{"title":"Application of statistical and machine learning models for grassland yield estimation based on a hypertemporal satellite remote sensing time series","authors":"Iftikhar Ali, F. Cawkwell, S. Green, N. Dwyer","doi":"10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947634","url":null,"abstract":"More than 80% of agricultural land in Ireland is grassland, providing a major feed source for the pasture based dairy farming and livestock industry. Intensive grass based systems demand high levels of intervention by the farmer, with estimation of pasture cover (biomass) being the most important variable in land use management decisions, as well as playing a vital role in paddock and herd management. Many studies have been undertaken to estimate grassland biomass using satellite remote sensing data, but rarely in systems like Ire-lands intensively managed, small scale pastures, where grass is grazed as well as harvested for winter fodder. The objective of this study is to estimate grassland yield (kgDM/ha) from MODIS derived vegetation indices on a near weekly basis across the entire 300+ day growing season using three different methods (Multiple Linear Regression (MLR), Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems (ANFIS)). The results show that ANFIS model produced best result (R2 = 0.86) as compare to the ANN (R2 = 0.57) and MLR (R2 = 0.31).","PeriodicalId":385645,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126938270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Orthorectification of Sich-2 satellite images using elastic models","authors":"O. Kravchenko, M. Lavrenyuk, N. Kussul","doi":"10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946925","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a new method for automatic identification of ground control points (GCPs) on optical remote sensing images is presented. An elastic Radial Basis Function (RBF) neural network based model for nonlinear coordinate transformation and image rectification is proposed. The new method can be used to produce dense fields of about thousands of GCPs per image to train highly deformable transformation models. As a result, an accuracy improvement of order of 4 in comparison with the Automated Precise Orthorectification Package (AROP) can be obtained. The proposed method is applied for the Ukrainian remote sensing satellite Sich-2. The obtained average RMSE error by the new method for Sich-2 images is estimated at 17.8 m.","PeriodicalId":385645,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127003074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of one-stop and on-demand remote sensing integrated services platform","authors":"Haizhen Zhang, Jian Jiao, Junxiao Hu, Dapeng Yan, Xin Li, Sheng Gao, Q. Zeng","doi":"10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947488","url":null,"abstract":"Many research institutes in China have reached the consensus that remote sensing resource sharing and application expanding can be achieved by means of extensive and sustainable cooperation and collaboration. Considering the current status of remote sensing in China and some existing systems in the world, Quantitative Remote Sensing Integrated Services Platform (QRSISP) is recently proposed and researched to promote remote sensing service for public users, facilitate the development of the remote sensing industry and improve the ability to deal with the national disasters. This paper designs the architecture, subsystems and interfaces of QRSISP and describes the major service workflows. Through combining to the ecommerce, QRSISP has tried to change the traditional mode of remote sensing applications and provide one-stop and on-demand integrated services.","PeriodicalId":385645,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium","volume":"445 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114889423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Hauser, G. Caudal, C. Gac, R. Valentin, L. Delaye, C. Tison
{"title":"KuROS: A new airborne Ku-band Doppler radar for observation of the ocean surface","authors":"D. Hauser, G. Caudal, C. Gac, R. Valentin, L. Delaye, C. Tison","doi":"10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946412","url":null,"abstract":"We have designed and developed a new airborne Ku-band Doppler radar, called KuROS, to prepare the CFOSAT satellite mission for measuring ocean surface wind and waves. The main characteristics of this new radar are presented, and first results obtained from a campaign held in 2013 illustrated. Both intensity and Doppler information are used to estimate the directional spectra of ocean waves. Radar cross-section and directional spectra are assessed trough comparisons with independent information.","PeriodicalId":385645,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114909821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A bidirectional gradient prediction based method for hyperspectral data junk bands restoration","authors":"Yidan Teng, Ye Zhang, Yushi Chen","doi":"10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947523","url":null,"abstract":"Hyperspectral images (HSIs) are often contaminated by noise, some spectral bands are highly corrupted that they are usually discarded before processing. To make full use of hyperspectral data, a new bidirectional gradient (BG)-prediction-based HSI junk bands restoration algorithm is proposed. Firstly, according to the field spectral reflectance curves continuity and high spectral resolution instruments, both sides of the junk bands reflectance relative to wavelength gradients can be estimated respectively. Thus, calculate the two estimates of each junk band. Finally, followed by introducing the weighting factor which is inversely proportion to the square of wavelength difference and weighting the two estimates, the results of BG-prediction can be obtained. Experiments are implemented using the HIS collected by airborne visible/infrared imaging spectrometer (AVIRIS). Results indicate that compared with linear prediction, bidirectional gradient prediction can effectively improve the restoration performance, meanwhile the ground classification accuracy of the restored HSIs are improved.","PeriodicalId":385645,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115032901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chao-Cheng Wu, Yi-Ling Chen, Jheng-De Wu, Chinsu Lin
