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GPS-IR（GPS-interferometric reflectometry）本质上是一种基于GPS辐射源的双基地雷达技术,利用大地测量型接收机记录的信噪比（signal-to-noise ratio,SNR）数据可用于反演土壤含水量。针对GPS-IR获取土壤含水量的参数估计问题,提出了一种改进的反射信号参数估计方法,并研究了土壤含水量反演模型的建立过程。实验结果表明,利用改进的反射信号参数估计方法可获得更加准确可靠的结果,反射信号相位与土壤含水量间存在显著的线性相关,可建立土壤含水量的线性反演模型,但在连续降雨条件下会存在较大误差。 相似文献
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Kristine M. Larson Eric E. Small Ethan Gutmann Andria Bilich Penina Axelrad John Braun 《GPS Solutions》2008,12(3):173-177
Measurements of soil moisture are important for studies of climate and weather forecasting, flood prediction, and aquifer
recharge studies. Although soil moisture measurement networks exist, most are sparsely distributed and lack standardized instrumentation.
Measurements of soil moisture from satellites have extremely large spatial footprints (40–60 km). A methodology is described
here that uses existing networks of continuously-operating GPS receivers to measure soil moisture fluctuations. In this technique,
incoming signals are reflected off and attenuated by the ground before reception by the GPS receiver. These multipath reflections
directly affect signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) data routinely collected by GPS receivers, creating amplitude variations that
are a function of ground reflectivity and therefore soil moisture content. After describing this technique, multipath reflection
amplitudes at a GPS site in Tashkent, Uzbekistan are compared to estimates of soil moisture from the Noah land surface model.
Although the GPS multipath amplitudes and the land surface model are uncalibrated, over the 70-day period studied, they both
rise sharply following each rainfall event and slowly decrease over a period of ∼10 days. 相似文献
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针对遥感反演土壤湿度空间相关的误差协方差难以估计的问题，提出了一种遥感反演数据误差空间协方差估算方法——3类数据集成分析误差协方差（triple collocation covariance，TC_Cov），将土壤湿度场的每个单元（像元）看作一个空间随机变量，用两个随机变量表示的土壤湿度值的时间序列作为样本进行空间协方差估计，由任何两个随机变量的协方差形成多个随机变量（随机场）的协方差矩阵。利用先进散射计（ad-vanced scatterometer，ASCAT）和热带降雨测量卫星（tropical rainfall measuring mission，TRMM）的遥感土壤湿度数据以及ERA-Interim土壤湿度再分析数据作为TC_Cov方法的输入数据，分别估算了ERA-Interim、AS-CAT和TRMM在澳大利亚Murrumbidgee流域的土壤湿度误差协方差矩阵，验证了估算方法的合理性和可行性。 相似文献
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Long-term soil moisture dynamics derived from GNSS interferometric reflectometry: a case study for Sutherland,South Africa 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
Sibylle Vey Andreas Güntner Jens Wickert Theresa Blume Markus Ramatschi 《GPS Solutions》2016,20(4):641-654
Soil moisture is a geophysical key observable for predicting floods and droughts, modeling weather and climate and optimizing agricultural management. Currently available in situ observations are limited to small sampling volumes and restricted number of sites, whereas measurements from satellites lack spatial resolution. Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers can be used to estimate soil moisture time series at an intermediate scale of about 1000 m2. In this study, GNSS signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) data at the station Sutherland, South Africa, are used to estimate soil moisture variations during 2008–2014. The results capture the wetting and drying cycles in response to rainfall. The GNSS Volumetric Water Content (VWC) is highly correlated (r 2 = 0.8) with in situ observations by time-domain reflectometry sensors and is accurate to 0.05 m3/m3. The soil moisture estimates derived from the SNR of the L1 and L2P signals compared to the L2C show small differences with a RMSE of 0.03 m3/m3. A reduction in the SNR sampling rate from 1 to 30 s has very little impact on the accuracy of the soil moisture estimates (RMSE of the VWC difference 1–30 s is 0.01 m3/m3). The results show that the existing data of the global tracking network with continuous observations of the L1 and L2P signals with a 30-s sampling rate over the last two decades can provide valuable complementary soil moisture observations worldwide. 相似文献
