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{"title":"Enhancing Alfalfa Biomass Prediction: An Innovative Framework Using Remote Sensing Data","authors":"Matias F. Lucero, Carlos M. Hernández, Ana J. P. Carcedo, Ariel Zajdband, Pierre C. Guillevic, Rasmus Houborg, Kevin Hamilton, Ignacio A. Ciampitti","doi":"10.3390/rs16183379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16183379","url":null,"abstract":"Estimating pasture biomass has emerged as a promising avenue to assist farmers in identifying the best cutting times for maximizing biomass yield using satellite data. This study aims to develop an innovative framework integrating field and satellite data to estimate aboveground biomass in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) at farm scale. For this purpose, samples were collected throughout the 2022 growing season on different mowing dates at three fields in Kansas, USA. The satellite data employed comprised four sources: Sentinel-2, PlanetScope, Planet Fusion, and Biomass Proxy. A grid of hyperparameters was created to establish different combinations and select the best coefficients. The permutation feature importance technique revealed that the Planet’s PlanetScope near-infrared (NIR) band and the Biomass Proxy product were the predictive features with the highest contribution to the biomass prediction model’s. A Bayesian Additive Regression Tree (BART) was applied to explore its ability to build a predictive model. Its performance was assessed via statistical metrics (r2: 0.61; RMSE: 0.29 kg.m−2). Additionally, uncertainty quantifications were proposed with this framework to assess the range of error in the predictions. In conclusion, this integration in a nonparametric approach achieved a useful predicting tool with the potential to optimize farmers’ management decisions.","PeriodicalId":48993,"journal":{"name":"Remote Sensing","volume":"163 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Thorough Understanding and 3D Super-Resolution Imaging for Forward-Looking Missile-Borne SAR via a Maneuvering Trajectory","authors":"Tong Gu, Yifan Guo, Chen Zhao, Jian Zhang, Tao Zhang, Guisheng Liao","doi":"10.3390/rs16183378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16183378","url":null,"abstract":"For missile-borne platforms, traditional SAR technology consistently encounters two significant shortcomings: geometric distortion of 2D images and the inability to achieve forward-looking imaging. To address these issues, this paper explores the feasibility of using a maneuvering trajectory to enable forward-looking and three-dimensional imaging by analyzing the maneuvering characteristics of an actual missile-borne platform. Additionally, it derives the corresponding resolution characterization model, which lays a theoretical foundation for future applications. Building on this, the paper proposes a three-dimensional super-resolution imaging algorithm that combines axis rotation with compressed sensing. The axis rotation not only realizes the dimensionality reduction of data, but also can expand the observation scenario in the cross-track dimension. The proposed algorithm first focuses on the track-vertical plane to extract 2D position parameters. Then, a compressed sensing-based process is applied to extract reflection coefficients and super-resolution cross-track position parameters, thereby achieving precise 3D imaging reconstruction. Finally, numerical simulation results confirm the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed algorithm.","PeriodicalId":48993,"journal":{"name":"Remote Sensing","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Moisture Anomalies Based on Remote Sensing Data: A Semiarid Rangeland Case","authors":"Juan José Martín-Sotoca, Ernesto Sanz, Antonio Saa-Requejo, Rubén Moratiel, Andrés F. Almeida-Ñauñay, Ana M. Tarquis","doi":"10.3390/rs16183369","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16183369","url":null,"abstract":"The dynamic of rangelands results from complex interactions between vegetation, soil, climate, and human activity. This scenario makes rangeland’s condition challenging to monitor, and degradation assessment should be carefully considered when studying grazing pressures. In the present work, we study the interaction of vegetation and soil moisture in semiarid rangelands using vegetation and soil moisture indices. We aim to study the feasibility of using soil moisture negative anomalies as a warning index for vegetation or agricultural drought. Two semiarid agricultural regions were selected in Spain for this study: Los Vélez (Almería) and Bajo Aragón (Teruel). MODIS images, with 250 m and 500 m spatial resolution, from 2002 to 2019, were acquired to calculate the Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) and the Water Condition Index (WCI) based on the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and soil moisture component (W), respectively. The Optical Trapezoid Model (OPTRAM) estimated this latter