土壤水分遥感研究进展

土攘的各种理化性状，地形的分异作用以及气候变化和人为的土壤管理措施对土壤水分状况有不同的影响，地表特征与土壤水分状况也存在着一定的相关性。世界土遥感研究比较先进的国家一般从70年代初就全面来统地进行了土壤水分的研究，我国系统地进行土攘水分研究是近几年的率。土壤水分遥感监测要经过复杂的中间过程，波段及变量选择，传感器性能等因素对土攘水分监测是至关重要的;研究方法及途径的选择都要根据土攘类型、传惑器性能以及工作目的等因素合理确定，该领域的研究有待进一步完善。     

不同入射角下的雷达后向散射系数图像模拟

选择了新疆渭库三角洲(库车县、新和县、沙雅县)为实验区,利用Ulaby和Chapp的后向散射模型分别模拟了HV极化和HH极化的入射角为20°、24°、30°、33°、37°和40°的雷达后向散射系数图像。分析了不同入射角下图像各点后向散射系数值的散点图以及统计特征,得出由于入射角度的变化,两种极化的图像后向散射系数值变化较大,其变化趋势均符合余弦函数曲线分布,且模拟SAR图像很好的保留了地面散射信息。     

基于Radarsat-2全极化数据的高原牧草覆盖地表土壤水分反演

大面积土壤水分反演对于青海湖流域草场的管理和保护具有重要的意义。利用C波段全极化的Radarsat-2 合成孔径雷达(SAR)影像数据,开展了青海湖流域刚察县附近草场的土壤水分反演研究,在“水-云”模型和Chen模型的基础上,发展了一种新的土壤水分反演算法。该算法消除了植被覆盖以及地表粗糙度对雷达后向散射系数的影响。实验结果表明:预测结果能够与实测数据很好地吻合,R²、RMSE和RPD分别达到0.71\,3.77%和1.64,反演精度较高,能够满足研究区土壤水分的反演精度要求。如果能够更细致地刻画植被层以及地表粗糙度对雷达后向散射系数的影响,土壤水分反演精度有望得到进一步提高。
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光学图像辅助分割的极化SAR建筑物提取

针对全极化SAR数据分割时存在边缘漂移导致建筑物提取精度较低的问题,在FNEA算法基础上,提出一种光学图像辅助分形网络演化分割的极化SAR建筑物提取方法。首先基于FNEA分割方法获取与极化SAR图像相配准的光学图像中对象的初始边界信息,并利用该信息来改善极化SAR图像FNEA分割结果中存在的边缘漂移现象;在此基础上,利用Singh四分量分解提出一种基于对象占优因子的对象极化后向散射类型判定方法,从而提取出建筑物。采用国产机载X波段全极化SAR数据,并通过与其他方法的对比实验验证了该文方法的有效性。     

基于目标分解理论的全极化SAR图像神经网络分类方法

由于全极化合成孔径雷达(synthetic aperture radar)能够测量每一观测目标的全散射矩阵，即可合成包括线性极化、圆极化及椭圆极化在内的多种极化图像，因此与常规的单极化和多极化SAR相比，在雷达目标探测、识别，纹理特征和几何参数的提取等方面，全极化SAR均具有很多优点，但是由于地物分布的复杂性往往造成不同地物具有相似的后向散射信号特征，因而加大了地物信息提取的难度。同时由于这些极化合成图像具有较高的相关性，从而导致了图像分类精度的降低。为了提高全极化SAR图像的分类精度，基于新疆和田地区的SIR-CL波段全极化雷达数据，利用目标分解理论首先将地物回波的复杂散射过程分解为几种互不相关的单一的散射分量。由于这些单一的散射分量都对应于具有不同物理和几何特征以及分布特征的地物，从而提供了更加丰富的地表覆盖信息，这样就很大程度地改善了地物信息的分类精度；然后利用分解后单一散射分量数据结合传统的极化合成数据，可以得到更多的互不相关的数据源，再使用神经网络分类法对这些数据进行分类。分类结果表明，这种方法大幅度提高了全极化SAR数据用于实验区土地覆盖分类的精度。这种分类方法也可以广泛地用于SAR数据地表覆盖和土地利用动态监测和地表参数的提取。     

