Two field experiments were conducted in Jiashan and Yuhang towns of Zhejiang Province, China, to study the feasibility of predicting N status of rice using canopy spectral reflectance. The canopy spectral reflectance ...Two field experiments were conducted in Jiashan and Yuhang towns of Zhejiang Province, China, to study the feasibility of predicting N status of rice using canopy spectral reflectance. The canopy spectral reflectance of rice grown with different levels of N inputs was determined at several important growth stages. Statistical analyses showed that as a result of the different levels of N supply, there were significant differences in the N concentrations of canopy leaves at different growth stages. Since spectral reflectance measurements showed that the N status of rice was related to reflectance in the visible and NIR (near-infrared) ranges, observations for rice in 1 nm bandwidths were then converted to bandwidths in the visible and NIR spectral regions with IKONOS (space imaging) bandwidths and vegetation indices being used to predict the N status of rice. The results indicated that canopy reflectance measurements converted to ratio vegetation index (RVI) and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) for simulated IKONOS bands provided a better prediction of rice N status than the reflectance measurements in the simulated IKONOS bands themselves. The precision of the developed regression models using RVI and NDVI proved to be very high with R2 ranging from 0.82 to 0.94, and when validated with experimental data from a different site, the results were satisfactory with R2 ranging from 0.55 to 0.70. Thus, the results showed that theoretically it should be possible to monitor N status using remotely sensed data.展开更多
We investigated a strategy to improve predicting capacity of plot-scale above-ground biomass （AGB） by fusion of LiDAR and Land- sat5 TM derived biophysical variables for subtropical rainforest and eucalypts dominate...We investigated a strategy to improve predicting capacity of plot-scale above-ground biomass （AGB） by fusion of LiDAR and Land- sat5 TM derived biophysical variables for subtropical rainforest and eucalypts dominated forest in topographically complex landscapes in North-eastern Australia. Investigation was carried out in two study areas separately and in combination. From each plot of both study areas, LiDAR derived structural parameters of vegetation and reflectance of all Landsat bands, vegetation indices were employed. The regression analysis was carded out separately for LiDAR and Landsat derived variables indi- vidually and in combination. Strong relationships were found with LiDAR alone for eucalypts dominated forest and combined sites compared to the accuracy of AGB estimates by Landsat data. Fusing LiDAR with Landsat5 TM derived variables increased overall performance for the eucalypt forest and combined sites data by describing extra variation （3% for eucalypt forest and 2% combined sites） of field estimated plot-scale above-ground biomass. In contrast, separate LiDAR and imagery data, andfusion of LiDAR and Landsat data performed poorly across structurally complex closed canopy subtropical minforest. These findings reinforced that obtaining accurate estimates of above ground biomass using remotely sensed data is a function of the complexity of horizontal and vertical structural diversity of vegetation.展开更多
In the frame of landslide susceptibility assessment, a spectral library was created to support the identification of materials confined to a particular region using remote sensing images. This library, called Pakistan...In the frame of landslide susceptibility assessment, a spectral library was created to support the identification of materials confined to a particular region using remote sensing images. This library, called Pakistan spectral library(pklib) version 0.1, contains the analysis data of sixty rock samples taken in the Balakot region in Northern Pakistan.The spectral library is implemented as SQLite database. Structure and naming are inspired by the convention system of the ASTER Spectral Library. Usability, application and benefit of the pklib were evaluated and depicted taking two approaches, the multivariate and the spectral based. The spectral information were used to create indices. The indices were applied to Landsat and ASTER data tosupportthespatial delineation of outcropping rock sequences instratigraphic formations. The application of the indices introduced in this paper helps to identify spots where specific lithological characteristics occur. Especially in areas with sparse or missing detailed geological mapping, the spectral discrimination via remote sensing data can speed up the survey. The library can be used not only to support the improvement of factor maps for landslide susceptibility analysis, but also to provide a geoscientific basisto further analyze the lithological spotin numerous regions in the Hindu Kush.展开更多
