Remote Sensing of Giant Reed with QuickBird Satellite Imagery

QuickBird high resolution (2.8 m) satellite imagery was evaluated for distinguishing giant reed ( Arundo donax L.) infestations along the Rio Grande in southwest Texas. (PDF has 5 pages.)

基于QuickBird卫星影像的沈阳城市绿地景观格局研究

城市绿地是城市景观的重要组成部分，起着调节城市生态环境、美化城市景观、提供休闲游憩场所的重要作用，在城市发展中扮演着关键角色。沈阳市近年来将城市绿地建设作为城市建设的重要方面，取得了显著成效。因此，本文利用2006年Quick Bird高分辨率卫星影像对沈阳市三环内的城市绿地景观格局进行了研究，具体结论如下： (1) 沈阳三环内绿地斑块18261个，绿地面积 173.71km2，斑块数目主要以中型斑块为主(62.25%)；在面积上以大型斑块为主(85.59%)；绿地总体呈现斑块分布不均衡。 (2) 居住绿地、单位附属绿地与道路绿地破碎化程度高，分布分散，斑块形状复杂。城市绿地廊道连通性较高，道路绿地平均分维数最大。 (3) 公园绿地亚类中，综合型公园与带状公园面积较大，破碎化程度低；社区公园与街头绿地面积较小，破碎化程度高，分布分散。 (4) 绿地景观整体上，绿地斑块密度较大，破碎化程度高，景观多样性指数为1.6，斑块类型丰富，均匀度指数为0.73，蔓延度指数为0.83，存在着少数类型控制整个景观的现象。 (5) 绿地系统梯度分析表明:类型水平上,不同的绿地类型沿景观格局梯度表现出明显的空间特征；景观水平上,不同景观指数沿样带梯度也表现出差异性,表明城市化导致景观的破碎化程度增大,景观异质性增高。城乡边缘区绿地类型最为丰富，多样性指数较高，其格局有利于绿地生态环境维护功能的发挥。

基于QuickBird和CITYgreen的沈阳城市森林效益评价

利用2006年沈阳QuickBird遥感影像解译数据,以CITYgreen模型为基础,采取抽样技术,研究了沈阳市不同类型各郁闭度等级城市森林的固碳和污染物净化效益.结果表明:沈阳城区总碳储量0.51Tg,价值1.26亿元;年固碳率6858.20Mg,价值172.41万元;年净化污染物556.04Mg,价值0.22亿元.其中生态公益林固碳和净化效益的贡献率最高,碳密度由大到小依次为附属林、风景游憩林、生产经营林、生态公益林和道路林;固碳率由大到小依次为生产经营林、风景游憩林、生态公益林、附属林和道路林;净化污染物能力由大到小依次为生产经营林、风景游憩林、附属林、生态公益林和道路林.不同城市森林类型的碳密度与其结构密切相关,高郁闭度下固碳和污染物净化能力皆高,低郁闭度下固碳和污染物净化能力取决于其结构的复杂程度.

基于QuickBird和GIS的沈阳市城市景观格局

利用高分辨率遥感影像QuickBird和GIS研究沈阳市三环内景观的空间格局及其属性特征。结果表明:(1)研究区域内农村和城市景观并存,斑块数量集中在城市中,在建街区无论是面积还是斑块数量均占有可观的比重,说明城市处于快速扩张时期;(2)研究区域可以划分成以市中心为圆心2km为半径间隔的5个同心圆,各地类的重心近似分布于圆上,由内而外的顺序是道路<老式居住<公共绿地及广场=公共设施=铁路<工业用地=在建用地=水体<农村各地类=防护林。居住用地距离市中心距离的规律为高层≤多层老式≤混合≤多层≤别墅;(3)道路面积>防护林面积,但是防护林植被>道路植被,防护林能够有效提高交通及附属用地的绿化率;(4)农村面积<城市面积,阴影绝大多数集中在城市,农村植被>城市植被,农田的高绿化率对研究区域的绿化率影响很大;城市4类主要用地中,居住区的绿化率(23.3%)<工业用地(28.92%)<公共设施用地(32.32%)<公共绿地及广场(73.83%);居住用地阴影率(26.22%)>公共绿地及广场(16.33%)>公共设施用地(13.41%)>工业用地(8.73%);(5)就居住用地而言,多层老式居住用地的绿化率(19.76%)>高层新式居住用地(10.31%),而小于其余7类居住用地。高度类型相同的情况下绿化率均是花园式>片块式,阴影率差异不大;花园式4类间,绿化率顺序是高层<混合<多层<别墅,阴影率顺序恰好相反;片块式4类间,绿化率顺序是高层<多层<混合<别墅,阴影率顺序恰好相反。

基于Quickbird卫星影像的沈阳城市绿地景观格局的空间幅度效应

基于2006年Quickbird卫星影像数据解译的沈阳城市绿地分布图,利用GIS技术和景观结构分析软件FRAGSTATS,结合梯度分析方法定量分析了沈阳城市绿地景观格局,并探讨了其幅度效应。结果表明:绿地的空间格局可以应用梯度分析与景观指数来定量。不同的绿地类型沿景观格局梯度确实表现出明显的"空间特征"。不同景观指数沿样带的表现也有差异。斑块密度和景观形状指数具有明显的梯度特征,而最大斑块指数,斑块类型百分比,多样性指数和景观聚集度指数则不明显。为了研究绿地景观的幅度效应,尝试了不同的窗口大小,5km的幅度是比较合理的尺度,能够通过景观指标的变化反映城市绿地空间格局。