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全球定位系统干涉反射测量(GPS-IR)是一种新的遥感技术,可用于估算近地表土壤水分含量。考虑到多卫星融合的优势和土壤湿度的时空尺度性,提出一种基于多星融合的土壤湿度最小二乘支持向量机(LS-SVM)滚动式估算模型。首先通过低阶多项式拟合分离GPS卫星直射和反射信号,进而建立反射信号正弦拟合模型,获取相对延迟相位。最后,通过线性回归模型有效分析和选取多卫星相对延迟相位,并建立基于多星融合的最小二乘支持向量机模型进行滚动式估算土壤湿度。以美国板块边界观测计划PBO提供的监测数据为例,对比分析利用单颗、多颗GPS卫星进行土壤湿度滚动式估算的可行性和有效性。经理论分析和两个测站实验表明:该模型充分发挥了LS-SVM的优势,有效综合了各卫星的性能,改善了采用单颗卫星进行土壤湿度估算时,其结果极易出现异常跳变的现象;模型只需较少的建模数据,采用滚动式能实现较长时间的估算,估算误差较为稳定;模型所估算的结果与土壤湿度实测值之间的相关系数R2以及均方根误差分别为0.942和0.962、0.072和0.032,相对于部分单一卫星至少提高了18.18%。因此,土壤湿度问题可作为非线性事件处理,采用多卫星融合估算是可行和有效的。 相似文献
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模糊地理现象的建模和度量方法已经取得了一些进展,但是现有的模型不能度量隶属度的误差,不足以客观描述复杂的模糊地理现象。认为尺度效应和测量误差是客观上引起模糊地理现象隶属度误差的主要方面,相关人员的主观性和部门间标准的差异性是主观上引起隶属度误差的主要方面.基于区间II-型模糊集理论建立了模糊地理对象模型,研究了区间II-型模糊线长度、区间II-型模糊面面积的度量方法和它们隶属度误差的度量方法。该模型能表达隶属度误差,克服了现有模型的诸多缺陷。在自然灾害分析、全球变化和植被变化等方面有良好的应用前景。 相似文献
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An algorithm for soil moisture estimation using GPS-interferometric reflectometry for bare and vegetated soil 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
Ground-reflected global positioning system signals measured by a geodetic-quality GPS system can be used to infer temporal changes in near-surface soil moisture for the area surrounding the antenna. This technique, known as GPS-interferometric reflectometry, analyzes changes in the interference pattern of the direct and reflected signals, which are recorded in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) data, as interferograms. Temporal fluctuations in the phase of the interferogram are indicative of changes in near-surface volumetric soil moisture content. However, SNR phase is also highly sensitive to changes in overlying vegetation, and thus, the effects of seasonal vegetation changes on the ground-reflected signal must be considered. Here a method is described for determining whether SNR data are significantly corrupted by vegetation and for correcting these effects. Absolute soil moisture content must be determined for each site using ancillary data for the residual moisture content. Accounting for vegetation effects significantly improves the agreement between GPS-derived soil moisture and in situ measurements. 相似文献
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Abstract Various inversion algorithms have been developed to obtain estimates of soil moisture and surface roughness parameters from multifrequency, multiangle, and multipolarization radar reflectances. Since the penetration depth for radar signals increases with wavelength, an inversion algorithm using widely separated frequencies does not yield comparable probing depths. Furthermore, existing algorithms assume a linear relationship between the radar backscatter coefficient (in dB) and soil parameters, such as the volumetric soil moisture, soil surface roughness and surface slope. This assumption is valid only over a narrow range of soil parameters, thereby restricting its operational use under realistic conditions. Our research specifically explored the use of inversion algorithms based on L‐Band radar reflectances at 1 GHz and 2 GHz frequencies in order to retain relatively consistent probing depths. In order to extend the range of applicability, a non‐linear exponential‐type relationship was developed between radar reflectance at a specified frequency, polarization and incidence angle combination, and soil parameters of interest, viz., soil moisture, surface roughness, and surface slope. An over‐constrained inversion algorithm using a six‐parameter combination was found to yield relatively accurate estimates of soil parameters over a wide range of soil conditions even in the presence of system error. 相似文献
