Monitoring of water table dynamics in peatlands with OPTRAM: Towards globally applicable algorithms in Google Earth Engine using Landsat and Sentinel-2

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iuliia Burdun ◽  
Michel Bechtold ◽  
Viacheslav Komisarenko ◽  
Annalea Lohila ◽  
Elyn Humphreys ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Water Table ◽  
Input Data ◽  
Short Wave ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Google Earth Engine ◽  
Short Wave Infrared ◽  
Northern Peatlands ◽  
Sentinel 2

<p>Fluctuations of water table depth (WTD) affect many processes in peatlands, such as vegetation development and emissions of greenhouse gases. Here, we present the OPtical TRApezoid Model (OPTRAM) as a new method for satellite-based monitoring of the temporal variation of WTD in peatlands. OPTRAM is based on the response of short-wave infrared reflectance to the vegetation water status. For five northern peatlands with long-term in-situ WTD records, and with diverse vegetation cover and hydrological regimes, we generate a suite of OPTRAM index time series using (a) different procedures to parametrise OPTRAM (peatland-specific manual vs. globally applicable automatic parametrisation in Google Earth Engine), and (b) different satellite input data (Landsat vs. Sentinel-2). The results based on the manual parametrisation of OPTRAM indicate a high correlation with in-situ WTD time-series for pixels with most suitable vegetation for OPTRAM application (mean Pearson correlation of 0.7 across sites), and we will present the performance differences when moving from a manual to an automatic procedure. Furthermore, for the overlap period of Landsat and Sentinel-2, which have different ranges and widths of short-wave infrared bands used for OPTRAM calculation, the impact of the satellite input data to OPTRAM will be analysed. Eventually, the challenge of merging different satellite missions in the derivation of OPTRAM time series will be explored as an important step towards a global application of OPTRAM for the monitoring of WTD dynamics in northern peatlands.</p>

An updated national-scale mangrove forest map in China Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Time-Series Data with Google Earth Engine

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luojia Hu ◽  
Wei Yao ◽  
Zhitong Yu ◽  
Yan Huang
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Mangrove Forest ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Series Data ◽  
National Scale ◽  
Mangrove Area ◽  
Google Earth Engine ◽  
Forest Maps ◽  
Sentinel 2

<p>A high resolution mangrove map (e.g., 10-m), which can identify mangrove patches with small size (< 1 ha), is a central component to quantify ecosystem functions and help government take effective steps to protect mangroves, because the increasing small mangrove patches, due to artificial destruction and plantation of new mangrove trees, are vulnerable to climate change and sea level rise, and important for estimating mangrove habitat connectivity with adjacent coastal ecosystems as well as reducing the uncertainty of carbon storage estimation. However, latest national scale mangrove forest maps mainly derived from Landsat imagery with 30-m resolution are relatively coarse to accurately characterize the distribution of mangrove forests, especially those of small size (area < 1 ha). Sentinel imagery with 10-m resolution provide the opportunity for identifying these small mangrove patches and generating high-resolution mangrove forest maps. Here, we used spectral/backscatter-temporal variability metrics (quantiles) derived from Sentinel-1 SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) and sentinel-2 MSI (Multispectral Instrument) time-series imagery as input features for random forest to classify mangroves in China. We found that Sentinel-2 imagery is more effective than Sentinel-1 in mangrove extraction, and a combination of SAR and MSI imagery can get a better accuracy (F1-score of 0.94) than using them separately (F1-score of 0.88 using Sentinel-1 only and 0.895 using Sentinel-2 only). The 10-m mangrove map derived by combining SAR and MSI data identified 20,003 ha mangroves in China and the areas of small mangrove patches (< 1 ha) was 1741 ha, occupying 8.7% of the whole mangrove area. The largest area (819 ha) of small mangrove patches is located in Guangdong Province, and in Fujian the percentage of small mangrove patches in total mangrove area is the highest (11.4%). A comparison with existing 30-m mangrove products showed noticeable disagreement, indicating the necessity for generating mangrove extent product with 10-m resolution. This study demonstrates the significant potential of using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 images to produce an accurate and high-resolution mangrove forest map with Google Earth Engine (GEE). The mangrove forest maps are expected to provide critical information to conservation managers, scientists, and other stakeholders in monitoring the dynamics of mangrove forest.</p>

