遥感影像亚像元制图方法研究进展综述

遥感影像混合像元的普遍存在给遥感影像解译造成困扰。有效处理混合像元问题,细化分类结果,获得更为精细的地物细节信息就需要进行亚像元绘图。目前亚像元制图方法主要包括3个步骤:① 混合像元分解;② 提取软信息;③ 亚像元制图。总结归纳了近年来遥感影像亚像元绘图领域的研究进展和成果,详细阐述了亚像元制图的步骤及涉及的研究方法。依据辅助信息的类型将亚像元绘图方法大致划分为:基于空间相关性、基于空间结构信息、基于神经网络、基于像元交换途径的4类亚像元分类方法,并分别对各种方法的优缺点进行了分析对比。最后,评述了亚像元制图的发展趋势。     

遥感影像亚像元定位研究综述

遥感影像亚像元定位是在混合像元分解基础上,利用地物空间分布特征确定不同地物类型在混合像元中的具体位置,得到亚像元尺度的地物分类图,是一种有效解决混合像元空间不确定性的方法。首先介绍遥感影像亚像元定位的基本概念,分析亚像元定位的理论模型和求解算法;然后总结亚像元定位模型的误差来源、精度评价方法以及结果不确定性的表达手段,同时讨论利用辅助数据源提高亚像元定位精度的主要方法;最后对亚像元定位的研究趋势做了进一步展望。     

遥感影像超分辨率制图研究进展

尺度问题是土地覆盖分类中的一个核心问题,向下尺度转换又是其中的难点。混合像元分解可以得到亚像元尺度的类别组分百分比,但无法求得亚像元的具体位置。遥感影像超分辨率制图是由粗空间分辨率的影像得到高空间分辨率分类结果图的技术,可用于地表分类向下尺度转换,近年来该技术已成为遥感影像分类和尺度转换领域的研究热点。对超分辨率制图研究进展做了详细论述,从超分辨率制图的发展和研究现状、主要方法、精度评价等几方面进行了详细阐述,并分析了当前超分辨率制图算法存在的主要问题,以及可能的研究重点和发展空间。     

基于元胞自动机模型的遥感图像亚像元定位

由于遥感图像中普遍存在混合像元,因此传统分类方法得到的结果通常会存在较大误差,应用混合像元分解技术,虽然可以得到混合像元中各端元组分的丰度,但是却不能得到各端元组分的空间分布状态,而亚像元定位则是在混合像元分解的基础上,将混合像元剖分为亚像元,再利用端元组分的丰度及像元空间分布的特点,将亚像元赋予不同端元组分来得到各端元组分的空间分布情况,以提高遥感图像分类的精度。为了更好地解决亚像元定位问题,结合亚像元定位的理论模型,提出了一种新的元胞自动机模型,并通过模拟数据和实际数据对该模型进行了检验,结果表明,该模型是一种简单有效的解决亚像元定位问题的方法。     

基于各向异性Markov随机场的遥感影像亚像元尺度建筑物提取

基于遥感影像的建筑物自动提取方法容易受混合像元影响,目标提取精度不高。亚像元定位可以提取亚像元尺度地物分布信息,减轻混合像元对目标提取结果造成的影响。传统亚像元定位模型采用各向同性邻域描述地物的空间相关性,并没有考虑地物特有的形状信息,难以满足建筑物提取的需要。在考虑建筑物光谱特征的基础上,建立了平行与垂直于目标建筑物主方向的各向异性邻域,并采用基于各向异性Markov随机场的亚像元定位模型进行了亚像元尺度的建筑物提取。基于QuickBird多光谱数据与AVIRIS高光谱数据的实验结果表明,该模型提取的建筑物不仅具有更高的空间分辨率,而且能够较好地保持建筑物边缘与角点的形状信息,是一种有效的亚像元尺度建筑物提取方法。     

对偶四元数线阵遥感影像几何定位

提出以对偶四元数为数学工具进行线阵CCD(电荷耦合元件)遥感影像几何定位的全新技术方法。利用对偶四元数建立遥感通用传感器严密成像模型,将光线束的位置和姿态统一用对偶四元数表示,通过传感器扫描光线在空间中的螺旋运动,实现像点到其对应地面点物方坐标的变换,从而克服了成像几何参数(外方位元素)之间的强相关性。按照空间刚体变换线性蒙皮混合理论,可以把刚体变换矩阵分解为平移和旋转两个部分,对平移部分进行线性插值,对旋转部分进行球面插值,从而实现线阵CCD遥感影像外方位元素的解算。按照所建立的成像几何模型,利用某地区Geoeye-1遥感影像进行几何定位实验,实验结果表明新算法获得的几何定位精度优于传统算法,能够解决定位参数之间的相关性问题。     

