Improved Water Classification Using an Application-oriented Processing of Landsat ETM+ and ALOS PALSAR

Xiaohong Xiao,Shimon Wdowinski,Yonggang Wu 보안공학연구지원센터 2014 International Journal of Control and Automation Vol.7 No.11

The aim of this study is to extract water body using the integrated features of Landsat ETM+ and ALOS PALSAR data. Water body extracted from Landsat ETM+ tends to lose smaller water bodies like small rivers and ponds. Besides, water area with plant (lotus) is difficult to recognize. ALOS PALSAR data have a much higher resolution, capable of extracting almost all the water bodies without confusion with other surface features, but leave some holes in water bodies due to its speckles. As a consequence, there is a significant interest in the development of fusion methods that are able to take advantage of the complementary nature of Landsat ETM+ and ALOS PALSAR data. A new combination method of integrating band 3, band 7 of Landsat ETM+ with a modified HH polarization of ALOS PALSAR is proposed, which well combine the complementary water information from each source compared to the standard image fusion methods. Experimental outcomes of the proposed combination B37ModHH shows great enhancement in water classification accuracy compared to Landsat ETM+ and ALOS PALSAR alone.

Interferometric Coherence Analysis of the Everglades Wetlands, South Florida

Sang-Wan Kim,Wdowinski, Shimon,Amelung, Falk,Dixon, Timothy H.,Joong-Sun Won IEEE 2013 IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing Vol.51 No.12

<P>Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) observations of wetlands reveal spatially detailed measurements of water-level changes and quantitative images of flow dynamics. However, lateral variability of wetland vegetation results in a heterogeneous scattering medium, which can affect interferometric coherence levels and can even limit the applicability of the technique. Here, we analyze coherence variations in Southern Florida, which consist of various wetland vegetation types, including sawgrass, graminoid, cypress, mixed shrubs, and mangrove marsh. We use JERS-1, ERS-1/2, ENVISAT, and RADARSAT-1 data, to investigate the effect of acquisition parameters and temporal baseline (time span between acquisitions) on the coherence level in the various wetland vegetation environments. The main findings of our coherence analysis are as follows: (1) Woody wetlands, such as cypress and mixed shrubs swamps, have higher coherence levels than herbaceous wetlands of sawgrass and graminoid (cattail) in all SAR data types; (2) the coherence level of C-band data is strongly dependent on temporal baseline, whereas the coherence level of L-band data depends mainly on perpendicular baseline, but to some degree also on temporal baseline; (3) backscatter from JERS-1 and RADARSAT-1 is correlated with coherence in four wetland vegetation types (sawgrass, cypress, mixed shrubs, and mangrove), but ERS backscatter has no relation to coherence, except over sawgrass marsh. Finally, our study clearly indicates that high resolution, HH polarization, and small incidence angle observations are most suitable for wetland InSAR applications.</P>

Measurements and predictions of subsidence induced by soil consolidation using persistent scatterer InSAR and a hyperbolic model : SUBSIDENCE FROM PSI AND HYPERBOLIC MODEL

Kim, Sang-Wan,Wdowinski, Shimon,Dixon, Timothy H.,Amelung, Falk,Kim, Jeong Woo,Won, Joong-Sun American Geophysical Union 2010 Geophysical research letters Vol.37 No.5

A Review on Monitoring the Everglades Wetlands in the Southern Florida Using Space-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Observations

Hong, Sang-Hoon,Wdowinski, Shimon The Korean Society of Remote Sensing 2017 大韓遠隔探査學會誌 Vol.33 No.4

Space-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) observations have been widely and successfully applied to acquire invaluable temporal and spatial information on wetlands, which are unique environments and regarded as important ecosystems. One of the best studied wetland area is Everglades, which is located in southern Florida, USA. As a World Heritage Site, the Everglades is the largest natural and subtropical wilderness in the United States. The Everglades wetlands have been threatened by anthropogenic activities such as urban expansion and agricultural development, as well as by natural processes, as sea level changes due to climate change. In order to conserve this unique wetland environment, various restoration plans have been implemented. In this review paper, we summarize the main studies using space-based SAR observations for monitoring the Everglades. The paper is composed of the following two sections: (1) review of backscattered amplitude analysis and observations, and (2) review of interferometric SAR (InSAR) analysis and applications. This study also provides an overview of a wetland InSAR technique and space-based SAR sensors. The goal of this review paper is to provide a comprehensive summary of space-based SAR monitoring of wetlands, using the Everglades wetlands as a case study.