全极化合成孔径雷达影像地形纠正及其在雪冰制图中的应用

针对合成孔径雷达（SAR）影像由于地形起伏引起的图像畸变问题,文章提出了基于相干矩阵的全极化SAR影像地形纠正算法,并运用于雪冰制图。该方法首先采用距离多普勒模型建立SAR成像几何模型;然后利用全极化Cloude特征分解方法对全极化SAR图像进行融合,将融合后的SAR图像与模拟图像进行配准提高SAR影像几何定位精度;最后利用投影面积归一化和极化方位角移动补偿技术对地形引起的辐射畸变进行纠正。采用中国长江源区南部唐古拉山中段冬克玛底冰川区域的C波段Radarsat-2全极化SAR数据进行验证,配准模拟SAR和原始SAR影像的控制点方位向和距离向的均方根误差（RMSE）分别为7.765和14.586个像素;经过地形纠正后的地物分类精度达80%以上。结果表明：（1）该方法能够有效消除SAR影像中几何和辐射畸变的影响;（2）地形纠正后的SAR数据在雪冰制图中具有可行性。     

黑河上游土壤水分与遥感环境因子相关性分析

针对估算山区土壤水分过程中使用的数据和辐射传输模型都十分类似、精度不高的问题,对遥感环境因子和土壤水分做相关性分析以提高估算精度。利用Landsat-5TM计算水分指数,获取MODIS植被指数、地表温度数据,基于黑河上游148组土壤表层(0~10cm)水分实测数据,提取148组海拔高程、地表温度、水分指数、植被指数,采用线性回归法得到土壤水分与环境因子的相关性。结果表明,土壤水分与海拔高程、水分指数、植被指数为正相关,且相关性依次减小,与地表温度为负相关,相关性介于植被指数和海拔高程之间,且全部通过0.01的Pearson相关系数双尾检验。     

基于交叉极化比的SAR图像矿物油膜与生物油膜的区分方法

海洋表面矿物油膜、生物油膜等在SAR图像上都呈现为暗色特征,使得单极化SAR图像对矿物油膜和生物油膜的区分存在困难。分析了矿物油膜和生物油膜后向散射系数的极化比,提出一种基于交叉极化比的多极化SAR图像矿物油膜和生物油膜的区分方法,并用SIR\|C多极化数据验证了该方法的有效性。     

定西遥感试验场土壤光谱特征分析

对分布于甘肃省东部的黑壤土、灰褐土、黄绵土、新积土4个土类的7个土属进行电磁波谱测试。在0.4～1.1μm波段内,以土种为单位共测试21条裸土光谱曲线。从形态上可区分为缓斜型和陡坎型。在0.4～0.65μm波段内,各土壤光谱反射率值多相互交错分布,但在0.65～1.1μm波段内,陡坎型类土壤的光谱反射率值多高于缓斜型。土壤表层质地差异大时,将影响电磁波辐射能量的变化,当土壤表层水分含量小于饱和含水量时,在0.55～0.95μm波段内,土壤水分含量越高,其光谱反射率值越低。经各波段与反射率之间的相关分析说明,缓斜型土壤光谱曲线以一元一次回归曲线拟合程度高,而陡坎型土壤则以一元二次回归曲线拟合更为理想。该结果为在遥感图像中提取土壤线信息,提供了可参考的数据。     

土壤水盐介电模型对比与分析

土壤介电常数是微波遥感反演土壤水分和盐分的基础,是微波遥感研究的主要参数之一,选用模拟精度较高的土壤水盐介电模型对提高土壤水分和盐分反演精度具有重要意义。目前,土壤介电模型无法定量描述盐分对土壤介电常数的影响。采用Dobson模型及考虑盐分影响的Dobson-S模型、GRMDM模型、HQR模型和WYR模型分别模拟了土壤温度为25℃时不同土壤质地、含水量和含盐量土样在L、C、X波段的复介电常数实部与虚部,并将模拟结果与微波网络分析仪测量值进行对比分析,得到以下结论:(1)Dobson模型和GRMDM模型可较好地实现非盐渍土介电常数实部的模拟,而低频波段虚部的模拟值小于测量值;(2)Dobson-S模型对盐渍土介电常数实部的模拟精度较高,在L、C、X 3个波段相关系数(R)均为0.97,均方根误差(RMSE)小于2.10;但对于盐渍土介电常数虚部,在土壤体积含水量不同的情况下,Dobson-S模型、HQR模型和WYR模型的模拟精度不同。研究结果对选取适当的土壤介电模型反演土壤水分和盐分具有一定的参考价值。     