基于单亲遗传算法和子像元/像元空间吸引模型的亚像元制图研究

混合像元普遍存在于遥感图像数据中。与传统的硬分类(Hard Classification)方法相比,在处理混合像元时,软分类(Soft Classification)技术可以避免信息丢失;但是,通过软分类技术获得的结果,仍然无法确定各分类在像元中的具体位置。子像元制图(或超分辨率制图、亚像元制图)技术能将软分类技术得到的结果转化为更高分辨率的图像,它能兼得软分类和硬分类两者的优势。将遗传算法的一个变种-单亲遗传算法应用于子像元制图,结合子像元/像元空间吸引模型,单亲遗传算法能直接获得子像元制图结果。以合成的图像和实际的土地覆盖图像为实验对象,通过目视比较和定量精度评价,与硬分类的结果相比,该方法能取得更高的制图精度和更好的结果。     

结合超分辨率重建的神经网络亚像元定位方法

遥感影像中普遍存在着混合像元,如何分析和解译混合像元一直是人们研究的热点。亚像元定位方法是将混合像元分解成为亚像元,并赋予不同的端元组分,以提高影像整体分类精度的一种技术。本文在神经网络亚像元定位模型的基础上,结合超分辨率重建理论,提出一种新型的BPMAP模型,在每一个类别的组成分图像与亚像元定位图像之间建立起高、低分辨率的观测模型,采用最大后验估计（MAP）算法对BP神经网络的定位结果进行约束,最终确定混合像元内部各组分合适的空间位置。通过对模拟的简单图像和长江三峡地区的ETM影像进行实验,结果表明,与神经网络模型相比,本文方法能够更加有效地解决亚像元定位的问题,进一步消除定位过程中产生的误差,提高精度。     

风云卫星中分辨率遥感数据几何定位误差分析

几何定位误差是影响卫星遥感数据应用的基础性问题。提出了一种适用于量化分析FYMERSI数据几何定位精度的方法(90%同名控制点误差CE90、平面几何误差RMSEH、经向几何误差RMSEX和纬向几何误差RMSEY 4个指标来确定几何定位精度):首先通过图像自动匹配技术对单幅图像进行控制点检查,然后对大批量的数据进行系统性几何定位误差分析。华北地区的典型研究表明,FY-MERSI数据经系统性纠正后,其几何定位精度存在不均一性,有些数据的几何定位误差可低至CE90=1.41像元,RMSE-H=0.97像元,RMSEX=0.74像元和RMSEY=0.64像元,而有些数据的几何定位误差则高达CE90=14.87像元,RMSEH=13.0像元,RMSEX=9.45像元,RMSEY=8.93像元。2013年10月5日至2015年5月30日所有数据的分析表明,FY3CMERSI数据经在系统性几何纠正后,CE90为5.97像元,RMSEH为4.94像元,RMSEX为3.29像元,RMSEY为3.28像元。该方法可以减少人工参与,大幅减轻目视确定几何定位必需的控制点的工作量,提高几何定位工作效率。因此,该方法将有助于量化分析FY-MERSI数据的几何定位误差,为FY-MERSI数据进行几何精校正提供技术基础。     

高光谱遥感图像的单形体分析方法

将n个波段的高光谱图像像元与n维空间里的散点联系起来，结合凸体几何中单形体概念研究高光谱遥感图像纯净像元提取方法，实现图像的地物精确分类识别及像元波谱分解。寻找高光谱遥感图像n维空间里的单形体并认知分析单形体是该研究方法的重要环节。通过MNF(minimum noise fraction)变换和PPI(pixel purity index)计算技术寻找到单形体，基于单形体进行像元分解分析单形体，并结合应用实例和SAM(spectral angle mapper)分类技术完成高光谱图像地物精确分类制图，验证了该研究方法的可操作性。该研究方法的优点在于不需要用户提供地物波谱信息，用于制图和波谱分解的终端单元可由图像本身得到，并由用户控制分类制图和波谱分解的详细程度。     

Soft-then-hard super-resolution mapping based on a spatial attraction model with multiscale sub-pixel shifted images

