Extraction, processing, production and display of geographic data
Khalil Valizadeh Kamran; Maryam Sadeghi; Asadollah Hejazi
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Extended Abstract:Introduction Monitoring and investigation of land use changes in forest areas provides acceptable information for efficient management of these resources. Also, taking care protecting natural resources requires awareness of the conditions and how to change different land uses. ...
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Extended Abstract:Introduction Monitoring and investigation of land use changes in forest areas provides acceptable information for efficient management of these resources. Also, taking care protecting natural resources requires awareness of the conditions and how to change different land uses. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to evaluate the change of forest use in the forest area of Fandoqlu from 2010 to 2019 by using Landsat 5, 8 images and integrating them with Sentinel 2, Ester images. After preparing images from the years 2010, 2015 and 2019, geometrical, radiometric and atmospheric corrections of the images were done and the classification accuracy using kappa accuracy was% 93, %83, 91% respectively. The land use of Fandoqlu forest area was To model the change of use for 2025 with the Geomod model, it is necessary to prepare a suitability map of the area, which is prepared using the Fuzzy ANP method and the incompatibility coefficient is less than 0.06. In order to prepare a suitability map of four general factors: human, biological, topographic and climatic, and 12 sub-criteria were obtained with Boolean functions, and Boolean land use maps (forest and non-forest) 2010 and 2015 were modeled for 2019 and for modeling Land use for 2025 was done from the base map of 2019 and the transition matrix of Markov chain of land use in 2025 with the CA-Markov model And the result of location changes for 2025 was obtained. To evaluate the accuracy of the model, the agreement and non-agreement of pixels with Klocation and Standard were done with 98 and 95 accuracy, respectively. Modeling results for the year 2025 changes in a decreasing manner; The increase of non-utilized covers and the reduction of forest use, which will decrease from 3204.18 hectares in 2010 to 3070.55 hectares in 2019; According to the results of the human criterion and the sub-criteria of land use and distance from the road, the tourism potential of this area and the attraction of tourists as well as the interference of local residents can have a direct effect on this forest reduction process.Materials & Methods: organizations, people and local, is the only way to protect the forests of this region. In this study, remote sensing data such as satellite images of Landsat8,5, ASTER and Sentinel 2A were used to prepare the baseline map. Climatic data of all parameters up to 1396 were received from the synoptic station of Ardabil province. The digital model of 12.5 altitude was prepared from NASA website to prepare slope maps, slope direction, border layer of the study area and vegetation layer from Ardabil Natural Resources Organization. The research used Arc GIS, ENVI 5.3, TerrSet, eCognition 9 Google Earth pro and SUPER DECITION software. then based on the value and purpose of Reclassify and layer fuzzy. to predict the future conditions of forest cover changes by GEOMOD method, a time map of the start of the modeling process and a map of change appropriateness are needed. Geomod is used to model spatial patterns, forecast and probability of change. GEOMOD is used to simulate patterns of spatial change of use or change between two categories of use (forest and non-forest).Results and Discussion: In order to implement the GEOMOD model, a fit map prepared from the study area is required. Fuzzy ANP method was used to prepare the appropriateness map of the study area, which has four criteria: human (distance from the road, distance from the village, population), topography (slope, direction, height) and biological (land use, lithology, soil), criteria. And the following criteria are used in the map. Climatic parameter (average annual rainfall, temperature, altitude, slope, direction of slope, waterway) was used. 2025 user is required, so using 2015 and 2019 user with CA Markov model for 2025 was modeled. Decreased accuracy was associated. The results of predicting forest spatial changes for 2025 were used from the 2019 Boolean user map and the CA Markov modeled user map. Conclusion: To implement the GEOMOD model, we need a fit map for spatial modeling of changes. In this study, four criteria and 12 sub-criteria discussed in Chapters 3 and 4 were used to prepare a fit map of the region. They have acquired Super Decision software.Conclusion: Using the Boolean forest and non-forest boards and the 2015 and 2019 land use maps with the CA Markov model for 2025, it was modeled. Human, climate and biological have weights of 0.358, 0.258, 0.203 and 0.165, respectively, which the topography achieved the highest weight in Super Decision software. Among the sub-criteria, the type of land use has a high impact on changes in the region. The final output of the fit map was prepared by applying the OR function after applying the weights, which had a better result than the other functions. Finally, using the 2015 and 2025 user maps for 2025, forest spatial changes were made. To evaluate the accuracy of the model, the agreement and non-agreement of spatial pixels were used, which was modeled with Kappa 98% for 2019. The results of spatial change modeling show the high accuracy of the model in predicting spatial changes. GEOMOD results for 2025 will reach 3085 thousand hectares from 3151.9 hectares. Research conducted in different places. the country indicates a decline in forest areas in the coming decades.