Coastal wetlands,crucial for global biodiversity and climate adaptation,provide essential ecosystem services such as carbon storage and flood protection.These vital areas are increasingly threatened by both natural an...Coastal wetlands,crucial for global biodiversity and climate adaptation,provide essential ecosystem services such as carbon storage and flood protection.These vital areas are increasingly threatened by both natural and human-induced changes,prompting the need for advanced monitoring techniques.This study employs unmanned aerial systems(UASs)equipped with light detection and ranging(LiDAR)and multispectral sensors to survey diverse wetland types across 8 sites in North Carolina.Utilizing high-resolution elevation data and detailed vegetation analysis,coupled with sophisticated machine learning algorithms,we achieved differentiated and highly precise classifications of wetland types.Classification accuracies varied by type,with estuarine intertidal emergent wetlands showing the highest classification accuracies due to less complex vegetation structure and clearer spectral signatures,especially when collections account for tidal influence.In contrast,palustrine forested and scrub-shrub wetlands presented lower accuracies,often due to the denser,mixed,and more complex vegetation structure and variable inundation levels,which complicate spectral differentiation and ground returns from LiDAR sensors.Overall,our integrated UAS-derived LiDAR and multispectral approach not only enhances the accuracy of wetland mapping but also offers a scalable,efficient,and cost-effective method that substantially advances conservation efforts and informs policy-making for coastal resilience.By demonstrating the usefulness of small-scale aerial data collection in ecological mapping,this study highlights the transformative potential of merging advanced technologies in environmental monitoring,underscoring their critical role in sustaining natural habitats and aiding in climate change mitigation strategies.展开更多
Combining both visible and infrared object information, multispectral data is a promising source data for automatic maritime ship recognition. In this paper, in order to take advantage of deep convolutional neural net...Combining both visible and infrared object information, multispectral data is a promising source data for automatic maritime ship recognition. In this paper, in order to take advantage of deep convolutional neural network and multispectral data, we model multispectral ship recognition task into a convolutional feature fusion problem, and propose a feature fusion architecture called Hybrid Fusion. We fine-tune the VGG-16 model pre-trained on ImageNet through three channels single spectral image and four channels multispectral images, and use existing regularization techniques to avoid over-fitting problem. Hybrid Fusion as well as the other three feature fusion architectures is investigated. Each fusion architecture consists of visible image and infrared image feature extraction branches, in which the pre-trained and fine-tuned VGG-16 models are taken as feature extractor. In each fusion architecture, image features of two branches are firstly extracted from the same layer or different layers of VGG-16 model. Subsequently, the features extracted from the two branches are flattened and concatenated to produce a multispectral feature vector, which is finally fed into a classifier to achieve ship recognition task. Furthermore, based on these fusion architectures, we also evaluate recognition performance of a feature vector normalization method and three combinations of feature extractors. Experimental results on the visible and infrared ship (VAIS) dataset show that the best Hybrid Fusion achieves 89.6% mean per-class recognition accuracy on daytime paired images and 64.9% on nighttime infrared images, and outperforms the state-of-the-art method by 1.4% and 3.9%, respectively.展开更多
For many environmental and agricultural applications, an accurate estimation of surface soil moisture is essential. This study sought to determine whether combining Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-2A, and meteorological data wi...For many environmental and agricultural applications, an accurate estimation of surface soil moisture is essential. This study sought to determine whether combining Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-2A, and meteorological data with artificial neural networks (ANN) could improve soil moisture estimation in various land cover types. To train and evaluate the model’s performance, we used field data (provided by La Tuscia University) on the study area collected during time periods between