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资源型城市长时间序列土壤含水量变化分析——以锡林浩特市为例 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
大规模的煤炭开采活动将对生态环境产生扰动,而土壤含水量是受扰动的生态参数之一,且具有重要意义。现有的土壤含水量产品分辨率较低,不适用于区域尺度的研究,而高精度的微波反演由于数据的局限性无法进行长时间序列的研究。本文以我国的重要产煤基地锡林浩特市为研究区,以2004—2020年的AMSR-E与AMSR-2土壤含水量产品及同期的Landsat遥感影像为主要数据源,采用随机森林方法对AMSR-E/2土壤含水量产品进行降尺度处理,通过标准差椭圆等方法对研究区土壤含水量的变化特征进行分析。结果表明：①被动微波土壤含水量降尺度方法可实现对资源型城市的土壤含水量进行长时间序列、高空间分辨率的监测;②无论在矿区还是非矿区,降水均是影响土壤含水量变化的主导因素;③研究区土壤含水量的整体分布在空间上由西北向东南呈现逐渐升高的变化特征,且此分布格局在长时间尺度上保持稳定;④煤炭开采活动对土壤含水量产生扰动,且不同开采阶段的影响具有不同特征。研究结果可为资源型城市生态环境的评价与保护提供科学依据。 相似文献
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Ecological assessments such as species distribution modelling and benchmarking site quality towards regulations often rely on full spatial coverage information of site factors such as soil acidity, moisture regime or nutrient availability. To determine if remote sensing (RS) is a viable alternative to traditional data sources of site factor estimates, we analysed the accuracy (using ground truth validation measurements) of traditional and RS sources of pH and mean spring groundwater level (MSL, in m) estimates. Traditional sources were a soil map and hydrological model. RS estimates were obtained using vegetation indicator values (IVs) from a Dutch national system as an intermediate between site factors and spectral response. IVs relate to those site factors that dictate vegetation occurrence, whilst also providing a robust link to canopy spectra. For pH, the soil map and the RS estimate were nearly as accurate. For MSL, the RS estimates were much closer to the observed groundwater levels than the hydrological model, but the error margin of the estimates still exceeded the tolerance range of moisture sensitive vegetation. The relatively high accuracy of the RS estimates was made possible by the availability of local calibration points and large environmental gradients in the study site. In addition, the error composition of the RS estimates could be analysed step-by-step, whereas the traditional sources had to be accepted ‘as-is’. Also considering that RS offers high spatial and temporal resolution at low costs, RS offered advantages over traditional sources. This will likely hold true for any other situation where prerequisites of accurate RS estimates have been met. 相似文献
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利用SNR观测值进行GPS土壤湿度监测 总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5
利用GPS信噪比(SNR)观测值监测土壤湿度变化可克服传统手段破坏观测对象、数据难以同化、时空分辨率受限等缺点,但同时也存在测量区域不明确、卫星与波段选择缺少相应依据、多径延迟相位与土壤湿度之间相关性的定量数值描述函数与模型亟待建立等问题。本文通过引入菲涅尔反射区域,结合仿真和实测土壤湿度数据、GPS观测值开展对比实验对上述问题进行研究。实验过程及结果表明,采用SNR观测值能有效跟踪土壤湿度的变化趋势,最大有效测量范围约45m,利用指数函数能较好地描述SNR多径延迟相位与土壤湿度之间的关系。同时,选择高级卫星和记录L2C观测值,有利于获得更准确的结果。 相似文献
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Monitoring of temporal and spatial soil moisture variability is an important issue, both from practical and scientific point of view. It is well known that passive, L-band, radiometric measurements provide best soil moisture estimates. Unfortunately as it was observed during Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission, which was specially dedicated to measure soil moisture, these measurements suffer significant data loss. It is caused mainly by radio frequency interference (RFI) which strongly contaminates Central Europe and even in particularly unfavorable conditions, might prevent these data from being used for regional or watershed scale analysis. Nevertheless, it is highly awaited by researchers to receive statistically significant information on soil moisture over the area of a big watershed. One of such watersheds, the Odra (Oder) river watershed, lies in three European countries – Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. The area of the Odra river watershed is equal to 118,861 km2 making it the second most important