W index. From them, the anomaly (Z-score) for each index was calculated, being ZVCI and ZWCI, respectively. The probability of coincidence of their negative anomalies was calculated every 10 days (10-day periods). The results show that for specific months, the ZWCI had a strong probability of informing in advance, where the negative ZVCI will decrease. Soil moisture content and vegetation indices show more similar dynamics in the months with lower temperatures (from autumn to spring). In these months, given the low temperatures, precipitation leads to vegetation growth. In the following months, water availability depends on evapotranspiration and vegetation type as the temperature rises and the precipitation falls. The stronger relationship between vegetation and precipitation from autumn to the beginning of spring is reflected in the feasibility of ZWCI to aid the prediction of ZVCI. During these months, using ZWCI as a warning index is possible for both areas studied. Notably, November to the beginning of February showed an average increase of 20–30% in the predictability of vegetation anomalies, knowing moisture soil anomalies four lags in advance. We found other periods of relevant increment in the predictability, such as March and April for Los Vélez, and from July to September for Bajo Aragón.","PeriodicalId":48993,"journal":{"name":"Remote Sensing","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ICTH: Local-to-Global Spectral Reconstruction Network for Heterosource Hyperspectral Images","authors":"Haozhe Zhou, Zhanhao Liu, Zhenpu Huang, Xuguang Wang, Wen Su, Yanchao Zhang","doi":"10.3390/rs16183377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16183377","url":null,"abstract":"To address the high cost associated with acquiring hyperspectral data, spectral reconstruction (SR) has emerged as a prominent research area. However, contemporary SR techniques are more focused on image processing tasks in computer vision than on practical applications. Furthermore, the prevalent approach of employing single-dimensional features to guide reconstruction, aimed at reducing computational overhead, invariably compromises reconstruction accuracy, particularly in complex environments with intricate ground features and severe spectral mixing. Effectively utilizing both local and global information in spatial and spectral dimensions for spectral reconstruction remains a significant challenge. To tackle these challenges, this study proposes an integrated network of 3D CNN and U-shaped Transformer for heterogeneous spectral reconstruction, ICTH, which comprises a shallow feature extraction module (CSSM) and a deep feature extraction module (TDEM), implementing a coarse-to-fine spectral reconstruction scheme. To minimize information loss, we designed a novel spatial–spectral attention module (S2AM) as the foundation for constructing a U-transformer, enhancing the capture of long-range information across all dimensions. On three hyperspectral datasets, ICTH has exhibited remarkable strengths across quantitative, qualitative, and single-band detail assessments, while also revealing significant potential for subsequent applications, such as generalizability and vegetation index calculations) in two real-world datasets.","PeriodicalId":48993,"journal":{"name":"Remote Sensing","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Design of a Near-Field Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging System Based on Improved RMA","authors":"Yongcheng Li, Huaqiang Xu, Jiawei Xu, Hao Chen, Qiying An, Kangming Hou, Jingjing Wang","doi":"10.3390/rs16173342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16173342","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional near-field synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging algorithms reveal target features by exploiting signal amplitude and phase information. However, electromagnetic wave propagation is constrained by short distance. Therefore, the spherical wave approximation needs to be considered. In addition, it is also limited by equipment ambient noise, azimuth-distance coupling, wave scattering, and transmission power. Both the amplitude and phase of the signal suffer from the interference of multiple clutter, so they cannot be effectively utilized. To address these issues, this paper introduces a covering penetration detection system based on an improved Range Migration Algorithm (IMRMA) imaging method. Firstly, the proposed method minimizes interferences from the front end of the system using an optimized window to balance denoising and information preservation. Next, interval non-uniform interpolation, instead of Stolt interpolation decoupling, is employed to reduce the computational overhead significantly. To minimize the effects due to wave scattering and propagation loss, distance information is enhanced using amplitude and phase compensation. This reduces scattering effects and enhances image quality. An experimental system is constructed