October 2022, and December 2022. Surface soil moisture was measured at 29 locations. The performance of the model was trained, validated, and tested using input features in a 60:10:30 ratio, using the feed-forward ANN model. It was found that the ANN model exhibited high precision in predicting soil moisture. The model achieved a coefficient of determination (R<sup>2</sup>) of 0.71 and correlation coefficient (R) of 0.84. Furthermore, the incorporation of Random Forest (RF) algorithms for soil moisture prediction resulted in an improved R<sup>2</sup> of 0.89. The unique combination of active microwave, meteorological data and multispectral data provides an opportunity to exploit the complementary nature of the datasets. Through preprocessing, fusion, and ANN modeling, this research contributes to advancing soil moisture estimation techniques and providing valuable insights for water resource management and agricultural planning in the study area.展开更多
As an important rice disease, rice bacterial leaf blight (RBLB, caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae), has become widespread in east China in recent years. Significant losses in rice yield occurred as ...As an important rice disease, rice bacterial leaf blight (RBLB, caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae), has become widespread in east China in recent years. Significant losses in rice yield occurred as a result ofthe disease’s epidemic, making it imperative to monitor RBLB at a large scale. With the development of remotesensing technology, the broad-band sensors equipped with red-edge channels over multiple spatial resolutionsoffer numerous available data for large-scale monitoring of rice diseases. However, RBLB is characterized by rapiddispersal under suitable conditions, making it difficult to track the disease at a regional scale with a single sensorin practice. Therefore, it is necessary to identify or construct features that are effective across different sensors formonitoring RBLB. To achieve this goal, the spectral response of RBLB was first analyzed based on the canopyhyperspectral data. Using the relative spectral response (RSR) functions of four representative satellite or UAVsensors (i.e., Sentinel-2, GF-6, Planet, and Rededge-M) and the hyperspectral data, the corresponding broad-bandspectral data was simulated. According to a thorough band combination and sensitivity analysis, two novel spectralindices for monitoring RBLB that can be effective across multiple sensors (i.e., RBBRI and RBBDI) weredeveloped. An optimal feature set that includes the two novel indices and a classical vegetation index was formed.The capability of such a feature set in monitoring RBLB was assessed via FLDA and SVM algorithms. The resultdemonstrated that both constructed novel indices exhibited high sensitivity to the disease across multiple sensors.Meanwhile, the feature set yielded an overall accuracy above 90% for all sensors, which indicates its cross-sensorgenerality in monitoring RBLB. The outcome of this research permits disease monitoring with different remotesensing data over a large scale.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 30070444 and 40201021)the British Council (No. SHA/992/308)the Doctor Foundation of Qingdao University of Science and Technology.
文摘Two field experiments were conducted in Jiashan and Yuhang towns of Zhejiang Province, China, to study the feasibility of predicting N status of rice using canopy spectral reflectance. The canopy spectral reflectance of rice grown with different levels of N inputs was determined at several important growth stages. Statistical analyses showed that as a result of the different levels of N supply, there were significant differences in the N concentrations of canopy leaves at different growth stages. Since spectral reflectance measurements showed that the N status of rice was related to reflectance in the visible and NIR (near-infrared) ranges, observations for rice in 1 nm bandwidths were then converted to bandwidths in the visible and NIR spectral regions with IKONOS (space imaging) bandwidths and vegetation indices being used to predict the N status of rice. The results indicated that canopy reflectance measurements converted to ratio vegetation index (RVI) and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) for simulated IKONOS bands provided a better prediction of rice N status than the reflectance measurements in the simulated IKONOS bands themselves. The precision of the developed regression models using RVI and NDVI proved to be very high with R2 ranging from 0.82 to 0.94, and when validated with experimental data from a different site, the results were satisfactory with R2 ranging from 0.55 to 0.70. Thus, the results showed that theoretically it should be possible to monitor N status using remotely sensed data.
