scholarly journals Finding a suitable sensing time period for crop identification using heuristic techniques with multi-temporal satellite images

Author(s):  
Marcos Fernández-Sellers ◽  
Guillermo Siesto ◽  
Adolfo Lozano-Tello ◽  
Pedro J. Clemente
Author(s):  
Md. Salauddin ◽  
Khandaker Tanvir Hossain ◽  
Istiaqe Ahmed Tanim ◽  
Md. Anisul Kabir ◽  
Mehedi Hasan Saddam

Abstract The study attempted to assess the changes in shoreline and erosion-accretion of newly formed island at the mouth of the Meghna river estuary in Bangladesh using multi temporal satellite images and GIS techniques. The current study used NDWI an MNDWI to delineate land and water boundary to extract the shoreline and also used some overlay analysis to measure the erosion-accretion. DSAS extension is used for analyzing the shifting of the shoreline. The results (1990-2015) show that the island has 1192 hectares of land accreted during this time period, and about 1 km of its shoreline lost during this time period as it has broken in few places. Most accretion found in the northwestern part and erosion in southeastern and southwestern part. The study area was divided into four different segments and about 115 transects were constructed, of which about 74 shows the seaward movement and 44 shows landward movement. Seaward movement and rate of shoreline shifting is higher in the northwestern part where net shoreline movement (NSM) is +1897 meters and end point rate (EPR) is +73 m/year. Landward movement and the rate of shoreline shifting are higher in southeastern and southwestern part of which net shoreline movement (NSM) is about -2680 meters and end point rate (EPR) is about -129 m/year. The highest landward movement is found as -2680 meters and highest seaward movement as +1897 meters. Accretion process is dominant while erosion process discontinued the shoreline in some places.


Author(s):  
Emmanuel Skoufias ◽  
Eric Strobl ◽  
Thomas Tveit

AbstractThis article demonstrates the construction of earthquake and volcano damage indices using publicly available remote sensing sources and data on the physical characteristics of events. For earthquakes we use peak ground motion maps in conjunction with building type fragility curves to construct a local damage indicator. For volcanoes we employ volcanic ash data as a proxy for local damages. Both indices are then spatially aggregated by taking local economic exposure into account by assessing nightlight intensity derived from satellite images. We demonstrate the use of these indices with a case study of Indonesia, a country frequently exposed to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The results show that the indices capture the areas with the highest damage, and we provide overviews of the modeled aggregated damage for all provinces and districts in Indonesia for the time period 2004 to 2014. The indices were constructed using a combination of software programs—ArcGIS/Python, Matlab, and Stata. We also outline what potential freeware alternatives exist. Finally, for each index we highlight the assumptions and limitations that a potential practitioner needs to be aware of.


2011 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 252-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Cui ◽  
Zhenhong Jia ◽  
Xizhong Qin ◽  
Jie Yang ◽  
Yingjie Hu

Urbanization plays a key role in the health of the water bodies in any region. In a rapidly growing country like India, especially Bangalore district, rapid urbanization has seen a steep decline in the number of water bodies the region is famous for. In this paper, Land Use and Land Cover change is analysed for the remotely sensed images of Bangalore District using Spectral Angle Mapper Algorithm. Data for the purpose of analysis was obtained from BHUVAN (NRSC, ISRO). The study area is Bangalore District and data was collected from the time period 2008-2016. The major classes used in the classification are Land(Built-up), water bodies (Lakes), Vegetation (Gardens), Soil (Barren and fertile). The satellite images and the accompanying classification algorithms indicate that the percentage of water bodies have drastically shrunk (from 2.9% in 2008to1.8% in 2016) in the area of study. The results of this study can be used by the civic authorities to implement decisions to conserve the water bodies in the area.


2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Nurul Latifah ◽  
Sigit Febrianto ◽  
Hadi Endrawati ◽  
Muhammad Zainuri

