scholarly journals Quantifying Grazing Intensity Using Remote Sensing in Alpine Meadows on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingqing Ma ◽  
Linrong Chai ◽  
Fujiang Hou ◽  
Shenghua Chang ◽  
Yushou Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Grazing Intensity ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Gansu Province ◽  
Livestock Grazing ◽  
Scientific Management ◽  
Sensing Data

Remote sensing data have been widely used in the study of large-scale vegetation activities, which have important significance in estimating grassland yields, determining grassland carrying capacity, and strengthening the scientific management of grasslands. Remote sensing data are also used for estimating grazing intensity. Unfortunately, the spatial distribution of grazing-induced degradation remains undocumented by field observation, and most previous studies on grazing intensity have been qualitative. In our study, we tried to quantify grazing intensity using remote sensing techniques. To achieve this goal, we conducted field experiments at Gansu Province, China, which included a meadow steppe and a semi-arid region. The correlation between a vegetation index and grazing intensity was simulated, and the results demonstrated that there was a significant negative correlation between NDVI and relative grazing intensity (p < 0.05). The relative grazing intensity increased with a decrease in NDVI, and when the relative grazing intensity reached a certain level, the response of NDVI to relative grazing intensity was no longer sensitive. This study shows that the NDVI model can illustrate the feasibility of using a vegetation index to monitor the grazing intensity of livestock in free-grazing mode. Notably, it is feasible to use the remote sensing vegetation index to obtain the thresholds of livestock grazing intensity.

Effect of Slope Mesorelief on the Spatial Variability of Soil Properties and Vegetation Index Based on Remote Sensing Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (9) ◽  
pp. 1329-1337
Author(s):  
N. V. Gopp ◽  
T. V. Nechaeva ◽  
O. A. Savenkov ◽  
N. V. Smirnova ◽  
V. V. Smirnov
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Spatial Variability ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Sensing Data

scholarly journals Detecting Forest Degradation in the Three-North Forest Shelterbelt in China from Multi-Scale Satellite Images

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1131
Author(s):  
Tao Yu ◽  
Pengju Liu ◽  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
Yi Ren ◽  
Jingning Yao
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽  
Net Primary Production ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Sensing Data ◽  
Multi Scale

Detecting forest degradation from satellite observation data is of great significance in revealing the process of decreasing forest quality and giving a better understanding of regional or global carbon emissions and their feedbacks with climate changes. In this paper, a quick and applicable approach was developed for monitoring forest degradation in the Three-North Forest Shelterbelt in China from multi-scale remote sensing data. Firstly, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Ratio Vegetation Index (RVI), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) and Net Primary Production (NPP) from remote sensing data were selected as the indicators to describe forest degradation. Then multi-scale forest degradation maps were obtained by adopting a new classification method using time series MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) images, and were validated with ground survey data. At last, the criteria and indicators for monitoring forest degradation from remote sensing data were discussed, and the uncertainly of the method was analyzed. Results of this paper indicated that multi-scale remote sensing data have great potential in detecting regional forest degradation.

LESS: LargE-Scale remote sensing data and image simulation framework over heterogeneous 3D scenes

2019 ◽  
Vol 221 ◽  
pp. 695-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianbo Qi ◽  
Donghui Xie ◽  
Tiangang Yin ◽  
Guangjian Yan ◽  
Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Image Simulation ◽  
Simulation Framework ◽  
Sensing Data

scholarly journals Statistical assessment of vegetation dynamics within protected areas using remote sensing data

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Maria Elena Menconi ◽  
David Grohmann
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Vegetation Dynamics ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Photosynthetic Activity ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Ratio Method ◽  
Vegetation Development ◽  
Sensing Data ◽  
Landscape Factors

This study aimed to test the effectiveness of protected areas to preserve vegetation. The first step was to identify vegetation suitable areas, designed as areas with optimal morphological terrain features for a good photosynthetic activity. These areas were defined according to the following landscape factors: slope, altitude, aspect and land use. Enhanced vegetation index (EVI) was chosen as vegetation dynamics indicator. This method is based on a statistical approach using remote sensing data in a geographic information system (GIS) environment. The correlation between EVI and landscape factor was evaluated using the frequency ratio method. Classes of landscape factors that show good correlation with a high EVI were combined to obtain vegetation suitable areas. Once identified, these areas and their vegetation dynamics were analysed by comparing the results obtained whenever these areas are included or not included in protected areas. A second EVI dataset was used to verify the accuracy in identifying vegetation suitable areas and the influence of each landscape factor considered in their identification. This validation process showed that vegetation suitable areas are significant in identifying areas with good photosynthetic activity. The effects analysis showed a positive influence of all landscape factors in determining suitability. This methodology, applied to central regions of Italy, shows that the vegetation suitable areas located inside protected areas are <em>greener</em> than those outside protected areas. This suggests that the protective measures established by the institution of the parks have proved to be effective, at least as far as the status of vegetation development is concerned.

scholarly journals Tree height inversion combining light detection and ranging and optical remote sensing data

2020 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 03020
Author(s):  
Kunlin Wang ◽  
Yi Ma ◽  
Fangrong Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Random Forest ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Tree Height ◽  
Edge Length ◽  
Optical Remote Sensing ◽  
Sensing Data ◽  
Inversion Model ◽  
Feature Parameters

Tree barriers in transmission line corridors are an important safety hazard.Scientific prediction of tree height and monitoring tree height changes are essential to solve this hidden danger. In this paper, the advantages of airborne lidar and optical remote sensing data are combined to research the method of tree height inversion. Based on glas data of lidar,waveform parameters such as waveform length, waveform leading edge length and waveform trailing edge length were extracted from waveform data by gaussian decomposition method.Terrain feature parameters were extracted from aster gdem data.The tree crown information was extracted from the optical remote sensing image by means of the mean shift algorithm. Then extract the vegetation index with high correlation with tree height.Finally, the extracted waveform feature parameters, topographic feature parameters, and crown index and vegetation index with high correlation are used as model input variables. The tree height inversion model was established using four regression methods, including multiple linear regression (mlr), support vector machine (svm), random forest (rf), and bp neural network (bpnn). The accuracy evaluation was conducted, and it was concluded that the tree height inversion model based on random forest obtained the best accuracy effect.

scholarly journals Quantifying large‐scale ecosystem stability with remote sensing data

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 354-365
Author(s):  
Hannah J. White ◽  
Willson Gaul ◽  
Dinara Sadykova ◽  
Lupe León‐Sánchez ◽  
Paul Caplat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Ecosystem Stability ◽  
Sensing Data
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