基金made possible by a scholarship from the Australian Government(International Postgraduate Research Scholarship-awarded in 2009)a Southern Cross University Postgraduate Research Scholarship(SCUPRS in 2009)
文摘We investigated a strategy to improve predicting capacity of plot-scale above-ground biomass （AGB） by fusion of LiDAR and Land- sat5 TM derived biophysical variables for subtropical rainforest and eucalypts dominated forest in topographically complex landscapes in North-eastern Australia. Investigation was carried out in two study areas separately and in combination. From each plot of both study areas, LiDAR derived structural parameters of vegetation and reflectance of all Landsat bands, vegetation indices were employed. The regression analysis was carded out separately for LiDAR and Landsat derived variables indi- vidually and in combination. Strong relationships were found with LiDAR alone for eucalypts dominated forest and combined sites compared to the accuracy of AGB estimates by Landsat data. Fusing LiDAR with Landsat5 TM derived variables increased overall performance for the eucalypt forest and combined sites data by describing extra variation （3% for eucalypt forest and 2% combined sites） of field estimated plot-scale above-ground biomass. In contrast, separate LiDAR and imagery data, andfusion of LiDAR and Landsat data performed poorly across structurally complex closed canopy subtropical minforest. These findings reinforced that obtaining accurate estimates of above ground biomass using remotely sensed data is a function of the complexity of horizontal and vertical structural diversity of vegetation.
文摘In the frame of landslide susceptibility assessment, a spectral library was created to support the identification of materials confined to a particular region using remote sensing images. This library, called Pakistan spectral library(pklib) version 0.1, contains the analysis data of sixty rock samples taken in the Balakot region in Northern Pakistan.The spectral library is implemented as SQLite database. Structure and naming are inspired by the convention system of the ASTER Spectral Library. Usability, application and benefit of the pklib were evaluated and depicted taking two approaches, the multivariate and the spectral based. The spectral information were used to create indices. The indices were applied to Landsat and ASTER data tosupportthespatial delineation of outcropping rock sequences instratigraphic formations. The application of the indices introduced in this paper helps to identify spots where specific lithological characteristics occur. Especially in areas with sparse or missing detailed geological mapping, the spectral discrimination via remote sensing data can speed up the survey. The library can be used not only to support the improvement of factor maps for landslide susceptibility analysis, but also to provide a geoscientific basisto further analyze the lithological spotin numerous regions in the Hindu Kush.
基金North Carolina Department of Transportation(NCDOT),contract number RP 2020-04,awarded to N.G.P.(lead principal investigator)J.N.H.in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
文摘Coastal wetlands,crucial for global biodiversity and climate adaptation,provide essential ecosystem services such as carbon storage and flood protection.These vital areas are increasingly threatened by both natural and human-induced changes,prompting the need for advanced monitoring techniques.This study employs unmanned aerial systems(UASs)equipped with light detection and ranging(LiDAR)and multispectral sensors to survey diverse wetland types across 8 sites in North Carolina.Utilizing high-resolution elevation data and detailed vegetation analysis,coupled with sophisticated machine learning algorithms,we achieved differentiated and highly precise classifications of wetland types.Classification accuracies varied by type,with estuarine intertidal emergent wetlands showing the highest classification accuracies due to less complex vegetation structure and clearer spectral signatures,especially when collections account for tidal influence.In contrast,palustrine forested and scrub-shrub wetlands presented lower accuracies,often due to the denser,mixed,and more complex vegetation structure and variable inundation levels,which complicate spectral differentiation and ground returns from LiDAR sensors.Overall,our integrated UAS-derived LiDAR and multispectral approach not only enhances the accuracy of wetland mapping but also offers a scalable,efficient,and cost-effective method that substantially advances conservation efforts and informs policy-making for coastal resilience.By demonstrating the usefulness of small-scale aerial data collection in ecological mapping,this study highlights the transformative potential of merging advanced technologies in environmental monitoring,underscoring their critical role in sustaining natural habitats and aiding in climate change mitigation strategies.