Super-resolution mapping (SRM) is a technique for exploring spatial distribution information of the land-cover classes at finer spatial resolution. The soft-then-hard super-resolution mapping (STHSRM) algorithm is a type of SRM algorithm that first estimates the soft class values for sub-pixels at the target fine spatial resolution and then predicts the hard class labels for sub-pixels. The sub-pixel shifted images from the same area can be incorporated to improve the accuracy of STHSRM algorithm. In this article, multiscale sub-pixel shifted images (MSSI) based on the fine-scale model and the coarse-scale model are utilized to increase the accuracy of STHSRM. First, class fraction images are derived from multiple sub-pixel shifted coarse spatial resolution images by soft classification. Then using the sub-pixel/sub-pixel spatial attraction model as fine-scale and the sub-pixel/pixel spatial attraction model as coarse scale, all MSSI can be derived from fraction images. The MSSI for each class are then integrated to obtain the desired fine spatial resolution images. Finally, the integrated fine spatial resolution images are used to allocate classes for sub-pixel. Experiments on two synthetic remote sensing images and a real hyperspectral remote sensing imagery show that the proposed method produces higher mapping accuracy result.     

Sub-pixel vs. super-pixel-based greenspace mapping along the urban–rural gradient using high spatial resolution Gaofen-2 satellite imagery: a case study of Haidian District,Beijing, China

Greenspace in urban areas is closely related to urban ecosystems, economy, culture, and society. Recently, rapid urban development and expansion are always dominated by a series of human–environment interactions, which can lead to various spatial patterns of urban greenspace especially along the urban–rural gradient. Urban–rural greenspace mapping is therefore of great importance to provide a comprehensive insight for urban planners and managers. In our study, we adopted both the sub-pixel and super-pixel strategies to map the greenspace in Haidian District, Beijing, China. Specifically, the fully constrained linear spectral unmixing and object-based classification methods were implemented as the representatives of sub-pixel and super-pixel strategies, respectively. The high spatial resolution Gaofen-2 multispectral imagery collected in September, 2015 was used in this study. The results showed that the overall accuracies of greenspace mapping by the super-pixel method were higher than those by the sub-pixel method in the selected dense urban, sub-urban, and rural subsets. Obviously, the super-pixel method was more advantageous for mapping greenspace from the high spatial resolution imagery, especially for patches of greenspace in rural and mountain areas. When further comparing these two methods using the medium spatial resolution Landsat-8 imagery, we concluded that the sub-pixel method failed to keep the same levels of greenspace mapping accuracies as those using the high spatial resolution Gaofen-2 imagery but outperformed the super-pixel method especially in the dense urban and sub-urban subsets due to their high degrees of greenspace fragmentation. Furthermore, the sub-pixel method also demonstrated its merits in terms of automation and operability compared to the super-pixel method.     

Sub-pixel mapping of remotely sensed imagery with hybrid intra- and inter-pixel dependence

Sub-pixel mapping of remotely sensed imagery is often performed by assuming that land cover is spatially dependent both within and between image pixels. Intra- and inter-pixel dependencies are two widely used approaches to represent different land-cover spatial dependencies at present. However, merely using intra- or inter-pixel dependence alone often fails to fully describe land-cover spatial dependence, making current sub-pixel mapping models defective. A more reasonable object for sub-pixel mapping is maximizing both intra- and inter-pixel dependencies simultaneously instead of using only one of them. In this article, the differences between intra- and inter-pixel dependencies are discussed theoretically, and a novel sub-pixel mapping model aiming to maximize hybrid intra- and inter-pixel dependence is proposed. In the proposed model, spatial dependence is formulated as a weighted sum of intra-pixel dependence and inter-pixel dependence to satisfy both intra- and inter-pixel dependencies. By application to artificial and synthetic images, the proposed model was evaluated both visually and quantitatively by comparing with three representative sub-pixel mapping algorithms: the pixel swapping algorithm, the sub-pixel/pixel attraction algorithm, and the pixel swapping initialized with sub-pixel/pixel attraction algorithm. The results showed increased accuracy of the proposed algorithm when compared with these traditional sub-pixel mapping algorithms.     