scholarly journals Advancing the Mapping of Mangrove Forests at National-Scale Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Time-Series Data with Google Earth Engine: A Case Study in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 3120
Author(s):  
Luojia Hu ◽  
Nan Xu ◽  
Jian Liang ◽  
Zhichao Li ◽  
Luzhen Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Mangrove Forest ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Landsat Imagery ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Series Data ◽  
National Scale ◽  
Google Earth Engine ◽  
Sentinel 2

A high resolution mangrove map (e.g., 10-m), including mangrove patches with small size, is urgently needed for mangrove protection and ecosystem function estimation, because more small mangrove patches have disappeared with influence of human disturbance and sea-level rise. However, recent national-scale mangrove forest maps are mainly derived from 30-m Landsat imagery, and their spatial resolution is relatively coarse to accurately characterize the extent of mangroves, especially those with small size. Now, Sentinel imagery with 10-m resolution provides an opportunity for generating high-resolution mangrove maps containing these small mangrove patches. Here, we used spectral/backscatter-temporal variability metrics (quantiles) derived from Sentinel-1 SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) and/or Sentinel-2 MSI (Multispectral Instrument) time-series imagery as input features of random forest to classify mangroves in China. We found that Sentinel-2 (F1-Score of 0.895) is more effective than Sentinel-1 (F1-score of 0.88) in mangrove extraction, and a combination of SAR and MSI imagery can get the best accuracy (F1-score of 0.94). The 10-m mangrove map was derived by combining SAR and MSI data, which identified 20003 ha mangroves in China, and the area of small mangrove patches (<1 ha) is 1741 ha, occupying 8.7% of the whole mangrove area. At the province level, Guangdong has the largest area (819 ha) of small mangrove patches, and in Fujian, the percentage of small mangrove patches is the highest (11.4%). A comparison with existing 30-m mangrove products showed noticeable disagreement, indicating the necessity for generating mangrove extent product with 10-m resolution. This study demonstrates the significant potential of using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 images to produce an accurate and high-resolution mangrove forest map with Google Earth Engine (GEE). The mangrove forest map is expected to provide critical information to conservation managers, scientists, and other stakeholders in monitoring the dynamics of the mangrove forest.

scholarly journals Continuous Detection of Small-Scale Changes in Scots Pine Dominated Stands Using Dense Sentinel-2 Time Series

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Grabska ◽  
Paweł Hawryło ◽  
Jarosław Socha
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Vegetation Indices ◽  
Short Wave ◽  
Pine Forest ◽  
Forest Stands ◽  
Forest Change ◽  
Short Wave Infrared ◽  
Scots Pine Forest ◽  
Sentinel 2

Climate change and severe extreme events, i.e., changes in precipitation and higher drought frequency, have a large impact on forests. In Poland, particularly Norway spruce and Scots pine forest stands are exposed to disturbances and have, thus experienced changes in recent years. Considering that Scots pine stands cover approximately 58% of forests in Poland, mapping these areas with an early and timely detection of forest cover changes is important, e.g., for forest management decisions. A cost-efficient way of monitoring forest changes is the use of remote sensing data from the Sentinel-2 satellites. They monitor the Earth’s surface with a high temporal (2–3 days), spatial (10–20 m), and spectral resolution, and thus, enable effective monitoring of vegetation. In this study, we used the dense time series of Sentinel-2 data from the years 2015–2019, (49 images in total), to detect changes in coniferous forest stands dominated by Scots pine. The simple approach was developed to analyze the spectral trajectories of all pixels, which were previously assigned to the probable forest change mask between 2015 and 2019. The spectral trajectories were calculated using the selected Sentinel-2 bands (visible red, red-edge 1–3, near-infrared 1, and short-wave infrared 1–2) and selected vegetation indices (Normalized Difference Moisture Index, Tasseled Cap Wetness, Moisture Stress Index, and Normalized Burn Ratio). Based on these, we calculated the breakpoints to determine when the forest change occurred. Then, a map of forest changes was created, based on the breakpoint dates. An accuracy assessment was performed for each detected date class using 861 points for 46 classes (45 dates and one class representing no changes detected). The results of our study showed that the short-wave infrared 1 band was the most useful for discriminating Scots pine forest stand changes, with the best overall accuracy of 75%. The evaluated vegetation indices underperformed single bands in detecting forest change dates. The presented approach is straightforward and might be useful in operational forest monitoring.