{"title":"Spectral-based multi-level Morphological Active Contour algorithm for individual tree detection and crown delineation","authors":"Chao-Cheng Wu, Yi-Ling Chen, Jheng-De Wu, Chinsu Lin","doi":"10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946820","url":null,"abstract":"Multi-level Morphological Active Contour algorithm (MMAC) had been proposed to effectively increase recognition rate of individual tree in mountainous areas. However, it was specifically designed for LiDAR CHM data only, which make the algorithm incompatible with any other type of remote sensing data. To relieve constraints of MMAC this manuscript proposed a spectral-based MMAC (SB-MMAC), which retains the framework of MMAC by replacing height information from LiDAR CHM model with spectral information from multispectral images. The proposed SB-MMAC is comprised of two stages, seed blobs detection and modified active contour model. The experimental study further demonstrated the utility of SB-MMAC.","PeriodicalId":385645,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115487407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tianxing Wang, Jiancheng Shi, G. Yan, T. Zhao, Dabin Ji, C. Xiong
{"title":"Recovering land surface temperature under cloudy skies for potentially deriving surface emitted longwave radiation by fusing MODIS and AMSR-E measurements","authors":"Tianxing Wang, Jiancheng Shi, G. Yan, T. Zhao, Dabin Ji, C. Xiong","doi":"10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946804","url":null,"abstract":"Longwave radiation is a key component of total energy that drives surface energy balance at the interface between the surface and atmosphere. To date, a number of algorithms have been developed toward accurately estimating surface longwave radiation from remotely sensed data. While most of these existing algorithms can only derive longwave radiation under clear-sky conditions due to the limited penetration of optical remote sensing thus leading to spatial incontinuity in derived radiation map. Wherein the land surface temperature (LST) play a key role in longwave radiation estimation, especially for surface emitted (upwelling) and net longwave flux. If LSTs under cloudy area can be recovered, the derivation of surface longwave ration under cloudy conditions would be straightforward. To this end, in this paper, a fusing strategy is proposed to combine the LST measurements from MODIS and AMSR-E. The results show that the proposed fusing strategy for combining microwave and optical space-based measurements in recovering surface LST under cloudy conditions is very effective. By fusion, the spatial coverage of valid LSTs over the globe is highly improved.","PeriodicalId":385645,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115495811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Chabrillat, R. Milewski, T. Schmid, Manuel Rodríguez, P. Escribano, M. Pelayo, A. Palacios-Orueta
{"title":"Potential of hyperspectral imagery for the spatial assessment of soil erosion stages in agricultural semi-arid Spain at different scales","authors":"S. Chabrillat, R. Milewski, T. Schmid, Manuel Rodríguez, P. Escribano, M. Pelayo, A. Palacios-Orueta","doi":"10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947087","url":null,"abstract":"This research focuses on a semi-arid, agricultural area in Central Spain near Madrid, in which airborne hyperspectral images have been obtained. Small-scale soil erosion features are exposed at the surface as a consequence of human induced soil erosion derived mainly from tillage practice. Such features are associated with different soil horizons and rock outcrops with contrasted physical and chemical characteristics. Results show that the identification and mapping of different soil surface horizons linked to soil erosion and depositional stages can be achieved over selected test sites based on the spectroscopy data at high spatial resolution. Linked with field validation data and geomorphological analyses, the spatial mapping of the soil erosion and depositional stages is consistent with the soil erosion models implemented for the region. Preliminary multiscale analyses at 3 m, 6 m, and 30 m show the effect of increasing spatial mixing in the field-of-view of the sensor due to the variability at small scale of the different soil horizons representing the surface topsoil.","PeriodicalId":385645,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116562228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Potential atmospheric and terrestrial aplications of a geosynchronous radar","authors":"G. Wadge, A. M. Guarnieri, S. Hobbs, D. Schulz","doi":"10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946582","url":null,"abstract":"We have identified 16 potential scientific applications of a SAR hosted by a geosynchronous satellite - a concept known as GeoSTARe - which would image much of Europe. These applications cover a very wide range of science including: meteorology, the cryosphere, geodetic geophysics, geohazards, flooding and agriculture. Large area coverage by L-band and localized coverage by X-band radars is required, using measurements from differential radar interferometry, interferometric coherence and backscatter intensity. The major advantage of these applications is the very high temporal frequency of observations achievable (a few tens of minutes).","PeriodicalId":385645,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122393051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Balenzano, G. Satalino, V. Iacobellis, A. Gioia, S. Manfreda, M. Rinaldi, P. Vita, F. Miglietta, P. Toscano, G. Annicchiarico, F. Mattia
{"title":"A ground network for SAR-derived soil moisture product calibration, validation and exploitation in Southern Italy","authors":"A. Balenzano, G. Satalino, V. Iacobellis, A. Gioia, S. Manfreda, M. Rinaldi, P. Vita, F. Miglietta, P. Toscano, G. Annicchiarico, F. Mattia","doi":"10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947206","url":null,"abstract":"A ground network of 12 stations continuously monitoring soil moisture and temperature at various depths has been recently set up over an experimental site of 4km2 in the Capitanata plain (Southern Italy). The calibration of the instrumentation is in progress. The long-term high resolution ground observations will be well-suited for SAR-derived soil moisture product validation. Moreover, the ground network will be also associated with hydrologic and agricultural model activities, with the aim of combining land process models with Earth Observation for improving land applications, such as flood/drought and crop yield monitoring and forecast. Indeed, the Capitanata plain is a crucial area in the Mediterranean basin for studying the impact of climate changes and anthropogenic pressure on water availability/demand and wheat production.","PeriodicalId":385645,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122649335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}