Land Use Change in Hongta District in Yuxi City, China Based on Archived Landsat Data of the Past 30 Years

Urban expansion, which has affected ecosystem functioning and services at local to global scale, is projected to have aggravating impacts on landscape in the future. A detailed study on spatiotemporal patterns of Hongta District in Yuxi City over a relatively long timeframe was conducted using multi-temporal Landsat TM, ETM+ and OLI data of 1987-2017 associated with Geographic Information System techniques and landscape analysis approaches. Results showed that sealed surfaces (urban area) have expanded from 1.4% to 11.8%, with an annually increasing rate of 7.63%. Trees, farm areas and barren lands all underwent a slight reduction during this time period, whereby 23.8% of farms and 9.8% of bare lands transferred into sealed surfaces. Focusing on the urban expansion pattern, it presents a uninuclear polarizing polygon mode illustrating the urbanization sprawl over time to all directions. The greatest expansions are seen in NNE and SSE direction, mainly because of the topographic constraints. A trade-off between urbanization and sustainable development is under investigation by reclaiming barren soil at the mountain range to transfer farming areas from low altitude plains to make way for urban growth.

Utilization of Landsat Data for Quantifying and Predicting Land Cover Change in the Bumbuna Watershed in Sierra Leone

Rural communities in third world countries are concerned over land use changes resulting from resource exploitation. This is the case for the Bumbuna watershed in Sierra Leone following impoundment of the Bumbuna reservoir in 2009. Farmers have increased activities along the riparian zones in protest against inundation of their farmlands. The dam operators warn this practice would threaten sustainable power supply;the farmers contend the reservoir is increasing and taking over their farms. However, it is difficult to resolve this issue without a means of quantifying the change and developing early warning systems for land cover in the watershed. This research presents a case for the use of remotely sensed Landsat data for quantification of land cover change and the development of predictive models to inform preparedness for imminent problems that may arise from land use practices. In situ water loggers, in combination with manual readings, recorded water levels in 30-minute intervals since 2009. These datasets combined with spectral values of Landsat 7 and Landsat 8 for the development of regression algorithms for predictive purposes. Digital photographs and satellite imagery illustrated the changes in land cover over time (a 33% water rise and 44% NDVI change from 2009 to 2015). These visual and spectral pictures confirm the usefulness of remotely sensed data for early warning systems in the watershed. Results of the regression analysis show Band 1 (Blue) and Band 4 (NIR) as statistically significant predictors for water level in the reservoir. The tests accounted for 84% (R2) of the data with p-values less than α at the 0.05 confidence level. However, future trials of the model will consider reducing the 4.6 error margin to minimize deviations from the observed data.

A phenology-based vegetation index for improving ratoon rice mapping using harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 data

Ratoon rice,which refers to a second harvest of rice obtained from the regenerated tillers originating from the stubble of the first harvested crop,plays an important role in both food security and agroecology while requiring minimal agricultural inputs.However,accurately identifying ratoon rice crops is challenging due to the similarity of its spectral features with other rice cropping systems(e.g.,double rice).Moreover,images with a high spatiotemporal resolution are essential since ratoon rice is generally cultivated in fragmented croplands within regions that frequently exhibit cloudy and rainy weather.In this study,taking Qichun County in Hubei Province,China as an example,we developed a new phenology-based ratoon rice vegetation index(PRVI)for the purpose of ratoon rice mapping at a 30 m spatial resolution using a robust time series generated from Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2(HLS)images.The PRVI that incorporated the red,near-infrared,and shortwave infrared 1 bands was developed based on the analysis of spectro-phenological separability and feature selection.Based on actual field samples,the performance of the PRVI for ratoon rice mapping was carefully evaluated by comparing it to several vegetation indices,including normalized difference vegetation index(NDVI),enhanced vegetation index(EVI)and land surface water index(LSWI).The results suggested that the PRVI could sufficiently capture the specific characteristics of ratoon rice,leading to a favorable separability between ratoon rice and other land cover types.Furthermore,the PRVI showed the best performance for identifying ratoon rice in the phenological phases characterized by grain filling and harvesting to tillering of the ratoon crop(GHS-TS2),indicating that only several images are required to obtain an accurate ratoon rice map.Finally,the PRVI performed better than NDVI,EVI,LSWI and their combination at the GHS-TS2 stages,with producer's accuracy and user's accuracy of 92.22 and 89.30%,respectively.These results demonstrate that the proposed PRVI based on HLS data can effectively identify ratoon rice in fragmented croplands at crucial phenological stages,which is promising for identifying the earliest timing of ratoon rice planting and can provide a fundamental dataset for crop management activities.