scholarly journals Incorporating the Plant Phenological Trajectory into Mangrove Species Mapping with Dense Time Series Sentinel-2 Imagery and the Google Earth Engine Platform

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 2479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huiying Li ◽  
Mingming Jia ◽  
Rong Zhang ◽  
Yongxing Ren ◽  
Xin Wen
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Late Winter ◽  
Mangrove Forests ◽  
Mangrove Species ◽  
Ndvi Time Series ◽  
Google Earth Engine ◽  
Species Mapping ◽  
Sentinel 2

Information on mangrove species composition and distribution is key to studying functions of mangrove ecosystems and securing sustainable mangrove conservation. Even though remote sensing technology is developing rapidly currently, mapping mangrove forests at the species level based on freely accessible images is still a great challenge. This study built a Sentinel-2 normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) time series (from 2017-01-01 to 2018-12-31) to represent phenological trajectories of mangrove species and then demonstrated the feasibility of phenology-based mangrove species classification using the random forest algorithm in the Google Earth Engine platform. It was found that (i) in Zhangjiang estuary, the phenological trajectories (NDVI time series) of different mangrove species have great differences; (ii) the overall accuracy and Kappa confidence of the classification map is 84% and 0.84, respectively; and (iii) Months in late winter and early spring play critical roles in mangrove species mapping. This is the first study to use phonological signatures in discriminating mangrove species. The methodology presented can be used as a practical guideline for the mapping of mangrove or other vegetation species in other regions. However, future work should pay attention to various phenological trajectories of mangrove species in different locations.

scholarly journals Trends of CO and NO2 Pollutants Change in Iran during Covid-19 Pandemic using Time-Series Sentinel-5 Images in Google Earth Engine

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siavash Shami ◽  
Babak Ranjgar ◽  
Mahdi Khoshlahjeh Azar ◽  
Armin Moghimi ◽  
Samaneh Sabetghadam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Environmental Pollutants ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
First Year ◽  
Industrial Activities ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Google Earth Engine ◽  
Second Year ◽  
The Government

Abstract The first cases of Covid-19 in Iran were reported shortly after the disease outbreak in Wuhan, China. The end of the Persian year and the beginning of the Nowruz holidays in the following year (March 2020) coincided with its global pandemic, which led to quarantine and lockdown in the country. Many studies have shown that with the spread of this disease and the decline of industrial activities, environmental pollutants were drastically reduced. Among these pollutants, Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Carbon Monoxide (CO) are widely caused by anthropogenic and industrial activities. In this study, the changes of these pollutants in Iran and its four metropolises (i.e., Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, and Tabriz) in three time periods from March 11 to April 8 of 2019, 2020, and 2021 were investigated. To this end, time-series of the Sentinel-5P TROPOMI and in-situ data within the Google Earth Engine (GEE) cloud-based platform were employed. It was observed that the results obtained from the satellite data were in agreement with the in-situ data (average correlation coefficient = 0.7). Moreover, the results showed that the concentration of NO2 and CO pollutants in 2020 (the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic) was 5% lower than in 2019, indicating the observance of quarantine rules as well as people’s initial fear of the Coronavirus. Contrarily, these pollutants in 2021 (the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic) were higher than those in 2020 by 5%, which could be due to high vehicle traffic and the lack of serious policy and law-making by the government to ban urban and interurban traffic. Furthermore, the increase of the NO2 and CO in 2021 was followed by an increase in the deaths caused by Covid-19 and triggering the fourth peak in the Covid-19 cases, signifying a link between exposure to air pollution and Covid-19 mortality in Iran.

