scholarly journals PANSHARPENING ON THE NARROW VNIR AND SWIR SPECTRAL BANDS OF SENTINEL-2

Author(s):  
A. D. Vaiopoulos ◽  
K. Karantzalos

In this paper results from the evaluation of several state-of-the-art pansharpening techniques are presented for the VNIR and SWIR bands of Sentinel-2. A procedure for the pansharpening is also proposed which aims at respecting the closest spectral similarities between the higher and lower resolution bands. The evaluation included 21 different fusion algorithms and three evaluation frameworks based both on standard quantitative image similarity indexes and qualitative evaluation from remote sensing experts. The overall analysis of the evaluation results indicated that remote sensing experts disagreed with the outcomes and method ranking from the quantitative assessment. The employed image quality similarity indexes and quantitative evaluation framework based on both high and reduced resolution data from the literature didn’t manage to highlight/evaluate mainly the spatial information that was injected to the lower resolution images. Regarding the SWIR bands none of the methods managed to deliver significantly better results than a standard bicubic interpolation on the original low resolution bands.

Author(s):  
A. D. Vaiopoulos ◽  
K. Karantzalos

In this paper results from the evaluation of several state-of-the-art pansharpening techniques are presented for the VNIR and SWIR bands of Sentinel-2. A procedure for the pansharpening is also proposed which aims at respecting the closest spectral similarities between the higher and lower resolution bands. The evaluation included 21 different fusion algorithms and three evaluation frameworks based both on standard quantitative image similarity indexes and qualitative evaluation from remote sensing experts. The overall analysis of the evaluation results indicated that remote sensing experts disagreed with the outcomes and method ranking from the quantitative assessment. The employed image quality similarity indexes and quantitative evaluation framework based on both high and reduced resolution data from the literature didn’t manage to highlight/evaluate mainly the spatial information that was injected to the lower resolution images. Regarding the SWIR bands none of the methods managed to deliver significantly better results than a standard bicubic interpolation on the original low resolution bands.


Author(s):  
Y. Zheng ◽  
M. Guo ◽  
Q. Dai ◽  
L. Wang

The GaoFen-2 satellite (GF-2) is a self-developed civil optical remote sensing satellite of China, which is also the first satellite with the resolution of being superior to 1 meter in China. In this paper, we propose a pan-sharpening method based on guided image filtering, apply it to the GF-2 images and compare the performance to state-of-the-art methods. Firstly, a simulated low-resolution panchromatic band is yielded; thereafter, the resampled multispectral image is taken as the guidance image to filter the simulated low resolution panchromatic Pan image, and extracting the spatial information from the original Pan image; finally, the pan-sharpened result is synthesized by injecting the spatial details into each band of the resampled MS image according to proper weights. Three groups of GF-2 images acquired from water body, urban and cropland areas have been selected for assessments. Four evaluation metrics are employed for quantitative assessment. The experimental results show that, for GF-2 imagery acquired over different scenes, the proposed method can not only achieve high spectral fidelity, but also enhance the spatial details


2020 ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
M. Campos-Taberner ◽  
F.J. García-Haro ◽  
B. Martínez ◽  
M.A. Gilabert

<p class="p1">The use of deep learning techniques for remote sensing applications has recently increased. These algorithms have proven to be successful in estimation of parameters and classification of images. However, little effort has been made to make them understandable, leading to their implementation as “black boxes”. This work aims to evaluate the performance and clarify the operation of a deep learning algorithm, based on a bi-directional recurrent network of long short-term memory (2-BiLSTM). The land use classification in the Valencian Community based on Sentinel-2 image time series in the framework of the common agricultural policy (CAP) is used as an example. It is verified that the accuracy of the deep learning techniques is superior (98.6 % overall success) to that other algorithms such as decision trees (DT), k-nearest neighbors (k-NN), neural networks (NN), support vector machines (SVM) and random forests (RF). The performance of the classifier has been studied as a function of time and of the predictors used. It is concluded that, in the study area, the most relevant information used by the network in the classification are the images corresponding to summer and the spectral and spatial information derived from the red and near infrared bands. These results open the door to new studies in the field of the explainable deep learning in remote sensing applications.</p>


Author(s):  
Umakant Rawat ◽  
Ankit Yadav ◽  
P.S. Pawar ◽  
Aniket Rajput ◽  
Devendra Vasht ◽  
...  