river in Poland as well as one of the most significant one in Central Europe.This paper examines the SMOS soil moisture data in the Odra river watershed in the period from 2010 to 2012. This attempt was made to check the possibility of assessing, from the low spatial resolution observations of SMOS, useful information that could be exploited for practical aims in watershed scale, for example, in water storage models even while moderate RFI takes place. Such studies, performed over the area of a large watershed, were recommended by researchers in order to obtain statistically significant results. To meet these expectations, Centre Aval de Traitement des Donnes SMOS (CATDS), 3-days averaged data, together with Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) National Centers for Environmental Prediction/Oregon State University/Air Force/Hydrologic Research Lab (NOAH) model 0.25 soil moisture values were used for statistical analyses and mutual comparisons.The results obtained using various statistical tools unveil high scientific potential of CATDS SMOS data to study soil moisture over the Odra river watershed. This was also confirmed by reasonable agreement between results derived from CATDS SMOS Ascending and GLDAS data sets. This agreement was achieved mainly by using these data spatially averaged over the whole watershed area, and for observations performed in the period longer than three-day averaging time. Comparisons of separate three-day data in a given pixel position, or at smaller areas would be difficult because of data gaps. Hence, the results of the work suggest that despite of RFI interferences, SMOS observations can provide effective input for analysis of soil moisture at regional scales. Moreover, it was shown that CATDS SMOS soil moisture data are better correlated with rainfall rate than GLDAS ones. 相似文献
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This paper explores data integration and compatibility issues raised during the development of a prototype spatial decision support system (SDSS) as a support tool for the farm manager of the University of Central Lancashire's farm at Newton Rigg and as a teaching resource for staff and students on campus. Metadata concerns and interoperability problems are addressed in detail. The paper outlines the proposed model for the SDSS and issues identified during the investigation of the users’ requirements and the analysis of the underlying spatial data sets. The initial data issues relate to the identification of existing and missing data sets ( Parker et al. 1996 ) and the creation of metadata describing the data sets. The second area to be explored concerns interoperability issues. This is relevant when users must access more than one dataset using distributed computing resources ( Sondheim et al. 1999 ). 相似文献
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参数不确定性是SAR反演土壤水分的重要不确定性来源,为控制土壤水分反演精度,提出一种基于参数不确定性的有效控制土壤水分反演精度的方法,使用该方法可以控制参数的误差范围。首先使用全局敏感性分析方法,确定后向影响散射系数输出的主要参数;在不同量级高斯噪声随机扰动下,将大量各参数采值输入AIEM模型中,得到带噪声的后向散射系数集合;再使用LUT法反演土壤水分,计算反演结果满足误差量级控制范围。以此为基础,利用ENVISAT ASAR双极化数据(VV、VH)和实测土壤水分数据进行验证,利用LUT法反演得到带噪声的土壤水分,计算ASAR影像中采样点土壤水分反演值RMSE0.04cm3/cm3。结果表明各影响参数误差量级控制范围可有效控制土壤水分反演精度,在较大的入射角范围内都适用。 相似文献
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Hyperspectral image (HSI) and multispectral image (MSI) are two types of images widely used in the field of remote sensing. These images are useful in certain applications, such as environmental monitoring, target detection, and mineral exploration. HSI contains a large amount of spectral information. Photons are typically collected in a larger spatial area on the sensor to ensure a sufficiently high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Accordingly, the HSI spatial resolution is much lower compared with MSI. This low spatial resolution greatly affects the practicality of HSI. Accordingly, fusing