Rapid, robust, and automated mapping of tidal flats in China using time series Sentinel-2 images and Google Earth Engine

2021 ◽  
Vol 255 ◽  
pp. 112285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingming Jia ◽  
Zongming Wang ◽  
Dehua Mao ◽  
Chunying Ren ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Tidal Flats ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Automated Mapping ◽  
Google Earth Engine ◽  
Sentinel 2

scholarly journals Machine Learning Classification of Mediterranean Forest Habitats in Google Earth Engine Based on Seasonal Sentinel-2 Time-Series and Input Image Composition Optimisation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 586
Author(s):  
Salvatore Praticò ◽  
Francesco Solano ◽  
Salvatore Di Fazio ◽  
Giuseppe Modica
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Input Image ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Classification And Regression Tree ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Mountain Forest ◽  
Machine Learning Classification ◽  
Free Data ◽  
Google Earth Engine ◽  
Sentinel 2

The sustainable management of natural heritage is presently considered a global strategic issue. Owing to the ever-growing availability of free data and software, remote sensing (RS) techniques have been primarily used to map, analyse, and monitor natural resources for conservation purposes. The need to adopt multi-scale and multi-temporal approaches to detect different phenological aspects of different vegetation types and species has also emerged. The time-series composite image approach allows for capturing much of the spectral variability, but presents some criticalities (e.g., time-consuming research, downloading data, and the required storage space). To overcome these issues, the Google Earth engine (GEE) has been proposed, a free cloud-based computational platform that allows users to access and process remotely sensed data at petabyte scales. The application was tested in a natural protected area in Calabria (South Italy), which is particularly representative of the Mediterranean mountain forest environment. In the research, random forest (RF), support vector machine (SVM), and classification and regression tree (CART) algorithms were used to perform supervised pixel-based classification based on the use of Sentinel-2 images. A process to select the best input image (seasonal composition strategies, statistical operators, band composition, and derived vegetation indices (VIs) information) for classification was implemented. A set of accuracy indicators, including overall accuracy (OA) and multi-class F-score (Fm), were computed to assess the results of the different classifications. GEE proved to be a reliable and powerful tool for the classification process. The best results (OA = 0.88 and Fm = 0.88) were achieved using RF with the summer image composite, adding three VIs (NDVI, EVI, and NBR) to the Sentinel-2 bands. SVM and RF produced OAs of 0.83 and 0.80, respectively.

scholarly journals GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE: APPLICATION OF ALGORITHMS FOR REMOTE SENSING OF CROPS IN TUSCANY (ITALY)

2020 ◽  
Vol XLII-3/W12-2020 ◽  
pp. 291-296
Author(s):  
J. P. Clemente ◽  
G. Fontanelli ◽  
G. G. Ovando ◽  
Y. L. B. Roa ◽  
A. Lapini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Time Series ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Optical Data ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Use Of Time ◽  
Crop Types ◽  
Google Earth Engine ◽  
Agricultural Areas ◽  
Sentinel 2

Abstract. Remote sensing has become an important mean to assess crop areas, specially for the identification of crop types. Google Earth Engine (GEE) is a free platform that provides a large number of satellite images from different constellations. Moreover, GEE provides pixel-based classifiers, which are used for mapping agricultural areas. The objective of this work is to evaluate the performance of different classification algorithms such as Minimum Distance (MD), Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Classification and Regression Trees (CART) and Na¨ıve Bayes (NB) on an agricultural area in Tuscany (Italy). Four different scenarios were implemented in GEE combining different information such as optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data, indices and time series. Among the five classifiers used the best performers were RF and SVM. Integrating Sentinel-1 (S1) and Sentinel-2 (S2) slightly improves the classification in comparison to the only S2 image classifications. The use of time series substantially improves supervised classifications. The analysis carried out so far lays the foundation for the integration of time series of SAR and optical data.