습지대 변화 관측을 위한 ALOS-2 광대역 모드 적용 연구

홍상훈 ( Sang-hoon Hong ),( Shimon Wdowinski ) 대한원격탐사학회 2022 大韓遠隔探査學會誌 Vol.38 No.5

인공위성 영상레이더 위상간섭기법은 널리 활용되고 있는 원격탐사 기술로서 지진, 화산, 지반침하 등으로부터 발생한 단단한 지각 표면의 변위를 매우 정밀하게 주기적으로 관측할 수 있는 연구 활용분야의 한 종류이다. 습지대 환경처럼 수상 표면에 식생이 존재하는 경우에는 지표면과 동일한 방법을 적용하여 넓은 지역에 대한 높은 공간해상도의 수위 변화 지도 제작이 가능하다. 현재 다양한 파장 대역의 인공위성 영상레이더 시스템이 운용 중에 있으며 여기에는 넓은 지역에 대한 영상을 효과적으로 획득할 수 있는 광역 관측 ScanSAR 모드를 제공하는 위성도 다수 포함되어 있다. 본 논문의 연구 지역인 콜롬비아 북부의 Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta (CGSM) 습지대는 카리브 해안을 따라 고지대에 위치한 광대한 습지 지역이다. CGSM 습지대는 해수면 상승과 기후 변화와 같은 자연적인 원인 뿐만 아니라 20세기 후반부터 시작된 농업개발 및 도시확장 등의 다양한 인간 활동으로 인한 심각한 환경적 위협을 받고 있다. 최근 해당 습지 지역에 대한 생태학적 중요성이 대두되면서 해당 습지를 보호하고 복원하기 위한 다양한 계획이 진행 중에 있다. 주기적인 습지대 환경 모니터링에 있어 수위 변화 관측은 매우 중요한 자료를 제공하며 일반적으로 수위계와 같은 현장관측 자료 등에 의존하는 경우가 많다. 수위계의 경우 시간적으로 연속적인 자료 관측이 가능하지만 공간적 분포를 이해하기에는 어려운 경우가 많다. 본 연구에서는 현장 관측의 공간적 해상도의 부족함을 보완하기 위한 L-밴드 ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 ScanSAR 광역 관측 모드 자료의 영상레이더 위상간섭기법 습지대 수위 변화 관측 활용 가능성에 대해 평가하고자 한다. 광역 관측 모드의 공간해상도 및 위상간섭도 품질 비교를 위해 ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 stripmap 고해상 모드와 함께 분석하였다. It is well known that satellite synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR) has been widely used for the observation of surface displacement owing to earthquakes, volcanoes, and subsidence very precisely. In wetlands where vegetation exists on the surface of the water, it is possible to create a water level change map with high spatial resolution over a wide area using the InSAR technique. Currently, a number of imaging radar satellites are in operation, and most of them support a ScanSAR mode observation to gather information over a large area at once. The Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta (CGSM) wetland, located in northern Colombia, is a vast wetland developed along the Caribbean coast. The CGSM wetlands face serious environmental threats from human activities such as reclamation for agricultural uses and residential purposes as well as natural causes such as sea level rise owing to climate change. Various restoration and protection plans have been conducted to conserve these invaluable environments in recognition of the ecological importance of the CGSM wetlands. Monitoring of water level changes in wetland is very important resources to understand the hydrologic characteristics and the in-situ water level gauge stations are usually utilized to measure the water level. Although it can provide very good temporal resolution of water level information, it is limited to fully understand flow pattern owing to its very coarse spatial resolution. In this study, we evaluate the L-band ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 ScanSAR mode to observe the water level change over the wide wetland area using the radar interferometric technique. In order to assess the quality of the interferometric product in the aspect of spatial resolution and coherence, we also utilized ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 stripmap high-resolution mode observations.