Monitoring leaf area of sugar beet using ERS-1 SAR data

This paper presents the results of field testing a radar model which relates leaf area index to radar backscatter for ERS-1 C-band VV polarization SAR data. Ground truth measurements of leaf area index and soil moisture content were made in selected sugar beet fields, with simultaneous acquisition of ERS-1 SAR image data. Radar backscatter coefficients were derived from the calibrated ERS-1 SAR data. The Leeuwen and Clevers expression of the water cloud model was fitted to determine the in situ relationship between radar back-scatter and leaf area index. The model can be inverted analytically to calculate leaf area index from radar backscatter. The results show considerable potential for the operational application of ERS-1 SAR data in crop monitoring.     

Investigating the potential for soil moisture and surface roughness monitoring in drylands using ERS SAR data

Multitemporal ERS-1 and ERS-2 SAR data were acquired for northern Jordan between 1995 and 1997 to investigate changes in the backscatter coefficients of a range of typical desert land surfaces. The changes in backscatter found were ascribed to variations in surface soil moisture, and changes in surface roughness caused by a range of natural and anthropogenic factors. Data collected from monitored sites were input into the Integral Equation Model (IEM). The model outputs were strongly correlated with observed backscatter coefficients (r ²=0.84). The results show that the successful monitoring of soil moisture in these environments is strongly dependent on the surface roughness. On surfaces with RMS height 0.5 cm, the sensitivity of the backscatter coefficient to changes in surface microtopography did not allow accurate soil moisture estimation. Microtopographic change on rougher surfaces has less influence on the backscatter coefficient, and the probability of soil moisture estimation from SAR imagery is greater. These results indicate that knowledge of the surface conditions (both in terms of surface roughness and geomorphology) is essential for accurate soil moisture monitoring, whether in a research or operational context. The potential benefits of these findings are discussed in the context of the Jordan Badia Research and Development Project.     

Effects of seasonal hydrologic patterns in south Florida wetlands on radar backscatter measured from ERS-2 SAR imagery

A multi-year study was carried out to evaluate ERS synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery for monitoring surface hydrologic conditions in wetlands of southern Florida. Surface conditions (water level, aboveground biomass, soil moisture) were measured in 13 study sites (representing three major wetland types) over a 25-month period. ERS SAR imagery was collected over these sites on 22 different occasions and correlated with the surface observations. The results show wide variation in ERS backscatter in individual sites when they were flooded and non-flooded. The range (minimum vs. maximum) in SAR backscatter for the sites when they were flooded was between 2.3 and 8.9 dB, and between 5.0 and 9.0 dB when they were not flooded. Variations in backscatter in the non-flooded sites were consistent with theoretical scattering models for the most part. Backscatter was positively correlated to field measurements of soil moisture. The MIchigan MIcrowave Canopy Scattering (MIMICS) model predicts that backscatter should decrease sharply when a site becomes inundated, but the data show that this drop is only 1-2 dB. This decrease was observed in both non-wooded and wooded sites. The drop in backscatter as water depth increases predicted by MIMICS was observed in the non-wooded wetland sites, and a similar decrease was observed in wooded wetlands as well. Finally, the sensitivity of backscatter and attenuation to variations in aboveground biomass predicted by MIMICS was not observed in the data.The results show that the inter- and intra-annual variations in ERS SAR image intensity in the study region are the result of changes in soil moisture and degree of inundation in the sites. The correlation between changes in SAR backscatter and water depth indicates the potential for using spaceborne SAR systems, such as the ERS for monitoring variations in flooding in south Florida wetlands.     