基于QuickBird卫星影像的沈阳城市绿地景观格局梯度分析

基于2006年QuickBird卫星影像数据解译的沈阳城市绿地分布图,在GIS的支持下,通过幅度效应的研究,在确定出研究区的适宜幅度为5 km的基础上,应用梯度分析与景观指数相结合的方法,研究了沈阳城市绿地景观结构及其梯度上的空间特征。结果表明:类型水平上,不同的绿地类型沿景观格局梯度表现出明显的空间特征;在城市中心,公园绿地为优势类型,而在郊区,农业用地为优势类型;城市绿地整体上破碎化程度高,绿地斑块形状较为复杂;景观水平上,不同景观指数沿样带梯度表现出差异性,表明城市化导致景观的破碎化程度增大,景观异质性增高;斑块密度、景观形状指数和景观聚集度指数具有明显的梯度特征,而最大斑块指数、多样性指数则不明显;景观格局指数和梯度分析相结合是研究城市绿地空间的有力工具。

基于QuickBird卫星影像的沈阳市城市绿地景观格局

根据2006年8月QuickBird卫星影像数据,利用GIS技术和景观格局分析软件FRAGSTATS,分别从斑块组成、类型水平与景观水平分析了沈阳城市绿地景观格局。结果表明:沈阳三环内绿地斑块18261个,绿地面积173.71km2;斑块数目主要以中型斑块为主,占总数的62.25%,面积上以大型斑块为主,占总面积的85.59%;绿地总体呈现绿地斑块分布不均衡,绿地结构不合理。农业用地占面积最大,斑块聚集程度最高;居住绿地与附属绿地破碎化程度高,分布分散;整体景观多样性指数适中,为1.6,斑块类型丰富,均匀度较高,达0.73,蔓延度指数较高为0.83,存在着少数类型控制整个景观的现象。建议调整城市绿地空间布局与结构,提高中小型绿地斑块如居住绿地在城市绿地景观中的比重。

Avaliação do potencial das imagens quickbird ortorretificadas para o mapeamento das propriedades localizadas na área de expansão e vazios urbanos

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Quickbird satellite imagery for riparian management : characterizing riparian filter strips and detecting concentrated flow in an agricultural watershed

Riparian ecology plays an important part in the filtration of sediments from upland agricultural lands. The focus of this work makes use of multispectral high spatial resolution remote sensing imagery (Quickbird by Digital Globe) and geographic information systems (GIS) to characterize significant riparian attributes in the USDA’s experimental watershed, Goodwin Creek, located in northern Mississippi. Significant riparian filter characteristics include the width of the strip, vegetation properties, soil properties, topography, and upland land use practices. The land use and vegetation classes are extracted from the remotely sensed image with a supervised maximum likelihood classification algorithm. Accuracy assessments resulted in an acceptable overall accuracy of 84 percent. In addition to sensing riparian vegetation characteristics, this work addresses the issue of concentrated flow bypassing a riparian filter. Results indicate that Quickbird multispectral remote sensing and GIS data are capable of determining riparian impact on filtering sediment. Quickbird imagery is a practical solution for land managers to monitor the effectiveness of riparian filtration in an agricultural watershed.

Road network extraction with new vectorization and pruning from high-resolution RS images

With the increasing resolution of remote sensing images, road network can be displayed as continuous and homogeneity regions with a certain width rather than traditional thin lines. Therefore, road network extraction from large scale images refers to reliable road surface detection instead of road line extraction. In this paper, a novel automatic road network detection approach based on the combination of homogram segmentation and mathematical morphology is proposed, which includes three main steps: (i) the image is classified based on homogram segmentation to roughly identify the road network regions; (ii) the morphological opening and closing is employed to fill tiny holes and filter out small road branches; and (iii) the extracted road surface is further thinned by a thinning approach, pruned by a proposed method and finally simplified with Douglas-Peucker algorithm. Lastly, the results from some QuickBird images and aerial photos demonstrate the correctness and efficiency of the proposed process.

Very high resolution optical satellites for DEM generation : a review

The advent of very high resolution (VHR) optical satellites capable of producing stereo images led to a new era in extracting digital elevation model which commenced with the launch of IKONOS. The special specifications of VHR optical satellites besides, the significant economic profit stimulated other countries and companies to have their constellations such as EROS-A1 and EROS-B1 as the cooperation between Israel and ImageSat. QuickBird, WorldView-1 and WorldVew-2 were launched by DigitalGlobe. ALOS and GeoEye-1 were offered by Japan and GeoEye Respectively. In addition to aforementioned satellites, Indian and South Korea initiated their own constellation by launching CartoSat-1 and KOPOSAT-2 respectively.The availability of all so-called satellites make a huge market of stereo images for extracting of digital elevation model and other correspondent applications such as, producing orthorectifcatin images and updating maps. Therefore, there is a need for a comprehensive comparison for scientific and commercial clients to choose appropriate satellite images and methods of generating digital elevation model to obtain optimum results. This paper will thus give a review about the specifications of VHR optical satellites. Then it will discuss the automatic elaborating of digital elevation model. Finally an overview of studies and corresponding results is reported.