Mostafa Mahdavifard; Khalil Valizadeh Kamran; Ehsan Atazadeh; Nasrin Moradi
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Extended Abstract
Introduction
The oceans cover about 70% of the earth's surface and contain the most water on Earth, as well as important marine ecosystems.Ingenerally,global waters are classified into two types of water.In waters of the first type, such as the waters of the open ocean, phytoplankton ...
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Introduction
The oceans cover about 70% of the earth's surface and contain the most water on Earth, as well as important marine ecosystems.Ingenerally,global waters are classified into two types of water.In waters of the first type, such as the waters of the open ocean, phytoplankton dominate the inherent optical properties of water. However second type waters, like coastal waters, are complex waters that are affected by a variety of active light compounds such as phytoplankton, colored dissolved organic matter andtotalsuspended matter.Coastal wetlands are considered as the Case-2 water. These types of areas are dynamic environments that are threatened by the entry of pollutants and because the wetlands have a calm environment and away from open sea waves, they are exposed to the accumulation of natural and human pollution. As a result, the identification and monitoring of coastal and marine pollution is essential to minimize their destructive effects on human health and the environment and economic damage to coastal communities.Phytoplankton are floating or scattered single-celled algae that travel primarily through water waves.Chlorophyll-A considered as an indicator of the abundance of phytoplankton and biomass in oceanic, coastal and lake waters. Field and laboratory methods are difficult and time consuming and weak for spatial and temporal observations. In contrast to the weakness of field methods, remote sensing methods can provide the spatial perspective needed to gather information on ocean and coastal water surface on a regional and global scale.The purpose of this study was to compare and evaluate atmospheric correction methods (high atmospheric radiation and high atmospheric reflectance) on the algorithm for estimating the concentration of chlorophyll-A based on blue and green bands (OC2) in Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 data, evaluating the results using Field data and finally the time series mapping of chlorophyll-A concentration.
Materials & Methods
In this study, Landsat-8, Sentinel-2 satellite time series data and field data collected from the study area,were used.First, the satellite images used in ENVI 5.3.1 softwarewereconverted to Surface Reflectance and Top of Atmosphere Reflectance.Then, MATLAB 2018a software was used for image processing and coding.To estimate the chlorophyll-A concentration, the bio-optical algorithm OC2 was used, which in fact uses a nonlinear relationship to link between field data and satellite data. In order to evaluate the results,two statistical parameters R2 and RMSE were used.
Results & Discussion
Based on the analysis of field data, the concentration of chlorophyll-A in all sampled stations was less than 1 mg/m3. Water in the Surface Reflectance and Top of Atmosphere ReflectanceSentinel-2 and Landsat-8 data had a relatively similar spectral signature at wavelengths, due to the similarity in the spectral signature of water on the satellites used, covering the same spectral range in the Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 satellites systems. The OC2 algorithm had amounts R2 (0.91 and 0.64) and RMSE (0.13 and 0.33) in Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 Surface Reflectance data, respectively, while Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 Top of Atmosphere Reflectance data had amounts R2 (0.12 and 0.53) and RMSE (0.45 and 0.51), respectively. The time series of chlorophyll-A concentration estimated using surface reflectance data (Landsat-8) corresponds to the natural conditions of the region, However, the time series of chlorophyll-A concentrations using the surface reflectance data (Sentinel-2) during the seasons estimated the chlorophyll-A concentration to be uniformly and downward.The reason for this poor performance in the Sentinel-2 is the lack of sufficient field data for calibration.
Conclusion
In this study, we tried to evaluate and compare the reflectancealgorithms (Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2) in the OC2 algorithm.Preliminary results indicate that the type of satellite data used (Surface ReflectanceandTop Atmospherereflectance) is of great importance for entering the OC2 bio-optical algorithm because the satellite image to enter the OC2 algorithm must be surface reflectance data and atmospheric correction that In fact, these algorithms are sensitive to high-atmosphere reflectance data.In general, the results showed that 10 field data is enough to calibrate with Landsat-8 data, but for Sentinel-2 data, more than 10 numbers field data must be calibrated to obtain a good result.
Mohammad Kazemi Garaje; Khalil Valizadeh Kamran
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1- Introduction Direct measurement of physical parameters of water, such as sea surface temperature and water depth through traditional methods is very time-consuming and costly. Thus, new cost-effective methods, such as remote sensing technology, have always been of interest to experts, managers and ...