Potential of ASAR/ENVISAT for the characterization of soil surface parameters over bare agricultural fields

The objective of this investigation is to analyze the sensitivity of ASAR (Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar) data to soil surface parameters (surface roughness and soil moisture) over bare fields, at various polarizations (HH, HV, and VV) and incidence angles (20°-43°). The relationships between backscattering coefficients and soil parameters were examined by means of 16 ASAR images and several field campaigns. We have found that HH and HV polarizations are more sensitive than VV polarization to surface roughness. The results also show that the radar signal is more sensitive to surface roughness at high incidence angle (43°). However, the dynamics of the radar signal as a function of soil roughness are weak for root mean square (rms) surface heights between 0.5 cm and 3.56 cm (only 3 dB for HH polarization and 43° incidence angle). The estimation of soil moisture is optimal at low and medium incidence angles (20°-37°). The backscattering coefficient is more sensitive to volumetric soil moisture in HH polarization than in HV polarization. In fact, the results show that the depolarization ratio σ_HH⁰/σ_HV⁰ is weakly dependent on the roughness condition, whatever the radar incidence. On the other hand, we observe a linear relationship between the ratio σ_HH⁰/σ_HV⁰ and the soil moisture. The backscattering coefficient ratio between a low and a high incidence angle decreases with the rms surface height, and minimizes the effect of the soil moisture.     

Predicting winter wheat condition,grain yield and protein content using multi‐temporal EnviSat‐ASAR and Landsat TM satellite images

Since optical and microwave sensors respond to very different target characteristics, their role in crop monitoring can be viewed as complementary. In particular, the all‐weather capability of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors can ensure that data gaps that often exist during monitoring with optical sensors are filled. There were three Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) satellite images and three Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) satellite images acquired from reviving stage to milking stage of winter wheat. These data were successfully used to monitor crop condition and forecast grain yield and protein content. Results from this study indicated that both multi‐temporal Envisat ASAR and Landsat TM imagery could provide accurate information about crop conditions. First, bivariate correlation results based on the linear regression of crop variables against backscatter suggested that the sensitivity of ASAR C‐HH backscatter image to crop or soil condition variation depends on growth stage and time of image acquisition. At the reviving stage, crop variables, such as biomass, Leaf Area Index (LAI) and plant water content (PWC), were significantly positively correlated with C‐HH backscatter (r = 0.65, 0.67 and 0.70, respectively), and soil water content at 5 cm, 10 cm and 20 cm depths were correlated significantly with C‐VV backscatter (r = 0.44, 0.49 and 0.46, respectively). At booting stage, only a significant and negative correlation was observed between biomass and C‐HH backscatter (r = ?0.44), and a saturation of the SAR signal to canopy LAI could explain the poor correlation between crop variables and C‐HH backscatter. Furthermore, C‐HH backscatter was correlated significantly with soil water content at booting and milking stage. Compared with ASAR backscatter data, the multi‐spectral Landsat TM images were more sensitive to crop variables. Secondly, a significant and negative correlation between grain yield and ASAR C‐HH & C‐VV backscatter at winter wheat booting stage was observed (r = ?0.73 and ?0.55, respectively) and a yield prediction model with a correlation coefficient of 0.91 was built based on the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) data from Landsat TM on 17 April and ASAR C‐HH backscatter on 27 April. Finally, grain protein content was found to be correlated significantly with ASAR C‐HH backscatter at milking stage (r = ?0.61) and with Structure Insensitive Pigment Index (SIPI) data from Landsat TM at grain‐filling stage (r = 0.53), and a grain protein content prediction model with a correlation coefficient of 0.75 was built based on the C‐HH backscatter and SIPI data.     

