A Colourimetric Approach to Ecological Remote Sensing: Case Study for the Rainforests of South-Eastern Australia

被引:3
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作者
Aravena, Ricardo A. [1 ]
Lyons, Mitchell B. [1 ]
Roff, Adam [2 ,3 ]
Keith, David A. [1 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ NSW, Ctr Ecosyst Sci, Sch Biol Earth & Environm Sci, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
[2] NSW Dept Planning Ind & Environm, Newcastle, NSW 2052, Australia
[3] Univ Newcastle, Sch Environm & Life Sci, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
[4] NSW Dept Planning Infrastruct & Environm, Parramatta, NSW 2124, Australia
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
ecological remote sensing; satellite imagery interpretation; false colour colourimetry; rainforests; TIME-SERIES; AERIAL-PHOTOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION; WATER; TRANSFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; ACCURACY; IMAGES; UNIT;
D O I
10.3390/rs13132544
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
To facilitate the simplification, visualisation and communicability of satellite imagery classifications, this study applied visual analytics to validate a colourimetric approach via the direct and scalable measurement of hue angle from enhanced false colour band ratio RGB composites. A holistic visual analysis of the landscape was formalised by creating and applying an ontological image interpretation key from an ecological-colourimetric deduction for rainforests within the variegated landscapes of south-eastern Australia. A workflow based on simple one-class, one-index density slicing was developed to implement this deductive approach to mapping using freely available Sentinel-2 imagery and the super computing power from Google Earth Engine for general public use. A comprehensive accuracy assessment based on existing field observations showed that the hue from a new false colour blend combining two band ratio RGBs provided the best overall results, producing a 15 m classification with an overall average accuracy of 79%. Additionally, a new index based on a band ratio subtraction performed better than any existing vegetation index typically used for tropical evergreen forests with comparable results to the false colour blend. The results emphasise the importance of the SWIR1 band in discriminating rainforests from other vegetation types. While traditional vegetation indices focus on productivity, colourimetric measurement offers versatile multivariate indicators that can encapsulate properties such as greenness, wetness and brightness as physiognomic indicators. The results confirmed the potential for the large-scale, high-resolution mapping of broadly defined vegetation types.
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