based on a vector network analyzer (VNA) to image the target. The proposed method takes about half the time of traditional RMA. The PSNR in the chunky bowl experiment is higher than 14 dB, which is higher than all the compared methods in the paper. The test results show that the designed system and the reported method can effectively achieve high-resolution images by strengthening the target intensity and suppressing the environmental artifacts.","PeriodicalId":48993,"journal":{"name":"Remote Sensing","volume":"90 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Research on ELoran Demodulation Algorithm Based on Multiclass Support Vector Machine","authors":"Shiyao Liu, Baorong Yan, Wei Guo, Yu Hua, Shougang Zhang, Jun Lu, Lu Xu, Dong Yang","doi":"10.3390/rs16173349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16173349","url":null,"abstract":"Demodulation and decoding are pivotal for the eLoran system’s timing and information transmission capabilities. This paper proposes a novel demodulation algorithm leveraging a multiclass support vector machine (MSVM) for pulse position modulation (PPM) of eLoran signals. Firstly, the existing demodulation method based on envelope phase detection (EPD) technology is reviewed, highlighting its limitations. Secondly, a detailed exposition of the MSVM algorithm is presented, demonstrating its theoretical foundations and comparative advantages over the traditional method and several other methods proposed in this study. Subsequently, through comprehensive experiments, the algorithm parameters are optimized, and the parallel comparison of different demodulation methods is carried out in various complex environments. The test results show that the MSVM algorithm is significantly superior to traditional methods and other kinds of machine learning algorithms in demodulation accuracy and stability, particularly in high-noise and -interference scenarios. This innovative algorithm not only broadens the design approach for eLoran receivers but also fully meets the high-precision timing service requirements of the eLoran system.","PeriodicalId":48993,"journal":{"name":"Remote Sensing","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quantifying Qiyi Glacier Surface Dirtiness Using UAV and Sentinel-2 Imagery","authors":"Jiangtao Chen, Ninglian Wang, Yuwei Wu, Anan Chen, Chenlie Shi, Mingjie Zhao, Longjiang Xie","doi":"10.3390/rs16173351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16173351","url":null,"abstract":"The glacier surface is composed not only of ice or snow but also of a heterogeneous mixture of various materials. The presence of light-absorbing impurities darkens the glacier surface, reducing local reflectance and thereby accelerating the glacier melting process. However, our understanding of the spatial distribution of these impurities remains limited, and there is a lack of studies on quantifying the dirty degree of glacier surfaces. During the Sentinel satellite overpass on 21 August 2023, we used an ASD FieldSpec3 spectrometer to measure the reflectance spectra of glacier surfaces with varying degrees of dirtiness on the Qiyi glacier, Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Using Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Analysis (MESMA), the Sentinel imagery was decomposed to generate fraction images of five primary ice surface materials as follows: coarse-grained snow, slightly dirty ice, moderately dirty ice, extremely dirty ice, and debris. Using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery with a 0.05 m resolution, the primary ice surface was delineated and utilized as reference data to validate the fraction images. The findings revealed a strong correlation between the fraction images and the reference data (R2 ≥ 0.66, RMSE ≤ 0.21). Based on pixel-based classification from the UAV imagery, approximately 80% of the glacier surface is covered by slightly dirty ice (19.2%), moderately dirty ice (33.3%), extremely dirty ice (26.3%), and debris (1.2%), which significantly contributes to its darkening. Our study demonstrates the effectiveness of using Sentinel imagery in conjunction with MESMA to map the degree of glacier surface dirtiness accurately.","PeriodicalId":48993,"journal":{"name":"Remote Sensing","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Twenty Years of Thermal Infrared Observations (2004–2024) at Campi Flegrei Caldera (Italy) by the Permanent Surveillance Ground Network of INGV-Osservatorio Vesuviano","authors":"Fabio Sansivero, Giuseppe Vilardo","doi":"10.3390/rs16173352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16173352","url":null,"abstract":"Thermal infrared (TIR) time series images acquired by ground, proximal TIR stations provide valuable data to study evolution of surface temperature fields of diffuse degassing volcanic areas. This paper presents data processing results related to TIR images acquired since 2004 by six ground stations in the permanent thermal infrared surveillance network at