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1- Introduction Direct measurement of physical parameters of water, such as sea surface temperature and water depth through traditional methods is very time-consuming and costly. Thus, new cost-effective methods, such as remote sensing technology, have always been of interest to experts, managers and decision-makers. Satellite imagery is used to estimate sea surface temperature and water depth. Therefore, the present study seeks to calculate sea surface temperature and water depth and investigate their relation using satellite imagery. 2- Materials and Methods In the present study, Landsat 8 satellite images of Urmia and Van Lake were retrieved from USGS website for August 16th, and August 23rd, 2018. Information about water temperature and water depth of 3 meteorological stations in the study area were also obtained from the Artemia Research Center and the Meteorological Organization of West Azerbaijan Province for a period of three months. In the next step, geometric and atmospheric corrections were performed on the images using ENVI5.3 software. In thermal remote sensing, thermal bandwidth of satellite imagery cannot reflect black-body radiation. Moreover, electromagnetic spectrum of radiation used in the Boltzmann relationship covers a range of 3 to 300 micrometers. This is while the thermal spectrum range of thermal sensors is generally between 10.5 to 12.5 micrometers.Thus, the split-window algorithm was used to calculate the land surface temperature. Water emission coefficient equals 0.98. Multiplying the amount of water emission by the amount of land surface temperature (LST) and subtracting the results from zero Kelvins (-273), we can obtain sea surface temperature in Celsius degrees. 2-1- Calculating relative depth of water As one of the dynamic characteristics of water, water depth has an important role in the management and optimal use of marine resources. Water depth measurement refers to the underwater study of oceans, lakes and rivers. Therefore, Stump Method was used to calculate water depthin the present study. 2-2- Accuracy assessment In order to estimate the accuracy, information about water surface temperature and relative water depth in three stations in Lake Urmia, namely Qalqachi, MalekAshtar and Ashk stations, were collected from the Artemia Research Center and the Meteorological Organization of West Azerbaijan Province. 3- Results Results indicate high accuracy of remote sensing methods in sea surface temperature and water depth measurements. The lowest RMSE of sea surface temperature measurement is related to MalekAshtar station (1/1). This station also has the lowest amount of RMSE (1/5) obtained in water depthmeasurement. According to the results, a negative correlation coefficient is observed between the values of sea surface temperature and water depthvariables. The correlation between sea surface temperature and water depth in Lake Van equals -0.52, while this correlation equals -0.24in Lake Urmia. 4- Discussion Despite their relatively high accuracy, usinginformation collected from meteorological stations to calculate physical parameters of water,such as water surface temperature and water depth, has some limitations. However, new technologies such as remote sensing can overcome the limitations of traditional methods. Remote sensing technology has made estimating the physical parameters of water on a regional to a global scale possible. Results of the present study indicate high accuracy of remote sensing technology in measuring physical parameters of water such as surface temperature and depth. In this regard, shallow water bodies have the highest surface temperature and deeper water show lower temperatures. The results also indicate that fluctuations in the water surface temperature and water depth can increase or decrease the correlation coefficient between these two variables. Thus, higher correlation coefficient between water surface temperature and water depth in Lake Van compared to Lake Urmia is due to its greater depth of water. 5- Conclusion Results indicate that the upstream of Lake Urmia is deeper than itsdownstream and also has a higher level of salinity which reduce evapotranspiration in the upstream of the lake. Thus, theupstreamof Lake Urmia has not been as severely affected by the drought. The correlation coefficient between water surface temperature and water depth of Lake Van also shows that this lake has a relatively lower water surface temperature compared to Lake Urmia due to its greater depth. Therefore, the rate of evapotranspiration in this lake is less than Lake Urmia and the drying process is negligible. Due to the fact that Lake Urmia and Van are in the same climate, the high temperature of the water level of Lake Urmia due to its shallower depth can be one of the causes of Lake Urmiadrying. The amount of water in the lake can be increased by increasing the volume of water entering the lake.This can be achieved by destroying a number of dams built on the rivers flowing into the lake or by water transfer from adjacent water bodies. Therefore, increasingwater depth and reducingwater surface temperature can be considered as one of the main solutions to prevent the drying of Lake Urmia.
Reza Parhizcar isalu; Khalil Valizadeh Kamran; Bakhtiar Faizizadeh
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Extended Abstract
Introduction
Geothermal energy is one of the major sources of new and environmentally friendly energieswhich, if used correctly and based on environmental parameters, plays an important role in the energy balance of the country and the goals of sustainable development.However, detecting ...
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Introduction
Geothermal energy is one of the major sources of new and environmentally friendly energieswhich, if used correctly and based on environmental parameters, plays an important role in the energy balance of the country and the goals of sustainable development.However, detecting and exploring sources of this energy using modern and low cost methods –as a replacement for land surveying methods-can help planners and authorities working in the field of energy. In this regard, thermal remote sensing with a vast coverage of the earth’s surface, and the possibilityof calculating land surface temperature using satellite imagery plays an important role as a new economic tool.Mapping land surface temperature is a key point in achieving geothermal anomalies and different algorithms play an important role in land surface temperature estimation. Therefore, identifying potential sources of geothermal energyusingremotely sensed thermal data is a challenging and yet interesting subject.