Mapping and classification crop by using satellite images is a challenging task that can minimize the complexities of field visits. The recently launched Sentinel-2 satellite has thirteen spectral bands, short revisit time and determination at three different resolutions (10 m, 20 m and 60 m), besides that, the free availability of the images makes it a good choice for vegetation mapping. This study aims to classify crop, using single date Sentinel-2 imagery within the Jabalpur, state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The classification was performed by using Unsupervised Classification. In this study, four spectral bands, i.e., Near Infrared, Red, Green, and Blue of Sentinel-2 were stacked for the classification. The results show that the area of wheat crop corresponds to 83.07%; Gram/ Pulses, 14.64%; and other crop, 2.28%. The overall accuracy and overall Kappa Statistics of the classification using Sentinel-2 imagery are 85.71% and 0.819%, respectively. Therefore, this study has found that Sentinel-2 presented great potential in the mapping of the agriculture areas of Jabalpur by remote sensing.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 3613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fadhlullah Ramadhani ◽  
Reddy Pullanagari ◽  
Gabor Kereszturi ◽  
Jonathan Procter

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food crop for more than half of the world’s population. Rice production is facing a myriad of problems, including water shortage, climate, and land-use change. Accurate maps of rice growth stages are critical for monitoring rice production and assessing its impacts on national and global food security. Rice growth stages are typically monitored by coarse-resolution satellite imagery. However, it is difficult to accurately map due to the occurrence of mixed pixels in fragmented and patchy rice fields, as well as cloud cover, particularly in tropical countries. To solve these problems, we developed an automated mapping workflow to produce near real-time multi-temporal maps of rice growth stages at a 10-m spatial resolution using multisource remote sensing data (Sentinel-2, MOD13Q1, and Sentinel-1). This study was investigated between 1 June and 29 September 2018 in two (wet and dry) areas of Java Island in Indonesia. First, we built prediction models based on Sentinel-2, and fusion of MOD13Q1/Sentinel-1 using the ground truth information. Second, we applied the prediction models on all images in area and time and separation between the non-rice planting class and rice planting class over the cropping pattern. Moreover, the model’s consistency on the multitemporal map with a 5–30-day lag was investigated. The result indicates that the Sentinel-2 based model classification gives a high overall accuracy of 90.6% and the fusion model MOD13Q1/Sentinel-1 shows 78.3%. The performance of multitemporal maps was consistent between time lags with an accuracy of 83.27–90.39% for Sentinel-2 and 84.15% for the integration of Sentinel-2/MOD13Q1/Sentinel-1. The results from this study show that it is possible to integrate multisource remote sensing for regular monitoring of rice phenology, thereby generating spatial information to support local-, national-, and regional-scale food security applications.


2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 2054
Author(s):  
Gabrielle de Araújo Ribeiro ◽  
João Nailson De Castro Silva ◽  
Janaína Barbosa Da Silva

A utilização do Sensoriamento Remoto para a avaliação do meio ambiente é cada vez mais aplicado em pesquisas. As imagens adquiridas pelos sensores acoplados aos satélites fornecem dados qualitativos e quantitativos do estado da vegetação através da aplicação dos índices de vegetação. Os índices são obtidos pela combinação matemáticas das reflectâncias dos alvos nas faixas espectrais, principalmente do vermelho e infravermelho próximo e podem ser afetados por diferentes fatores tais como reflectância, irradiancia e o brilho do solo. Um dos índices comumente utilizados, principalmente em áreas semiáridas, onde se tem influencia do brilho do solo, é o índice de vegetação ajustado ao solo (IVAS). Este índice introduz um fator de ajuste (L) ao índice de vegetação normalizada (IVDN) para minimizar os efeitos da presença do solo. Porém para cada região deve-se estudar e determinar os melhores parâmetros para o mesmo. Portanto este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar uma revisão de literatura em relação ao índice de vegetação ajustado ao solo em diferentes biomas brasileiro e outras aplicações.   A B S T R A C T The use of remote sensing for environmental assessment is increasingly applied in research. The images acquired by the satellite sensors coupled to provide qualitative and quantitative information on the state of the vegetation by the application of vegetation indices. The indices are obtained by mathematical combination of the reflectance of the targets in the spectral bands, especially the red and near infrared and can be affected by different factors such as reflectance, irradiance and the brightness of the soil. One of the commonly used indices, especially in semi-arid areas where it has influence of soil brightness, is the vegetation index adjusted to the ground (UAI). This index introduces an adjustment factor (L) normalized vegetation index (NDVI) to minimize the effects of soil present. However, for each region should study and determine the best parameters for the same. Therefore this work aims to present a literature review regarding the vegetation index adjusted to the soil in different Brazilian biomes and other applications. Keywords : Remote Sensing; vegetation index; spectral analysis, biome.   


