An Adaptive Piecewise Harmonic Analysis Method for Reconstructing Multi-Year Sea Surface Chlorophyll-A Time Series

High-quality remotely sensed satellite data series are important for many ecological and environmental applications. Unfortunately, irregular spatiotemporal samples, frequent image gaps and inevitable observational biases can greatly hinder their application. As one of the most effective gap filling...

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Main Authors: Yueqi Wang, Zhiqiang Gao, Jicai Ning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/14/2727
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description High-quality remotely sensed satellite data series are important for many ecological and environmental applications. Unfortunately, irregular spatiotemporal samples, frequent image gaps and inevitable observational biases can greatly hinder their application. As one of the most effective gap filling and noise reduction approaches, the harmonic analysis of time series (HANTS) method has been widely used to reconstruct geographical variables; however, when applied on multi-year time series over large spatial areas, the optimal harmonic formulas are generally varied in different locations or change across different years. The question of how to choose the optimal harmonic formula is still unanswered due to the deficiency of appropriate criteria. In this study, an adaptive piecewise harmonic analysis method (AP-HA) is proposed to reconstruct multi-year seasonal data series. The method introduces a cross-validation scheme to adaptively determine the optimal harmonic model and employs an iterative piecewise scheme to better track the local traits. Whenapplied to the satellite-derived sea surface chlorophyll-a time series over the Bohai and Yellow Seas of China, the AP-HA obtains reliable reconstruction results and outperforms the conventional HANTS methods, achieving improved accuracy. Due to its generic approach to filling missing observations and tracking detailed traits, the AP-HA method has a wide range of applications for other seasonal geographical variables.
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spelling doaj.art-d9487a62fd2d4c28817d8fc7443d1f852023-11-22T04:51:30ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922021-07-011314272710.3390/rs13142727An Adaptive Piecewise Harmonic Analysis Method for Reconstructing Multi-Year Sea Surface Chlorophyll-A Time SeriesYueqi Wang0Zhiqiang Gao1Jicai Ning2CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, ChinaHigh-quality remotely sensed satellite data series are important for many ecological and environmental applications. Unfortunately, irregular spatiotemporal samples, frequent image gaps and inevitable observational biases can greatly hinder their application. As one of the most effective gap filling and noise reduction approaches, the harmonic analysis of time series (HANTS) method has been widely used to reconstruct geographical variables; however, when applied on multi-year time series over large spatial areas, the optimal harmonic formulas are generally varied in different locations or change across different years. The question of how to choose the optimal harmonic formula is still unanswered due to the deficiency of appropriate criteria. In this study, an adaptive piecewise harmonic analysis method (AP-HA) is proposed to reconstruct multi-year seasonal data series. The method introduces a cross-validation scheme to adaptively determine the optimal harmonic model and employs an iterative piecewise scheme to better track the local traits. Whenapplied to the satellite-derived sea surface chlorophyll-a time series over the Bohai and Yellow Seas of China, the AP-HA obtains reliable reconstruction results and outperforms the conventional HANTS methods, achieving improved accuracy. Due to its generic approach to filling missing observations and tracking detailed traits, the AP-HA method has a wide range of applications for other seasonal geographical variables.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/14/2727multi-year seasonal date seriesharmonic analysiscross-validationiterative piecewise fittingsea surface chlorophyll-a time series
spellingShingle Yueqi Wang
Zhiqiang Gao
Jicai Ning
An Adaptive Piecewise Harmonic Analysis Method for Reconstructing Multi-Year Sea Surface Chlorophyll-A Time Series
Remote Sensing
multi-year seasonal date series
harmonic analysis
cross-validation
iterative piecewise fitting
sea surface chlorophyll-a time series
title An Adaptive Piecewise Harmonic Analysis Method for Reconstructing Multi-Year Sea Surface Chlorophyll-A Time Series
title_full An Adaptive Piecewise Harmonic Analysis Method for Reconstructing Multi-Year Sea Surface Chlorophyll-A Time Series
title_fullStr An Adaptive Piecewise Harmonic Analysis Method for Reconstructing Multi-Year Sea Surface Chlorophyll-A Time Series
title_full_unstemmed An Adaptive Piecewise Harmonic Analysis Method for Reconstructing Multi-Year Sea Surface Chlorophyll-A Time Series
title_short An Adaptive Piecewise Harmonic Analysis Method for Reconstructing Multi-Year Sea Surface Chlorophyll-A Time Series
title_sort adaptive piecewise harmonic analysis method for reconstructing multi year sea surface chlorophyll a time series
topic multi-year seasonal date series
harmonic analysis
cross-validation
iterative piecewise fitting
sea surface chlorophyll-a time series
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/14/2727
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