文摘Combining both visible and infrared object information, multispectral data is a promising source data for automatic maritime ship recognition. In this paper, in order to take advantage of deep convolutional neural network and multispectral data, we model multispectral ship recognition task into a convolutional feature fusion problem, and propose a feature fusion architecture called Hybrid Fusion. We fine-tune the VGG-16 model pre-trained on ImageNet through three channels single spectral image and four channels multispectral images, and use existing regularization techniques to avoid over-fitting problem. Hybrid Fusion as well as the other three feature fusion architectures is investigated. Each fusion architecture consists of visible image and infrared image feature extraction branches, in which the pre-trained and fine-tuned VGG-16 models are taken as feature extractor. In each fusion architecture, image features of two branches are firstly extracted from the same layer or different layers of VGG-16 model. Subsequently, the features extracted from the two branches are flattened and concatenated to produce a multispectral feature vector, which is finally fed into a classifier to achieve ship recognition task. Furthermore, based on these fusion architectures, we also evaluate recognition performance of a feature vector normalization method and three combinations of feature extractors. Experimental results on the visible and infrared ship (VAIS) dataset show that the best Hybrid Fusion achieves 89.6% mean per-class recognition accuracy on daytime paired images and 64.9% on nighttime infrared images, and outperforms the state-of-the-art method by 1.4% and 3.9%, respectively.
文摘For many environmental and agricultural applications, an accurate estimation of surface soil moisture is essential. This study sought to determine whether combining Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-2A, and meteorological data with artificial neural networks (ANN) could improve soil moisture estimation in various land cover types. To train and evaluate the model’s performance, we used field data (provided by La Tuscia University) on the study area collected during time periods between October 2022, and December 2022. Surface soil moisture was measured at 29 locations. The performance of the model was trained, validated, and tested using input features in a 60:10:30 ratio, using the feed-forward ANN model. It was found that the ANN model exhibited high precision in predicting soil moisture. The model achieved a coefficient of determination (R<sup>2</sup>) of 0.71 and correlation coefficient (R) of 0.84. Furthermore, the incorporation of Random Forest (RF) algorithms for soil moisture prediction resulted in an improved R<sup>2</sup> of 0.89. The unique combination of active microwave, meteorological data and multispectral data provides an opportunity to exploit the complementary nature of the datasets. Through preprocessing, fusion, and ANN modeling, this research contributes to advancing soil moisture estimation techniques and providing valuable insights for water resource management and agricultural planning in the study area.
基金the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA28010500)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42371385,42071420)Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.LTGN23D010002).
文摘As an important rice disease, rice bacterial leaf blight (RBLB, caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae), has become widespread in east China in recent years. Significant losses in rice yield occurred as a result ofthe disease’s epidemic, making it imperative to monitor RBLB at a large scale. With the development of remotesensing technology, the broad-band sensors equipped with red-edge channels over multiple spatial resolutionsoffer numerous available data for large-scale monitoring of rice diseases. However, RBLB is characterized by rapiddispersal under suitable conditions, making it difficult to track the disease at a regional scale with a single sensorin practice. Therefore, it is necessary to identify or construct features that are effective across different sensors formonitoring RBLB. To achieve this goal, the spectral response of RBLB was first analyzed based on the canopyhyperspectral data. Using the relative spectral response (RSR) functions of four representative satellite or UAVsensors (i.e., Sentinel-2, GF-6, Planet, and Rededge-M) and the hyperspectral data, the corresponding broad-bandspectral data was simulated. According to a thorough band combination and sensitivity analysis, two novel spectralindices for monitoring RBLB that can be effective across multiple sensors (i.e., RBBRI and RBBDI) weredeveloped. An optimal feature set that includes the two novel indices and a classical vegetation index was formed.The capability of such a feature set in monitoring RBLB was assessed via FLDA and SVM algorithms. The resultdemonstrated that both constructed novel indices exhibited high sensitivity to the disease across multiple sensors.Meanwhile, the feature set yielded an overall accuracy above 90% for all sensors, which indicates its cross-sensorgenerality in monitoring RBLB. The outcome of this research permits disease monitoring with different remotesensing data over a large scale.