a low-spatial resolution HSI (LR-HSI) with a high-spatial resolution MSI (HR-MSI) in the same scene to obtain a high-resolution HSI (HR-HSI) is a method for solving such problems, which resolves the contradiction that the spatial resolution and the spectral resolution cannot simultaneously maintain a high level. From the analysis of fusion effect, the spatial and spectral reconstruction errors of the existing algorithms are mainly reflected in the edge and detail areas. The method proposed in this work was a fusion algorithm for dictionary construction and image reconstruction based on detail attention. In terms of maintaining spectral characteristics, the spectral distribution in the detail area is complex and diverse because of the proximity effect of the image. This work proposes to perform dictionary learning on the image and detail layers. The detail perception error terms and a constraint of edge adaptive directional total variation are proposed for spatial characteristic enhancement, which is combined with a local low rank constraint in the same fusion framework to estimate the sparse coefficient. Experiments were conducted on two datasets, namely, Pavia University and Indian Pine, to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. The quantitative evaluation metrics contain peak SNR, relative dimensionless global error in synthesis, spectral angle map, and universal image quality index. Based on the experimental comparison, the fusion result of the algorithm proposed in this work is significantly improved compared with those of the other algorithms in terms of spatial and spectral characteristics. This work uses dictionary learning to propose a fusion algorithm for dictionary construction and image reconstruction with attention to details through the analysis of the existing hyperspectral and multispectral image fusion algorithms. A hierarchical dictionary learning algorithm is proposed to address the problem of large reconstruction error in the detail part of the existing algorithms. The detail perception error term and the direction adaptive full variational regularization term are used to improve the spectral dictionary solution and coefficient estimation, respectively. The result of the fusion is the error in the spectral characteristics and spatial texture of the detail, which achieves an accurate representation of the edge detail. © 2022 National Remote Sensing Bulletin. All rights reserved. 相似文献
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全球定位系统干涉反射测量(GPS-interferometric reflectometry,GPS-IR)是一种新的遥感技术,利用测量型接收机记录的信噪比(SNR)观测值可实现近地表土壤湿度的监测。考虑到目前利用多星组合反演土壤湿度的研究较少,本文提出一种土壤湿度多星线性回归反演模型。试验表明:①多星组合反演能够更全面地反映测站附近有效监测范围内的土壤湿度信息,有效改善采用单颗卫星反演时反演过程极易出现异常跳变的现象,提高了突发性降雨时段的土壤湿度反演精度。②当组合卫星数达到6颗以上时,其反演结果与土壤湿度参考值之间的相关系数均大于0.9,相对于单颗卫星至少提高了20.8%。 相似文献
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A rich amount of geographic information exists in unstructured texts, such as web pages, social media posts, housing advertisements, and historical archives. Geoparsers are useful tools that extract structured geographic information from unstructured texts, thereby enabling spatial analysis on textual data. While a number of geoparsers have been developed, they have been tested on different data sets using different metrics. Consequently, it is difficult to compare existing geoparsers or to compare a new geoparser with existing ones. In recent years, researchers have created open and annotated corpora for testing geoparsers. While these corpora are extremely valuable, much effort is still needed for a researcher to prepare these data sets and deploy geoparsers for comparative experiments. This article presents EUPEG: an Extensible and Unified Platform for Evaluating Geoparsers. EUPEG is an open source and web‐based benchmarking platform which hosts the majority of open corpora, geoparsers, and performance metrics reported in the literature. It enables direct comparison of the geoparsers hosted, and a new geoparser can be connected to EUPEG and compared with other geoparsers. The main objective of EUPEG is to reduce the time and effort that researchers have to spend in preparing data sets and baselines, thereby increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of comparative experiments. 相似文献
