Application of UAV-Based Multi-Angle Hyperspectral Remote Sensing in Fine Vegetation Classification

To obtain a high-accuracy vegetation classification of high-resolution UAV images, in this paper, a multi-angle hyperspectral remote sensing system was built using a six-rotor UAV and a Cubert S185 frame hyperspectral sensor. The application of UAV-based multi-angle remote sensing in fine vegetation classification was studied by combining a bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) model for multi-angle remote sensing and object-oriented classification methods. This method can not only effectively reduce the classification phenomena that influence different objects with similar spectra, but also benefit the construction of a canopy-level BRDF. Then, the importance of the BRDF characteristic parameters are discussed in detail. The results show that the overall classification accuracy (OA) of the vertical observation reflectance based on BRDF extrapolation (BRDF_0°) (63.9%) was approximately 24% higher than that based on digital orthophoto maps (DOM) (39.8%), and kappa using BRDF_0° was 0.573, which was higher than that using DOM (0.301); a combination of the hot spot and dark spot features, as well as model features, improved the OA and kappa to around 77% and 0.720, respectively. The reflectance features near hot spots were more conducive to distinguishing maize, soybean, and weeds than features near dark spots; the classification results obtained by combining the observation principal plane (BRDF_PP) and on the cross-principal plane (BRDF_CP) features were best (OA = 89.2%, kappa = 0.870), and especially, this combination could improve the distinction among different leaf-shaped trees. BRDF_PP features performed better than BRDF_CP features. The observation angles in the backward reflection direction of the principal plane performed better than those in the forward direction. The observation angles associated with the zenith angles between −10° and −20° were most favorable for vegetation classification (solar position: zenith angle 28.86°, azimuth 169.07°) (OA was around 75%–80%, kappa was around 0.700–0.790); additionally, the most frequently selected bands in the classification included the blue band (466 nm–492 nm), green band (494 nm–570 nm), red band (642 nm–690 nm), red edge band (694 nm–774 nm), and the near-infrared band (810 nm–882 nm). Overall, the research results promote the application of multi-angle remote sensing technology in vegetation information extraction and provide important theoretical significance and application value for regional and global vegetation and ecological monitoring.

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We have already presented original criterion of minimum material consumption within the design of the outline of the width of the I-shaped bar and the stability constraints or restriction to the value of the first natu­ral frequency in one principal plane of inertia of the cross-section. This paper is devoted in its turn to a criterion for the minimum material capacity of the I-shaped bar with a variation in its thickness and outline of the width, with restrictions to the value of the critical force or restriction to the value of the first natural frequency in two principal planes of inertia of the section

RETRIEVAL OF AEROSOL PHASE FUNCTION AND POLARIZED PHASE FUNCTION FROM POLARIZATION OF SKYLIGHT FOR DIFFERENT OBSERVATION GEOMETRIES

The phase function and polarized phase function are important optical parameters, which describe scattering properties of atmospheric aerosol particles. Polarization of skylight induced by the scattering processes is sensitive to the scattering properties of aerosols. The Stokes parameters <i>I, Q, U</i> and the polarized radiance <i>L_p</i> of skylight measured by the CIMEL dual-polar sun-sky radiometer CE318- DP can be use to retrieve the phase function and polarized phase function, respectively. Two different observation geometries (i.e., the principal plane and almucantar) are preformed by the CE318-DP to detect skylight polarization. Polarization of skylight depends on the illumination and observation geometries. For the same solar zenith angle, retrievals of the phase function and the polarized phase function are still affected by the observation geometry. The performance of the retrieval algorithm for the principal plane and almucantar observation geometries was assessed by the numerical experiments at two typical high and low sun’s positions (i.e. solar zenith angles are equal to 45&amp;deg; and 65&amp;deg;). Comparing the results for the principal plane and almucantar geometries, it is recommended to utilize the principal plane observations to retrieve the phase function when the solar zenith angle is small. The Stokes parameter <i>U</i> and the polarized radiance <i>L_p</i> from the almucantar observations are suggested to retrieve the polarized phase function, especially for short wavelength channels (e.g., 440 and 500&amp;thinsp;nm).

Optimal design of a circular corrugated diaphragm using the homogenization approach

Axisymmetric deformation of a circular corrugated diaphragm is defined by the equations formulated in terms of projections of displacements on the axes of the principal plane equidistant from the tops of corrugations. The optimal design problem is considered basing on the homogenization of these equations. As a result, a diaphragm consisting of a flat central part and a corrugated part with variable amplitude is obtained.