Assessment of an analytical model for sea surface wind speed retrieval from spaceborne SAR

An analytical model based on radar backscatter theory was utilized to retrieve sea surface wind speeds from C-band satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data at either vertical (VV) or horizontal (HH) polarization in transmission and reception. The wind speeds were estimated from several ENVISAT Advanced SAR (ASAR) images in Hong Kong coastal waters and from Radarsat-1 SAR images along the west coast of North America. To evaluate the accuracy of the analytical model, the estimated wind speeds were compared to coincident buoy measurements, as well as winds retrieved by C-band empirical algorithms (CMOD4, CMOD_IRF2 and CMOD5). The comparison shows that the accuracy of the analytical model is comparable to that of the C-band empirical algorithms. The results indicate the capability of the analytical model for sea surface wind speed retrieval from SAR images at both VV and HH polarization.     

COSMO雷达数据在多云多雾地区土地变化监测研究

近年来新型成像雷达遥感(极化、干涉)及数据处理技术的发展,SAR遥感影像上获得的地表信息越来越多,如何利用雷达信息探测土地变化成为研究的新课题。但是雷达影像不同于光学影像,目前雷达数据解译仍存在着一些困难。本文主要针对多云多雾地区雷达数据土地变化监测,以四川成都地区COSMO数据为例,利用雷达相干影像,后向散射强度,强度比值影像,提出一种新的雷达处理手段,减少了雷达数据土地变化监测的工作量,提高工作效率。     

Correlation Analysis between L-band SAR and ForestStem Volume in Northeast China

Because Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR)can penetrate into forest canopy and interact with the primary stem volume contents of the trees (trunk and branch),SAR data are widely used for forest stem volume estimation.This paper investigated the correlation between SAR data and forest stem volume in Xunke,Heilongjiang using the stand-wise forest inventory data in 2003 and ALOS PALSAR data for five dates in 2007.The influences of season and polarizations on the relationship between stem volume and SAR data were studied by analyzing the scatterplots;that was followed by interpretation of the mechanisms primarily based on a forest radar backscattering model-water cloud model.The results showed that the relationship between HV polarization backscatter and stem volume is better than HH polarization,and SAR data in summer dry conditions are more correlated to stem volume than the data acquired in other conditions.The interferometric coherence with 46-day temporal baseline is negatively correlated to the stem volume.The correlation coefficients from winter coherence are higher than those from summer coherence and backscatter.The study results suggest using the interferometric coherence in winter as the best choice for forest stem volume estimation with L-band SAR data.     

Active microwave measurement of soil water content

Measurements of radar backscatter from bare soil at 4.7, 5.9, and 7.1 GHz for incident angles of 0–70° have been analyzed to determine sensitivity to soil moisture. Because the effective depth of penetration of the radar signal is only about one skin depth, the observed signals were correlated with the moisture in a skin depth as characterized by the attenuation coefficient (reciprocal of skin depth). Since the attenuation coefficient is a monotonically increasing function of moisture density, it may also be used as a measure of moisture content over the distance involved, which varies with frequency and moisture content. The measurements show an approximately linear increase in scattering with attenuation coefficient of the soil at angles within 10° of vertical and all frequencies. At 4.7 GHz this increase continues relatively large out to 70° incidence, but by 7.1 GHz the sensitivity is much less even at 20° and practically gone at 50°.An inversion technique to determine how well the moisture content can be estimated from the scattered signal indicates good success for near-vertical angles and middle ranges of moisture density, with poorer success at smaller moisture densities and an anomaly in the data at the highest moisture density that must be resolved by further experimentation.     

Estimation of the moisture content of bare soil from RADARSAT-1 SAR using simple empirical models

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) provides a remote sensing tool to estimate soil moisture. Mapping surface soil moisture from the grey level of SAR images is a demonstrated procedure, but several factors can interfere with the interpretation and must be taken into account. The most important factors are surface roughness and the radar configuration (frequency, polarization and incidence angle). This Letter evaluates the influence of these variables for estimation of bare soil moisture using RADARSAT-1 SAR data. First, the parameters of two linear backscatter models, the Ji and Champion models (Ji et al . 1995, Champion 1996), were tested and the constants recalculated. rms error based on the backscattering coefficient was reduced from 6.12 and 6.48 dB to 4.28 and 1.68 dB for the Ji and Champion models respectively. Secondly, a new model is proposed which had an rms error of only 1.21 dB. The results showed a marked increase in accuracy compared with the previous models.