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针对基于单系统单卫星GNSS-MR（GNSS Multipath Reflectometry）土壤湿度反演的可靠性不高、实际可操作性不强和最小二乘估计不具鲁棒性的缺点,为获取更优的延迟相位估值,并改善GNSS-MR土壤湿度反演的可靠性和实际可操作性,同时简化繁杂的选星过程,提出了一种基于抗差估计的多系统多卫星组合GNSS-MR土壤湿度反演算法。该算法首先顾及多径环境的差异性、多径误差的周期特性等进行信噪比SNR（Signal to Noise Ratio）观测值的筛选,然后采用基于IGGIII（Weight Function III Developed by Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics）权函数的抗差估计解求延迟相位,进而获得表征土壤湿度变化趋势的延迟相位组合。实验结果表明,相较于未采用抗差估计的多系统多卫星组合（方案1）和单卫星组合（方案3）,得益于抗差估计良好的鲁棒性,基于抗差估计的多系统多卫星组合（方案2）和单卫星组合（方案4）获得了较高的建模精度,所得延迟相位与实测土壤湿度间的相关系数分别为0.97和0.95、土壤湿度拟合残差的均方根误差分别为0.010和0.012;同时,方案2和方案4还取得了较高的土壤湿度预报精度,土壤湿度预测值与土壤湿度实测值间的相关系数分别为0.92和0.91、土壤湿度预报残差的均方根误差分别为0.016和0.023;此外,相比于方案4,方案2在采用抗差估计解求延迟相位的基础上,采用多系统多卫星组合进一步提升了延迟相位的估值精度,从而不仅避免了复杂的选星过程,而且还获得了更好的建模效果和更高的土壤湿度预报精度。 相似文献
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应用高光谱遥感数据估算土壤表层水分的研究 总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8
土壤水分是土壤的重要组成部分，它在陆地表层和大气之间的物质和能量交换方面扮演着重要角色，寻求快速而准确的方法估算土壤水分具有重要意义。通常，从可见光一近红外对土壤表层水分的估计多是建立在土壤水分与反射率的关系之上的。而在土壤水分含量不高时，土壤水分的增加使土壤光谱反射率在整个波长范围内降低，尤其在760nm，970nm，1190nm，1450nm，1940nm和2950nm等水分吸收波段，而在土壤水分含量较高时，土壤水分的增加会使土壤光谱反射率在某些光谱波段升高。而土壤水分的估计往往是基于土壤水分与土壤水分吸收波段的吸收强度之间的线性关系上，虽然这些经验的方法对于估算某些土壤的表层水分含量是有效的，但这些关系应用于其它条件(如不同种类土壤、土壤湿度变化范围很大的情况)时却面临很多困难，这与土壤的光谱反射率是由土壤的组成成分(土壤水分、有机质、氧化铁和粘土矿物等)的含量和它们在土壤中的分布密切相关。微分技术处理“连续”的光谱是遥感中常用的数学方法，微分技术能部分消除低频光谱成分的影响。现在微分光谱已广泛地应用于研究植被的生物物理参数、矿物和有机质等。然而利用微分光谱对土壤水分反演的研究却鲜见报道。本文通过对实验室中多种不同类型的土壤进行光谱与土壤表层水分含量进行观测，探讨了通过土壤反射率与微分光谱对土壤表层水分的反演方法。4种类型的土壤光谱数据(反射率(R)，反射率倒数的对数(log(1／R))，反射率的一阶微分光谱(dR／dλ)，反射率倒数的对数的一阶微分光谱(d(log(1／R))／dλ))与土壤表层水分之间的关系在本文中得到分析，R与log(1／R)对于不同土壤类型与土壤表层水分都很敏感，说明通过R与log(1／R)反演土壤表层水分受土壤类型的影响很大，而dR／dλ，d(log(1／R))／dλ)对土壤类型却不敏感，对土壤表层水分较为敏感，说明dR／dλ和d(log(1／R))／dλ)对于反演不同类型土壤具有很大的潜力，微分光谱与土壤水分在某些波段具有显著的相关性。通过随机对9种土壤(各具有4个土壤水分)的数据建立反演土壤水分的模型，并其他9种土壤(各具有4个土壤水分)的数据进行验证模型，结果表明，dR／dλ和d(log(1／R))／dλ)能够显著提高R与log(1／R)对于不同土壤类型土壤表层水分的反演精度，由于吸收过程是非线性的，在四种类型的土壤光谱数据中，总体来说，d(log(1／R))／dλ)具有最好的能力预测不同类型土壤的表层水分含量。 相似文献
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High‐resolution spatial data have become increasingly available with modern data collection techniques and efforts. However, it is often inappropriate to use the default geographic units to perform spatial analysis due to unstable estimates with small areas (e.g. cancer rates for census blocks or tracts). Regionalization is aggregating small units into relatively larger areas while optimizing a homogeneity measure (such as the sum of squared differences). For exploratory spatial analysis, regionalization may help remove spurious data variation through aggregation and discover hidden patterns in data (such as areas of unusually high cancer rates). Towards this goal, this research introduces several improvements to a recent group of regionalization methods – REDCAP ( Guo 2008 ) and conducts evaluation experiments with synthetic data sets to assess and compare the capability of regionalization methods for exploratory spatial analysis. One of the major improvements is the integration of a local empirical Bayes smoother (EBS) with the regionalization methods. We generate a large number of synthetic data sets with controlled spatial patterns to evaluate the performance of both new and existing methods. Evaluation results show that the new methods (integrated with EBS) perform significantly better than their original versions and other methods (including the EBS method on its own) in terms of detecting the true patterns in the synthetic data sets. 相似文献