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuyun Chen ◽  
Longwei Li ◽  
Dengsheng Lu ◽  
Dengqiu Li

Bamboo forests, due to rapid growth and short harvest rotation, play an important role in carbon cycling and local economic development. Accurate estimation of bamboo forest aboveground biomass (AGB) has garnered increasing attention during the past two decades. However, remote sensing-based AGB estimation for bamboo forests is challenging due to poor understanding of the mechanisms between bamboo forest growth characteristics and remote sensing data. The objective of this research is to examine the remote sensing characteristics of on-year and off-year bamboo forests at different dates and their AGB estimation performance. This research used multiple Sentinel-2 data to explore AGB estimation of bamboo forests in Zhejiang Province, China, by taking into account the unique characteristics of on-year and off-year bamboo forest growth features. Combining field survey data and Sentinel-2 spectral responses (spectral bands and vegetation indices) and textural images, random forest was used to identify key variables for AGB estimation. The results show that (1) the on-year and off-year bamboo forests have considerably different spectral signatures, especially in the wavelengths between red edge 2 and near-infrared wavelength (NIR2) (740–865 nm), making it possible to separate on-year and off-year bamboo forests; (2) on-year bamboo forests have similar spectral signatures although AGB increases from as small as 40 Mgha−1 to as high as 90 Mgha−1, implying that optical sensor data cannot effectively model on-year bamboo AGB; (3) off-year bamboo AGB has significant relationships with red and shortwave infrared (SWIR) spectral bands in the April image and with red edge 2 in the July image, but the AGB saturation problem yields poor estimation accuracy; (4) stratification considerably improved off-year bamboo AGB estimation but not on-year, non-stratification using the April image is recommended; and (5) Sentinel-2 data cannot solve the bamboo AGB data saturation problem when AGB is greater than 70 Mgha−1, similar to other optical sensor data such as Landsat. More research should be conducted in the future to integrate multiple sources—remotely sensed data (e.g., lidar, optical sensor data) and ancillary data (e.g., soil, topography)—into AGB modeling to improve the estimation. The use of very high spatial resolution images that can effectively extract tree density information may improve bamboo AGB estimation and yield new insights.


2019 ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Delegido ◽  
P. Urrego ◽  
E. Vicente ◽  
X. Sòria-Perpinyà ◽  
J.M. Soria ◽  
...  

<p>Transparency or turbidity is one of the main indicators in studies of water quality using remote sensing. Transparency can be measured <em>in situ</em> through the Secchi disc depth (SD), and turbidity using a turbidimeter. In recent decades, different relationships between bands from different remote sensing sensors have been used for the estimation of these variables. In this paper, several indices and spectral bands have been calibrated in order to estimate transparency from Sentinel-2 (S2) images from field data, obtained throughout 2017 and 2018 in Júcar basin reservoirs with a great variety of trophic states. Three atmospheric correction methods developed for waters have been applied to the S2 level L1C images taken at the same day as the field data: Polymer, C2RCC and C2X. From the spectra obtained from S2 and the SD field data, it has been found that the smallest error is obtained with the images atmospherically corrected with Polymer and a potential adjustment of the reflectivities’ ratio of the blue and green bands (R<sub>490</sub>/R<sub>560</sub>), which allow the estimation of SD with a relative error of 13%. Also the C2X method presents good adjustment with the same bands ratio, although with a greater error, while the correction C2RCC shows the worst correlation. The relationship between SD (in m) and turbidity (in NTU) has also been obtained, which provides an operational method for estimating turbidity with S2. The relationship for the different reservoirs between SD and chlorophyll-a concentration, suspended solids and dissolved organic matter, is also shown.</p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Nýdrle

This article focuses on the issue of using data obtained through remote sensing methods  in the administrative district of the municipality with extended powers of Liberec (the Czech Republic). The first part of the article discusses the question of using Earth remote sensing data for city agendas in general. Then, it presents a questionnaire, created for evaluating the needs of the Liberec municipality. This questionnaire, focusing on the use of remotely sensed data, was created on the basis of a review of relevant literature. Based on the results of the questionnaire, the following spatial information requirements were chosen to be addressed: land surface temperature map - LST (Landsat 8), vegetation index - NDVI (Sentinel 2, Planet Scope), normalized difference water index - NDWI, NDWI 2 (Sentinel 2), normalized difference built-up index - NDBI (Sentinel 2). All data obtained during the creation of this study have become part of the database of the Urban Planning and GIS Department and are available to employees of the City of Liberec.


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