Wetland vegetation biomass estimation and mapping from Landsat ETM data: a case study of Poyang Lake

Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China. This paper conducted a digital and rapid investigation of the lake’s wetland vegetation biomass using Landsat ETM data acquired on April 16, 2000. First, utilizing the false color composite derived from the ETM data as one of the main references, the authors designed a reasonable sampling route for field measurement of the biomass, and carried it out on April 18–28, 2000. Then after both the sampling data and the ETM data were geometrically corrected to an equal-area projection of Albers, linear relationships among the sampling data and some transformed data derived from the ETM data and the ETM 4 were calculated. The results show that the sampling data is best relative to the band 4 data with a high correlation coefficient of 0.86, followed by the DVI and NDVI data with 0.83 and 0.80 respectively. Therefore, a linear regression model, which was based on the field data and band 4 data, was used to estimate the total biomass of entire Poyang Lake, and then the map of the biomass distribution was compiled.

Spatio-temporal changes of underground coal fires during 2008-2016 in Khanh Hoa coal field(North-east of Viet Nam) using Landsat time-series data

Underground coal fires are one of the most common and serious geohazards in most coal producing countries in the world. Monitoring their spatio-temporal changes plays an important role in controlling and preventing the effects of coal fires, and their environmental impact. In this study, the spatio-temporal changes of underground coal fires in Khanh Hoa coal field(North-East of Viet Nam) were analyzed using Landsat time-series data during the 2008-2016 period. Based on land surface temperatures retrieved from Landsat thermal data, underground coal fires related to thermal anomalies were identified using the MEDIAN+1.5×IQR(IQR: Interquartile range) threshold technique. The locations of underground coal fires were validated using a coal fire map produced by the field survey data and cross-validated using the daytime ASTER thermal infrared imagery. Based on the fires extracted from seven Landsat thermal imageries, the spatiotemporal changes of underground coal fire areas were analyzed. The results showed that the thermalanomalous zones have been correlated with known coal fires. Cross-validation of coal fires using ASTER TIR data showed a high consistency of 79.3%. The largest coal fire area of 184.6 hectares was detected in 2010, followed by 2014(181.1 hectares) and 2016(178.5 hectares). The smaller coal fire areas were extracted with areas of 133.6 and 152.5 hectares in 2011 and 2009 respectively. Underground coal fires were mainly detected in the northern and southern part, and tend to spread to north-west of the coal field.

Analysis of Urban Change in Shenzhen City Based on Landsat Archived Data

With the ongoing development of economy and urbanization in China, the change of land use types has attracted more and more attention. In this study we focused on the urban development of Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, analyzing Landsat 5 TM and Landsat 8 OLI data. We used an SVM based classification, a land transfer matrix approach, a directional growth analysis method and we calculated the inversion of land surface temperature to derive information of land cover changes that occurred in the time period between 1987 and 2017. The results are combined with Shenzhen’s economy, transportation policy and other aspects to find the driving forces of the urban development. The results show that during the observed 30 years, the area of construction land has increased significantly. Most of it is converted from other lands, and some of them are reclaimed. Most rapidly developing are areas west and northwest of the Bao’an, Nanshan and Longhua. The vegetated areas decreased slightly. Caused by the continuous increase of the construction land, the so-called heat island effect emerges slightly but continuously.

基于Landsat数据的重庆市热环境时空格局变化研究

针对当前热环境加剧对城市生态环境和人类健康带来的严重威胁,采用辐射传输方程法和Landsat数据对2001年和2019年重庆市主城九区地表温度(Land Surface Temperature,LST)进行反演,对研究区城市热环境时空变化进行研究。基于此选取景观指数和驱动因子对热力景观格局变化和热环境驱动机制进行研究。结果表明:①2001—2019年,重庆市主城九区城市热环境明显增强,高温区域明显增多且整体向北扩张,到2019年LST总体呈现“内高外低”的分布格局。②中温区最大斑块指数增长了近12倍,代替次低温区成为研究区优势斑块类型。斑块数量和密度均下降了约62%,说明重庆市主城区的热力景观总体上呈聚集化,连通性较强。③NDVI和DEM与LST呈负相关,NDBI与LST呈正相关,影响程度为NDBI>NDVI>DEM。

Assessment and Evaluation of Band Ratios, Brovey and HSV Techniques for Lithologic Discrimination and Mapping Using Landsat ETM⁺and SPOT-5 Data