scholarly journals Trends of CO and NO2 Pollutants Change in Iran during Covid-19 Pandemic using Time-Series Sentinel-5 Images in Google Earth Engine

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siavash Shami ◽  
Babak Ranjgar ◽  
Mahdi Khoshlahjeh Azar ◽  
Armin Moghimi ◽  
Samaneh Sabetghadam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Environmental Pollutants ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Average Correlation ◽  
Industrial Activities ◽  
In Situ Data ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Google Earth Engine ◽  
The Government

Abstract The end of the Persian year (March 2020) coincided with its global pandemic, which led to quarantine and lockdown in Iran. Many studies have shown that with the spread of this disease and the decline of industrial activities, environmental pollutants were drastically reduced. Among these pollutants, Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Carbon Monoxide (CO) are widely caused by anthropogenic and industrial activities. In this study, the changes of these pollutants in Iran and its four metropolises (i.e., Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, and Tabriz) in three time periods from March 11 to April 8 of 2019, 2020, and 2021 were investigated. To this end, time-series of the Sentinel-5P TROPOMI and in-situ data within the Google Earth Engine (GEE) cloud-based platform were employed. It was observed that the results obtained from the satellite data were in agreement with the in-situ data (average correlation coefficient =0.7). Moreover, the concentration of NO 2 and CO pollutants in 2020 was 5% lower than in 2019, indicating the observance of quarantine rules as well as people’s initial fear of the Coronavirus. Contrarily, these pollutants in 2021 were higher than those in 2020 by 5%, which could be due to high vehicle traffic and the lack of serious policy by the government to ban urban and interurban traffic. Furthermore, the increase of these pollutants in 2021 was followed by an increase in the deaths caused by Covid-19 and triggering the fourth peak in the Covid-19 cases, signifying a link between exposure to air pollution and Covid-19 mortality in Iran.

scholarly journals DETEKSI SEBARAN MUATAN PADATAN TERSUSPENSI DENGAN MODEL EMPIRIS DAN MODEL SEMI-ANALITIK DI PERAIRAN BEKASI

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-351
Author(s):  
Pingkan Mayestika Afgatiani ◽  
Maryani Hartuti ◽  
Syarif Budhiman
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Mean Absolute Error ◽  
Absolute Error ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Surface Reflectance ◽  
Mean Square ◽  
Itu Model ◽  
Google Earth Engine

Salah satu parameter dalam kualitas air adalah muatan padatan tersuspensi (MPT). Muatan padatan tersuspensi terdiri dari lumpur, pasir dan jasad renik yang disebabkan pengikisan tanah yang terbawa ke badan air. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeteksi sedimen tersuspensi di perairan Bekasi. Landsat 8 digunakan untuk analisis padatan tersuspensi dengan platform Google Earth Engine dengan membandingkan antara model empiris dan semi-analitik. Alur studi ini meliputi deliniasi wilayah non air menggunakan data citra surface reflectance, analisis MPT, dan visualisasi. Selanjutnya dilakukan validasi dengan data in situ, pemilihan model dan implementasi time series. Hasil deteksi MPT tertampil dengan tampilan warna yang berbeda sesuai dengan konsentrasinya. Hasil uji validasi dengan data in situ menunjukkan nilai Normalized Mean Absolute Error (NMAE) model semi-analitik lebih mendekati syarat minimum yaitu sebesar 66,8%, berbeda jauh dengan model empiris sebesar 43768%. Nilai Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) pun terlihat bahwa model semi-analitik menghasilkan nilai yang jauh lebih kecil sebesar 51,4 dan model empiris sebesar 58577,2. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa model semi-analitik memiliki nilai yang lebih baik dalam mendeteksi sebaran MPT. Analisis time series menunjukkan bahwa persebaran MPT tahun 2015 – 2019 di perairan pesisir memiliki sebaran MPT yang sangat tinggi, karena banyaknya tambak dan muara sungai. Oleh karena itu, model semi-analitik lebih direkomendasikan untuk mengestimasi konsentrasi MPT dibandingkan dengan model empiris.

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