reflectance phenomena such as specular reflections confound many vision problems since they produce image ‘features’ that do not correspond directly to intrinsic surface properties such as shape and spectral reflectance. A common approach to mitigate these effects is to explore functions of an image that are invariant to these photometric events. In this paper we describe a class of such invariants that result from exploiting color information in images of dichromatic surfaces. These invariants are derived from illuminant-dependent ‘subspaces’ of RGB color space, and they enable the application of Lambertian-based vision techniques to a broad class of specular, non-Lambertian scenes. Using implementations of recent algorithms taken from the literature, we demonstrate the practical utility of these invariants for a wide variety of applications, including stereo, shape from shading, photometric stereo, material-based segmentation, and motion estimation.     

Ecological assessment of Phragmites australis wetlands using multi-season SPOT-5 scenes

Ecologists and conservationists need accurate and replicable tools for monitoring wetland conditions in order to develop and implement adaptive management strategies efficiently. The Rhone Delta (Camargue) in southern France encloses 9200 ha of fragmented reed marshes actively managed for reed harvesting, waterfowl hunting or cattle grazing, and holding significant numbers of vulnerable European birds. We used multi-season SPOT-5 data in conjunction with ground survey to assess the predictive power of satellite imagery in modelling indicators of reed structure (height, diameter, density and cover of green/dry stems) relevant to ecosystem management and bird ecology. All indicators could be predicted accurately with a combination of bands (SWIR, NIR) and indices (SAVI, OSAVI, NDWI, DVI, DVW, MSI) issued from scenes of March, June, July, September or December and subtraction between these. All models were robust when validated with an independent set of satellite and field data. The high spatial resolution of SPOT-5 scenes (pixel of 10 × 10 m) permits the monitoring of detailed attributes characterizing the reed ecosystem across a large spatial extent, providing a scientifically-based, replicable tool for managers, stakeholders and decision-makers to follow wetland conditions in the short and long-term. Combined with models on the ecological requirements of vulnerable bird species, these tools can provide maps of potential species ranges at spatial extents that are relevant to ecosystem functioning and bird populations.     

甘肃北山白峡尼山地区多源遥感岩性制图研究

甘肃北山地区地质构造复杂,岩浆活动强烈,该区工作程度较低,已有1：20万、1：5万地质图对区内岩性（如中酸性侵入岩）圈定较为笼统,且界线不够准确。以甘肃北山白峡尼山地区为研究区,利用彩色空间变换（IHS）、Brovey等方法对ETM多光谱图像与资源三号（ZY3）全色波段高分辨率图像进行空间分辨率融合,获得兼具ETM光谱分辨率与资源三号空间分辨率之长的高分辨率图像。再对原始影像进行比值、主成分分析及假彩色合成等增强处理,突出其岩性差异,将各种方法处理的影像与数字高程模型（DEM）数据结合构建三维影像,进行综合解译。对解译结果进行野外验证、样品薄片鉴定及反射光谱特征分析,据此对结果进行修正,获得了研究区遥感解译地质图。结果表明：对于西部基岩露头较好地区,利用多源遥感数据融合可更新现有地质图,为后续填图、找矿工作提供参考。     

基于SVM模型的妫水河叶绿素a浓度的遥感反演

以北京市妫水河为研究区,基于2011年9月25日和2012年9月30日的两期叶绿素a浓度实测数据和准同步的环境一号卫星(HJ-1A)多光谱数据,分别构建一元线性和多元支持向量机模型(SVMM),通过决定系数R²和平均相对误差对模型的精度进行检验,用模型进行水体叶绿素a浓度的反演,并分析其时空分布特征。研究表明:在样本数较少的情况下,SVM具有很强的非线性映射能力,能够取得较好的预测结果,更适用于反演叶绿素a浓度。时间分布上,研究区叶绿素a浓度呈增加趋势,均值上升了6.86 μg/L;空间分布上,深水区叶绿素a浓度值低于浅水区,上游高于下游。国产HJ-1A CCD2多光谱数据以其4 d的时间分辨率,在水质动态变化监测方面具有优势。     

An approach for visual attention based on biquaternion and its application for ship detection in multispectral imagery

This paper proposes an approach for visual attention based on biquaternion, and investigates its application for ship detection in multispectral imagery. The proposed approach describes high-dimensional data in the form of biquaternion and utilizes the phase spectrum of biquaternion Fourier transform to generate a required saliency map that can be used for salient target detection. In our method, the multidimensional data is processed as a whole, and the features contained in each spectral band can be extracted effectively. Compared with traditional visual attention approaches, our method has very low computational complexity. Experimental results on simulated and real multispectral remote sensing data have shown that the proposed method has excellent performance in ship detection. Furthermore, our method is robust against white noise and almost meets real-time requirements, which has great potentials in engineering applications.     

Multispectral photodetection using low-cost sputtered NiO/Ag/ITO heterostructure: From design concept to elaboration

High-performance multispectral photodetectors (PDs) are highly attractive for the emerging optoelectronic applications. In this work, a new broadband PD based on p-NiO/Ag/n-ITO heterostructure was fabricated by RF magnetron sputtering technique at room temperature. The tri-layered structure offering multispectral detection property was first identified using theoretical calculations based on combined FDTD and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) techniques. The crystal structure of the elaborated sensor was analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD) method. The device optical properties were investigated by UV–Vis–NIR spectroscopy. The NiO/Ag/ITO heterostructured PD shows a high average absorbance of 63% over a wide spectrum range of [200 nm–1100nm]. Compared with NiO and ITO thin-films, the performances of the heterostructured device are considerably enhanced. It was found that the prepared PD with NiO/Ag/ITO heterostructure merges the benefits of multispectral photodetection with reduced optical losses and efficient transfer of photo-induced carrier. The device demonstrated a high I_ON/I_OFF ratio of 78 dB and an enhanced responsivity under UV, visible and NIR lights (171 mA/W at 365 nm, 67 mA/W at 550 nm and 93 mA/W at 850 nm). The broadband photodetection property enabled by the optimized NiO/Ag/ITO heterostructure opens a new route for the elaboration of low-cost devices that can offer multiple sensing purposes, which are highly suitable for optoelectronic applications.