This study aims to assess and to evaluate band ratios, brovey and HSV (Hue-Saturation-Value) techniques for discrimination and mapping the basement rock units exposed at Wadi Bulghah area, Saudi Arabia using multispectral Landsat ETM+ and SPOT-5 panchromatic data.?FieldSpec instrument is utilized to collect the spectral data of diorite, marble, gossan and volcanics, the main rock units exposed at the study area. Spectral profile of diorite exhibits very distinguished absorption features around 2.20 μm and 2.35 μm wavelength regions. These absorption features lead to lowering the band ratio values within the band-7 wavelength region. Diorite intrusions appear to have grey and dark grey image signatures on 7/3 and 7/2 band ratio images respectively. On the false color composite ratio image (7/3:R;7/2:G and 5/2:B), diorite, marble, gossan and volcanics have very dark brown, dark blue, white and yellowish brown image signatures respectively. Image fusion between previously mentioned FCC ratio image and high spatial resolution (5 meters) SPOT-5 panchromatic image is carried out by using brovey and HSV transformation methods. Visual and statistical assessment methods prove that HSV fused image yields best image interpretability results rather than brovey image. It improves the spatial resolution of the original FCC ratios image with acceptable spectral preservation.

Alteration Information Extraction by Applying Synthesis Processing Techniques to Landsat ETM+Data: Case Study of Zhaoyuan Gold Mines, Shandong Province, China

Satellite remote sensing data are usually used to analyze the spatial distribution pattern of geological structures and generally serve as a significant means for the identification of alteration zones. Based on the Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper （ETM＋） data, which have better spectral resolution （8 bands） and spatial resolution （15 m in PAN band）, the synthesis processing techniques were presented to fulfill alteration information extraction： data preparation, vegetation indices and band ratios, and expert classifier-based classification. These techniques have been implemented in the MapGIS-RSP software （version 1.0）, developed by the Wuhan Zondy Cyber Technology Co., Ltd, China. In the study area application of extracting alteration information in the Zhaoyuan （招远） gold mines, Shandong （山东） Province, China, several hydorthermally altered zones （included two new sites） were found after satellite imagery interpretation coupled with field surveys. It is concluded that these synthesis processing techniques are useful approaches and are applicable to a wide range of gold-mineralized alteration information extraction.

基于Landsat影像的九江市大型湖泊面积变化动态分析

城市发展、水资源浪费以及湖泊无止境污染,导致大量湖泊出现萎缩,甚至消失,因此对湖泊进行长时序列的动态监测十分必要。利用Landsat系列、气象、水文、人口等数据,以EWI指数为水体提取手段对九江市内湖泊进行大范围长时序监测,分析其湖泊水域面积变化特征,利用SPSS软件分析驱动湖泊面积变化的主要因素。研究表明,1973—2021年庐山西海水域面积整体处于增长态势,影响庐山西海面积变化的主要因素是人类社会经济因素。赤湖以2011年为分界点,湖泊面积变化呈现先缩减后扩张的势态,影响赤湖面积变化的主要因素是长江径流量,其Pearson相关系数达0.815。1988—2021年赛城湖与八里湖处于缓慢衰退的态势,影响其面积变化的主要因素是常住人口与施工面积等。1995—2021年东津水库水域面积稳定,影响东津水库面积变化的主要因素是径流量,其Pearson相关系数达-0.725。

基于Landsat数据的地表温度反演差异及参数分析

只有基于准确的地表温度反演算法计算出的产品数据,才能正确推广使用。研究基于Landsat-8、Landsat-9和气象站数据,对比了5种常用地表温度反演算法的结果,并对不同算法的反演结果和参数灵敏度进行了测试。结果表明:基于地表比辐射率参数计算的辐射传输方程和单通道算法反演结果与地面实测数据吻合较好。基于大气水汽参数计算的单窗算法和劈窗算法的反演结果均高于实测温度。基于平均温度参数计算的单窗算法反演精度误差较大。此外,比较了两种遥感数据在不同地物上反演温度的一致性。研究结果可为地表温度反演和产品选择提供参考。

基于Landsat 8数据的广东石马河流域水质参数反演研究

针对河流水域水质进行高效快速监测的需要,本文以2021年2月广东石马河流域水体为研究对象,利用Landsat 8的OLI遥感影像对试验区域的环城河化学需氧量进行遥感反演研究。本文首先对实测水质数据和相应卫星影像数据波段值进行相关性分析,然后选取相关性最高的遥感波段值对水质进行回归分析,最后建立了适用于石马河流域的三次多项式反演模型。经反演预测结果与现场实测水质数据对比,试验结果表明所建立的水质反演模型能对石马河流域水质化学需氧量浓度进行高效快速监测。

基于Landsat 8遥感数据的森林火灾过火面积估算——以贵州毕节市赫章县“3·18”火灾为例

以贵州省毕节市赫章县2021年3月18日较大森林火灾为例,利用火灾前后Landsat 8遥感数据及ENVI遥感数据处理分析软件,通过图像预处理、计算归一化植被指数和燃烧面积指数等方法,提取森林火灾过火区域,计算过火面积。结果表明,利用Landsat 8数据能够较好地提取森林火灾过火区域,过火面积估算准确率达96.2%。