Campi Flegrei (TIRNet) set up by INGV-Osservatorio Vesuviano. These results are reported as surface temperature and heat flux time series. The processing methodologies, also discussed in this paper, allow for presentation of the raw TIR image data in a more comprehensible form, suitable for comparisons with other geophysical parameters. A preliminary comparison between different trends in the surface temperature and heat flux values recorded by the TIRNet stations provides evidence of peculiar changes corresponding to periods of intense seismicity at the Campi Flegrei caldera. During periods characterized by modest seismicity, no remarkable evidence of common temperature variations was recorded by the different TIRNet stations. Conversely, almost all the TIRNet stations exhibited common temperature variations, even on a small scale, during periods of significant seismic activity. The comparison between the seismicity and the variations in the surface temperature and heat flux trends suggests an increase in efficiency of heat transfer between the magmatic system and the surface when an increase in seismic activity was registered. This evidence recommends a deeper, multidisciplinary study of this correlation to improve understanding of the volcanic processes affecting the Campi Flegrei caldera.","PeriodicalId":48993,"journal":{"name":"Remote Sensing","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quaternary Deformation along the Gobi–Tian Shan Fault in the Easternmost Tian Shan (Harlik Mountain), Central Asia","authors":"Tianyi Shen, Yan Ding, Guocan Wang, Dehai Zhang, Zihao Zhao","doi":"10.3390/rs16173343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16173343","url":null,"abstract":"The Tian Shan is a typical active intracontinental orogenic belt that is driven by the ongoing indentation of India into Eurasia. However, the geological features of Quaternary deformation, especially in the easternmost sector near Harlik Mountain, remain elusive. Field observations, topographic analysis, and Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) dating were employed to comprehensively assess the deformation features and evaluate the deformation pattern for this region during the Quaternary period. The results disclose evidence of deformation in the northern and southern foreland basins of Harlik Mountain. In the Barkol Basin to the north, crustal shortening results in the formation of surface scarps and folds, indicating north-directed thrusting, with a shortening rate of ~0.15 mm/yr. In the Hami Basin, the north-directed thrust elevates the granites, which offset the alluvial fans, with a shortening rate of ~0.18 mm/yr. Together with the shortening along the boundary fault, the aggregated north–south shortening rate is approximately 0.69 mm/yr in the easternmost Tian Shan, corresponding with the differential motion rate between the north and south Harlik Mountain revealed by the GPS velocity. These findings imply that, distal to the collision zone, tectonic strain in the eastern Tian Shan is primarily accommodated through the reactivation of pre-existing strike–slip faults, with crustal shortening concentrated at the overlapping position of parallel northeast-trending left-lateral strike–slip faults.","PeriodicalId":48993,"journal":{"name":"Remote Sensing","volume":"163 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Multi-Task Convolutional Neural Network Relative Radiometric Calibration Based on Temporal Information","authors":"Lei Tang, Xiangang Zhao, Xiuqing Hu, Chuyao Luo, Manjun Lin","doi":"10.3390/rs16173346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16173346","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the continuous degradation of onboard satellite instruments over time, satellite images undergo degradation, necessitating calibration for tasks reliant on satellite data. The previous relative radiometric calibration methods are mainly categorized into traditional methods and deep learning methods. The traditional methods involve complex computations for each calibration, while deep-learning-based approaches tend to oversimplify the calibration process, utilizing generic computer vision models without tailored structures for calibration tasks. In this paper, we address the unique challenges of calibration by introducing a novel approach: a multi-task convolutional neural network calibration model leveraging temporal information. This pioneering method is the first to integrate temporal dynamics into the architecture of neural network calibration models. Extensive experiments conducted on the FY3A/B/C VIRR datasets showcase the superior performance of our approach compared to the existing state-of-the-art traditional and deep learning methods. Furthermore, tests with various backbones confirm the broad applicability of our framework across different convolutional neural networks.","PeriodicalId":48993,"journal":{"name":"Remote Sensing","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}