基于目标优化的高光谱图像亚像元定位

目的 高光谱图像混合像元的普遍存在使得传统的分类技术难以准确确定地物空间分布,亚像元定位技术是解决该问题的有效手段。针对连通区域存在孤立点或孤立两点等特例时,通过链码长度求周长最小无法保证最优结果及优化过程计算量大的问题,提出了一种改进的高光谱图像亚像元定位方法。方法 以光谱解混结合二进制粒子群优化构建算法框架,根据光谱解混结果近似估计每个像元对应的亚像元组成,通过分析连通区域存在特例时基于链码长度求周长最小无法保证结果最优的原因,提出修改孤立区域的周长并考虑连通区域个数构造代价函数,最后利用二进制粒子群优化实现亚像元定位。为了减少算法的时间复杂度,根据地物空间分布特点,采用局部分析代替全局分析,提出了新的迭代优化策略。结果 相比直接基于链码长度求周长最小的优化结果,基于改进的目标函数优化后,大部分区域边界更明显,并且没有孤立1点和孤立两点的区域,识别率可以提高2%以上,Kappa系数增加0.05以上,新的优化策略可以使算法运算时间减少近一半。结论 实验结果表明,本文方法能有效提高亚像元定位精度,同时降低时间复杂度。因为高光谱图像中均匀混合区域不同地物的分布空间相关性不强,因此本文方法适用于非均匀混合的高光谱图像的亚像元定位。     

Sub-pixel mapping and sub-pixel sharpening using neural network predicted wavelet coefficients

Sub-pixel mapping and sub-pixel sharpening are techniques for increasing the spatial resolution of sub-pixel image classifications. The proposed method makes use of wavelets and artificial neural networks. Wavelet multiresolution analysis facilitates the link between different resolution levels. In this work a higher resolution image is constructed after estimation of the detail wavelet coefficients with neural networks. Detail wavelet coefficients are used to synthesize the high-resolution approximation. The applied technique allows for both sub-pixel sharpening and sub-pixel mapping. An algorithm was developed on artificial imagery and tested on artificial as well as real synthetic imagery. The proposed method resulted in images with higher spatial resolution showing more spatial detail than the source imagery. Evaluation of the algorithm was performed both visually and quantitatively using established classification accuracy indices.     

基于局部连续性与全局相似性的光谱保持型亚像元映射

遥感图像的像元级分类精度受混合像元的影响. 亚像元映射以像元分解获得的丰度值为基础,在地物分布规律的约束下,细化估计各类地物的亚像元级分布模式. 本文同时考虑了地物分布的空间与光谱信息,提出了一种基于局部连续性与全局相似性的光谱保持型亚像元映射算法. 针对地物的空间分布特性,提出了利用类内离散度对局部连续性进行建模,并通过相似分布像元表示误差引入全局相似性约束项. 针对地物的光谱特性,采用最小化光谱误差约束了亚像元映射过程中的光谱无失真性. 模拟数据与真实数据上的实验结果表明,本文算法比其他同类算法具有更高的估计精度,且更适合于实际应用.     

Super-resolution land-cover mapping using multiple sub-pixel shifted remotely sensed images

Super-resolution land-cover mapping is a promising technology for prediction of the spatial distribution of each land-cover class at the sub-pixel scale. This distribution is often determined based on the principle of spatial dependence and from land-cover fraction images derived with soft classification technology. However, the resulting super-resolution land-cover maps often have uncertainty as no information about sub-pixel land-cover patterns within the low-resolution pixels is used in the model. Accuracy can be improved by incorporating supplemental datasets to provide more land-cover information at the sub-pixel scale; but the effectiveness of this is limited by the availability and quality of these additional datasets. In this paper, a novel super-resolution land-cover mapping technology is proposed, which uses multiple sub-pixel shifted remotely sensed images taken by observation satellites. These satellites take images over the same area once every several days, but the images are not identical because of slight orbit translations. Low-resolution pixels in these remotely sensed images therefore contain different land-cover fractions that can provide useful information for super-resolution land-cover mapping. We have constructed a Hopfield Neural Network (HNN) model to solve it. Maximum spatial dependence is the goal of the proposed model, and the fraction maps of all images are constraints added to the energy function of HNN. The model was applied to synthetic artificial images as well as to a real degraded QuickBird image. The output maps derived from different numbers of images at different zoom factors were compared visually and quantitatively to the super-resolution map generated from a single image. The resulting land-cover maps with multiple remotely sensed images were more accurate than was the single image map. The use of multiple remotely sensed images is therefore a promising method for decreasing the uncertainty of super-resolution land-cover mapping. Moreover, remotely sensed images with similar spatial resolution from different satellite platforms can be used together, allowing a fusion of information obtained from remotely sensed imagery.