A Review on Monitoring the Everglades Wetlands in the Southern Florida Using Space-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Observations

( Sang-hoon Hong ),( Shimon Wdowinski ) 대한원격탐사학회 2017 大韓遠隔探査學會誌 Vol.33 No.4

Space-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) observations have been widely and successfully applied to acquire invaluable temporal and spatial information on wetlands, which are unique environments and regarded as important ecosystems. One of the best studied wetland area is Everglades, which is located in southern Florida, USA. As a World Heritage Site, the Everglades is the largest natural and subtropical wilderness in the United States. The Everglades wetlands have been threatened by anthropogenic activities such as urban expansion and agricultural development, as well as by natural processes, as sea level changes due to climate change. In order to conserve this unique wetland environment, various restoration plans have been implemented. In this review paper, we summarize the main studies using space-based SAR observations for monitoring the Everglades. The paper is composed of the following two sections: (1) review of backscattered amplitude analysis and observations, and (2) review of interferometric SAR (InSAR) analysis and applications. This study also provides an overview of a wetland InSAR technique and space-based SAR sensors. The goal of this review paper is to provide a comprehensive summary of space-based SAR monitoring of wetlands, using the Everglades wetlands as a case study.

공간해상도에 따른 위성 영상레이더 위상간섭기법 긴밀도 분석

홍상훈 ( Sang Hoon Hong ),( Shimon Wdowinski ) 대한원격탐사학회 2013 大韓遠隔探査學會誌 Vol.29 No.4

최근 고해상도 영상레이더를 탑재한 위성이 성공적으로 발사, 운용되고 있다. 이들 위성에서 획득된 자료를 이용한 위상간섭기법의 활용은 다양한 지구과학적 분야에서 보다 자세한 정보를 제공하고 있다. 위상간섭기법 적용에서 긴밀도는 영상레이더 자료로부터 생성된 위상간섭도 질을 평가하는 매우 중요한 요소이다. 본 연구에서는 미국 서부 텍사스에 위치한 엘파소 지역에 대한 고해상도 X-밴드 TerraSAR-X(TSX), L-밴드 ALOS PALSAR와 중해상도 C-밴드 Envisat ASAR 위성 영상레이더 자료의 긴밀도 특성을 분석 평가하고자 한다. 짧은 시간기선거리(temporal baseline) 조건에서 X-밴드 TSX 자료의 긴밀도는 0.3~0.6으로 L-밴드 ALOS PALSAR 자료와 유사한 정도의 높은 긴밀도를 나타내었다. 이 수치는 C-밴드 Envisat ASAR 자료에 비해서는 상당히 높은 것이며 영상레이더 신호의 파장이 길수록 위상간섭도의 긴밀도 유지에 있어 보다 유리하다는 일반적인 산란 이론을 고려해 볼 때 의미있는 결과라 할 수 있다. TSX 자료가 높은 긴밀도를 갖는 이유는 안정적인 산란 특성을 잘 반영할 수 있는 높은 공간 해상력이 하나의 원인일 것으로 추정된다. 하지만 11~33일 정도의 짧은 시간기선거리에서는 비교적 높은 긴밀도를 유지하는 반면에 시간기선거리가 다소 길어질 경우 긴밀도가 크게 저하된다. 본 연구 결과를 통해 긴밀도가 시간기선거리와 매우 밀접한 관계에 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. Recently high spatial resolution space-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems have launched and have been operated successfully. Interferometric SAR (InSAR) processing with the space-based high resolution observations acquired by these systems can provide more detail information for various geodetic applications. Coherence is regarded as a critical parameter in the evaluating the quality of an InSAR pair. In this study, we evaluate the coherence characteristics of high-resolution data acquired by TerraSAR-X (X-band) and ALOS PALSAR (L-band) and intermediate-resolution data acquired by Envisat ASAR (C-band) over western Texas, U.S.A. Our coherence analysis reveals that the highresolution X-band TSX (3.1 cm) data has a high coherence level (0.3-0.6), similar to that of the L-band ALOS PALSAR data (23.5 cm) in short temporal baselines. Further more, the TSX coherence values are significantly higher than those of the C-band (5.6 cm) Envisat ASAR data. The higher coherence of the TSX dataset is a surprising result, because common scattering theories suggest that the longer wavelength SAR data maintain better coherence. In vegetated areas the shorter wavelength radar pulse interacts mostly with upper sections of the vegetation and, hence, does not provide good correlation over time in InSAR pairs. Thus, we suggest that the higher coherence values of the TSX data reflect the data`s high-resolution, in which stable and coherent scatters are better maintained. Although, however, the TSX data show a very good coherence with short temporal baseline (11-33 days), the coherences are significantly degraded as the temporal baselines are increased. This result confirms previous studies showing that the coherence has a strong dependency on the temporal baseline.