Mapping of Classification and Analysis of Changes in Mangrove Ecosystem Using Multi-Temporal Satellite Images in Karimunjawa, Jepara, Indonesia  Mangrove ecosystem is one of the three ecosystem in the coastal area which has important ecological role in supporting marine life and fisheries resources. These important roles include spawning ground and nursery ground for various marine organisms. However, in the last decades, mangrove ecosystem has been undergoing significant degradation. The aim of this research is to quantify the changes of mangrove coverage and density in Karimunjawa as well as key-factors leading to the changes. Supervised classification method (83% accuracy and Kappa coefficient 0.73%) was applied to satellite images to identify the temporal changes in mangrove coverage. Mangrove density was quantified using NDVI algorithm and NIR-RED wavelength. The result shows that during three periods of observed data, changes in mangrove coverage were significant: 126.81 ha increase (1992 – 2003); 82.37 ha decrease (1992 – 2017); and 209.18 ha decrease (2003 – 2017). Mangrove density in most part of Karimunjawa belongs to the category of ‘low’ (NDVI value: -1 – 0.33). Key factors contributing to the decrease mangrove coverage are deforestation, natural phenomena, land conversion into fish ponds and hotels. The only increase in the year 1992 – 2003 was caused by high sedimentation level that allows more mangroves to grow. Overall, the methods in this research could be used as an approach to describe to effectively monitor the changes of mangrove coverage in an area as basic data for sustainable environmental management. Ekosistem mangrove merupakan salah satu dari tiga ekosistem pesisir yang memiliki peranan ekologis penting dalam mendukung kehidupan dan keberlangsungan dari sumberdaya perikanan.  Hal tersebut dikarenakan fungsi mangrove sebagai tempat memijah dan asuhan bagi banyak biota air. Beberapa dekade terakhir keberadaan dari ekosisitem mangrove mengalami degradasi yang sangat signifikan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui perubahan luasan dan kerapatan mangrove dan mengidentifikasi faktor penyebabnya.  Metode analisa perubahan luasan mangrove menggunakan citra satelit multi temporal dengan dilakukan pembuatan klasifikasi menggunakan metode supervised classification dengan nilai akurasi total 83% dengan Kappa koefisien 0,73%.  Setelah terseleksi antara mangrove dan non mangrove maka dilakukan perhitungan kerapatan tajuk menggunakan algoritma NDVI dengan memanfaatkan panjang gelombang NIR dan RED.  Hasil analisa spasial dengan rentang 3 tahun berbeda didapatkan perubahan penurunan dan penambahan luasan mangrove terjadi secara signifikan: tahun 1992 – 2003 telah terjadi penambahan luasan sebesar 126,81 ha; tahun 1992–2017 terjadi perubahan luasan sebesar 82,37 ha;  tahun 2003–2017 terjadi perubahan luasan sebesar 209,18 ha.  Kerapatan mangrove di Karimunjawa sebagian besar tergolong kategori kerapatan jarang dengan nilai NDVI antara -1 – 0,33. Faktor utama penyebab penurunan luasan mangrove antara lain penebangan liar, faktor alam, perubahan fungsi lahan menjadi pertambakan dan perhotelan.  Penambahan luasan mangrove terjadi pada antara tahun1992 sampai 2003 hal tersebut disebabkan sedimentasi yang menumpuk di pantai dan sudah ditumbuhi oleh mangrove.  Secara keseluruhan metode ini dapat menggambarkan perubahan secara efektif serta hasilnya dapat dipergunakan untuk pemantauan dan perencanaan ekosistem mangrove di suatu wilayah. 


2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 2597-2623 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Paul

Abstract. Although animated images are very popular on the Internet, they have so far found only limited use for glaciological applications. With long time-series of satellite images becoming increasingly available and glaciers being well recognized for their rapid changes and variable flow dynamics, animated sequences of multiple satellite images reveal glacier dynamics in a time-lapse mode, making the otherwise slow changes of glacier movement visible and understandable for a wide public. For this study animated image sequences were created from freely available image quick-looks of orthorectified Landsat scenes for four regions in the central Karakoram mountain range. The animations play automatically in a web-browser and might help to demonstrate glacier flow dynamics for educational purposes. The animations revealed highly complex patterns of glacier flow and surge dynamics over a 15-year time period (1998–2013). In contrast to other regions, surging glaciers in the Karakoram are often small (around 10 km2), steep, debris free, and advance for several years at comparably low annual rates (a few hundred m a−1). The advance periods of individual glaciers are generally out of phase, indicating a limited climatic control on their dynamics. On the other hand, nearly all other glaciers in the region are either stable or slightly advancing, indicating balanced or even positive mass budgets over the past few years to decades.


2021 ◽  
pp. 407-417
Author(s):  
S. T. Khan ◽  
S. Alam ◽  
N. Azam ◽  
M. Debnath ◽  
A. K. Mojlish ◽  
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