PALSAR-FBS L-HH Mode and Landsat-TM Data Fusion for Geological Mapping

Characterized by lithological diversity and rich mineral resources, Benshangul-Gumuz National Regional State located in Asosa Zones, Western Ethiopia has been investigated for geological mapping and morpho-structural lineaments extraction using PALSAR (Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar ) Fine Beam Single (FBS) L-HH polarization and Landsat-5 TM (Thematic Mapper ) datasets. These data were preprocessed to retrieve ground surface reflectance and backscatter coefficients. To overcome the geometry acquisition between the two sensors, they were geometrically and topographically rectified using ASTER-V2 DEM. Intensity-Hue-Saturation, directional filters and automatic lineaments extraction were applied on the datasets for lithological units’ discrimination and structural delimitation for potential mineral exploration. The obtained results showed good relationship among the topographic morphology, rock-substrate, structural variations properties, and drainage network. The spectral variations were easily associated with lithological units. Likewise, the morpho-structural information highlighted in the PALSAR image was visible without altering the radiometric integrity of the details in TM bands through the fusion process. Moreover, predominant lineaments directions trending NE-SW, NS, and NW-SE were identified. Results of this study highlighted the importance of the PALSAR FBS L-HH mode and TM data fusion to enhance geological features and lithological units for mineral exploration particularly in tropical zones.

融合MODIS与Landsat数据生成高时间分辨率Landsat数据

遥感数据时空融合技术是一种低空间分辨率影像与中空间分辨率影像在时间域和空间域的融合技术,利用遥感数据时空融合技术获得的融合影像既具备低空间分辨率影像的高时间分辨率特征,又具备中空间分辨率影像的高空间分辨率特征.提出了一种新的遥感数据时空融合方法(STDFA).该方法从时序MODIS数据中提取地物的时间变化信息,结合早期Landsat-TM影像的纹理信息,融合出具有MODIS时间分辨率和TM空间分辨率的影像.以江苏省南京市江宁区为研究区,以Landsat红波段和近红外波段为融合波段,对该方法进行了测试.结果显示,该方法能够产生高精度的中空间分辨率影像,融合影像与真实影像间的相关系数达到0.939.融合影像计算的NDVI与真实中空间分辨率影像计算的NDVI间的相关性达到0.938.

Landsat-8卫星数据应用探讨

在过去的40年里,Landsat系列卫星对启蒙和推动遥感应用技术的发展起到了重要作用,其遥感图像数据在我国得到了广泛应用。Landsat-8卫星是Landsat系列卫星的后续任务,已于2013年2月发射,目标是延续Landsat系列卫星数据的连续性,为农业、水资源管理、植被监测、灾害响应等领域继续提供高质量的图像数据。本文将首先介绍Landsat-8卫星的研制背景、卫星的基本参数和新型成像仪的数据特点,然后对比ETM+数据,介绍了Landsat-8卫星的数据产品分级以及数据的应用方向上的变化。

基于Landsat-TM数据的农牧交错带景观结构研究——以内蒙古自治区兴和县为例

根据1989年和 2000年的两期 Landsat-TM数据,应用景观类型斑块等级结构和景观空间格局指数等景观生态学指标,对地处典型农牧交错带地区的兴和县景观结构进行研究.结果表明,该地区农田和草地是平原和丘陵区的主体景观类型;不同景观类型斑块大小等级结构变化各异,耕地和草地斑块明显增大,乔木林地和水体斑块趋于减小;景观破碎化明显增强.

基于Landsat TM数据估算雷竹林地上生物量

结合Landsat TM遥感数据和雷竹林样地调查数据,采用偏最小二乘回归法(PLS)建立雷竹林地上生物量估算模型,利用该模型估算临安市雷竹林地上部分生物量。结果表明:雷竹单株地上部分生物量与胸径及雷竹林地上部分生物量与株数之间都呈极显著相关(P<0.01);通过PLS-Bootstrap法筛选自变量能够提高模型精度;模型预测的雷竹林地上生物量均方根误差为3.45t·hm-2,满足大范围估算的精度要求;临安市雷竹林地上生物量为13～25t·hm-2,均值为19.52t·hm-2。

LANDSAT数据在沙地动态监测中提取沙地信息的最佳波段组合研究

多光谱遥感数据是沙地动态监测的数据源,从中提取的沙地信息是监测的基础数据。波段是否为最佳组合,直接影响沙地信息的提取和地物的分类。笔者结合研究区域的实际情况,通过对单波段信息、波段间的相关性和OIF指数的分析,研究了提取物及其背景的特征,获得提取沙地信息的最佳波段组合为波段3、4、7。该组合形成的彩色图像地物信息丰富,沙地信息突出,易于目视解译,效果良好。波段的组合研究为后期数据处理提供了有力的技术支撑。