Analysing and correcting the differences between multi-source and multi-scale spatial remote sensing observations.

Differences exist among analysis results of agriculture monitoring and crop production based on remote sensing observations, which are obtained at different spatial scales from multiple remote sensors in same time period, and processed by same algorithms, models or methods. These differences can be...

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Main Authors: Yingying Dong, Ruisen Luo, Haikuan Feng, Jihua Wang, Jinling Zhao, Yining Zhu, Guijun Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4236013?pdf=render
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author Yingying Dong
Ruisen Luo
Haikuan Feng
Jihua Wang
Jinling Zhao
Yining Zhu
Guijun Yang
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Ruisen Luo
Haikuan Feng
Jihua Wang
Jinling Zhao
Yining Zhu
Guijun Yang
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description Differences exist among analysis results of agriculture monitoring and crop production based on remote sensing observations, which are obtained at different spatial scales from multiple remote sensors in same time period, and processed by same algorithms, models or methods. These differences can be mainly quantitatively described from three aspects, i.e. multiple remote sensing observations, crop parameters estimation models, and spatial scale effects of surface parameters. Our research proposed a new method to analyse and correct the differences between multi-source and multi-scale spatial remote sensing surface reflectance datasets, aiming to provide references for further studies in agricultural application with multiple remotely sensed observations from different sources. The new method was constructed on the basis of physical and mathematical properties of multi-source and multi-scale reflectance datasets. Theories of statistics were involved to extract statistical characteristics of multiple surface reflectance datasets, and further quantitatively analyse spatial variations of these characteristics at multiple spatial scales. Then, taking the surface reflectance at small spatial scale as the baseline data, theories of Gaussian distribution were selected for multiple surface reflectance datasets correction based on the above obtained physical characteristics and mathematical distribution properties, and their spatial variations. This proposed method was verified by two sets of multiple satellite images, which were obtained in two experimental fields located in Inner Mongolia and Beijing, China with different degrees of homogeneity of underlying surfaces. Experimental results indicate that differences of surface reflectance datasets at multiple spatial scales could be effectively corrected over non-homogeneous underlying surfaces, which provide database for further multi-source and multi-scale crop growth monitoring and yield prediction, and their corresponding consistency analysis evaluation.
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spelling doaj.art-c03d34fd19a240a0b6970ce1676f24012022-12-22T00:44:50ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-01911e11164210.1371/journal.pone.0111642Analysing and correcting the differences between multi-source and multi-scale spatial remote sensing observations.Yingying DongRuisen LuoHaikuan FengJihua WangJinling ZhaoYining ZhuGuijun YangDifferences exist among analysis results of agriculture monitoring and crop production based on remote sensing observations, which are obtained at different spatial scales from multiple remote sensors in same time period, and processed by same algorithms, models or methods. These differences can be mainly quantitatively described from three aspects, i.e. multiple remote sensing observations, crop parameters estimation models, and spatial scale effects of surface parameters. Our research proposed a new method to analyse and correct the differences between multi-source and multi-scale spatial remote sensing surface reflectance datasets, aiming to provide references for further studies in agricultural application with multiple remotely sensed observations from different sources. The new method was constructed on the basis of physical and mathematical properties of multi-source and multi-scale reflectance datasets. Theories of statistics were involved to extract statistical characteristics of multiple surface reflectance datasets, and further quantitatively analyse spatial variations of these characteristics at multiple spatial scales. Then, taking the surface reflectance at small spatial scale as the baseline data, theories of Gaussian distribution were selected for multiple surface reflectance datasets correction based on the above obtained physical characteristics and mathematical distribution properties, and their spatial variations. This proposed method was verified by two sets of multiple satellite images, which were obtained in two experimental fields located in Inner Mongolia and Beijing, China with different degrees of homogeneity of underlying surfaces. Experimental results indicate that differences of surface reflectance datasets at multiple spatial scales could be effectively corrected over non-homogeneous underlying surfaces, which provide database for further multi-source and multi-scale crop growth monitoring and yield prediction, and their corresponding consistency analysis evaluation.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4236013?pdf=render
spellingShingle Yingying Dong
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Haikuan Feng
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Yining Zhu
Guijun Yang
Analysing and correcting the differences between multi-source and multi-scale spatial remote sensing observations.
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title Analysing and correcting the differences between multi-source and multi-scale spatial remote sensing observations.
title_full Analysing and correcting the differences between multi-source and multi-scale spatial remote sensing observations.
title_fullStr Analysing and correcting the differences between multi-source and multi-scale spatial remote sensing observations.
title_full_unstemmed Analysing and correcting the differences between multi-source and multi-scale spatial remote sensing observations.
title_short Analysing and correcting the differences between multi-source and multi-scale spatial remote sensing observations.
title_sort analysing and correcting the differences between multi source and multi scale spatial remote sensing observations
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