Materials and Methods
The present study takes advantage of images received from OLI and TIRS sensors (Landsat 8) to estimate land surface temperature, analyze thermal anomalies, and identify areas with potential geothermal resources in Meshkinshahr.The images were retrieved fromUSGSin Geo TIFF format.Envi 5.3, eCognition 9.1, MATLAB and ArcMap 10.4.1 were used to prepare, process and analyze the images.Moreover, meteorological data received fromMeshkinshahr station was collected from the General Department and Meteorological Center of Ardabil Provincewith the aim of identifying the optimal algorithm for calculation ofland surface temperature. Data wascollected for a one-day period (31/08/2017), i.e. the same day Landsat 8 passed over the areaunder study.
Results and Discussion
The present study sought to identify areas with potential geothermal resources using thermal remote sensing and a combination of surface temperature and thermal anomaly models. In order to calculate thermal anomaly, an observational thermal image is required, which is in fact the same land surface temperature calculated using Split Window and Mono Window algorithmsfor the image received from the satellite thermal band at the moment of collecting images. It should be noted that the land surface temperature calculated with these algorithms was evaluated using statistical data recorded in the temperature monitoring station. Results indicated higher accuracy of Split Window algorithm (3 ° C difference). Since, temperature obtained from this algorithm was more consistent with the actual temperature, its results were used as the observational thermal image.A thermal model was also defined to model factors responsible for heat variation from one pixel to another one. These two images were calculated and subtracted to reach the thermal anomaly image.In order to identify thermal anomalies caused by undergroundfactors heating the earthsurface, other factors responsible for increasing/decreasinglandsurfacetemperature should be normalized in the image. Thus, the effect of parameters such as solar energy, environmental degradation and evaporation on land surface temperature obtained from split window algorithm was investigated and finally, areas with heat anomalies and evidences indicating the presence of geothermal resources around themwere selected as areas with potential geothermal resources.Results indicate that inthe area surroundingSabalanmountains,two regions with 5.5 and 10.05 hectares in the northern and northeastern parts of Moyelvillage, a1.4 hectares area in the southwestern part of Qutursouli Spa, and the southern part of the Qinrjah Spa with an area of 1.1 hectare had potentialgeothermal resources and a high potential for exploration of geothermal resources.
Conclusion
The presence of hot springs, a geothermal power plant and other evidences shows that Ardabil Province and especially Meshkinshahr city has the potential for geothermal energy production as one of the major sources of new and environmentally friendly energies.However, no effective studies have been performed to identify these resources using modern and low-cost methods including thermal remote sensing.Therefore, the present study for the first time took advantage ofGIS and remote sensingto identify areas appropriate for geothermal energy extraction inMeshkinshahr city and concluded that remote sensing studies on Landsat 8 satellite images have a high efficiency for identifying areas with potential geothermal resources. Thus, areas identified in the present study have a strong spatial correlation with the geothermal evidences founded in the region.
Bakhtiar Feizizadeh; Salimeh Abdolah Abadei; Khalil Valizadeh Kamran
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Extended Abstract DigitalElevation Model (DEM) is one of the main geographical datamodels which forms the basis of the different spatial analysis. DEM is known as fundamental data for many modelingtasks. Nowadays, the result validation of GIS spatial analysis, hasbecome a major challenge in the ...
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Extended Abstract DigitalElevation Model (DEM) is one of the main geographical datamodels which forms the basis of the different spatial analysis. DEM is known as fundamental data for many modelingtasks. Nowadays, the result validation of GIS spatial analysis, hasbecome a major challenge in the world of GIS.Thequality of a DEM is dependent upon a number of interrelatedfactors, including the methods of data acquisition, the nature ofthe input data, and the methods employed in generating the DEMs.Analysis of uncertainty in different fields, due to data qualityand related issues such as error, uncertainty models, error propagation, error elimination and uncertainties in the data, are felt morethan any other times. Of all these factors, data acquisitionis the most critical one. Previous studies on DEM dataacquisition have focused either on examination of generation method(s), oron case studies of accuracy testing. These studies are not adequate,however, for the purpose of understanding uncertainty (an indicator used toapproximate the discrepancy between geographic data and the geographic reality thatthese data intend to represent) associated with DEM data and thepropagation of this uncertainty through GIS based analyses. The developmentof strategies for identifying, quantifying, tracking, reducing, visualizing, and reportinguncertainty in DEM data are called for by the GIS community. In order to apply uncertainty analysis on DEMs, this studyaimed to evaluate the error rate and uncertainty of elevationdata obtained from SRTM and ASTER satellites. The objectives ofthis study are: (1) to understand the sources and reasonsfor uncertainty in DEMs produced by cartographic digitizing; (2) to develop methodsfor quantifying the uncertainty of DEMs using distributional measures and (3) to measure the uncertainty associated with DEMs and minimizethe chances of error by means of optimizing models. Quantifying uncertaintyin DEMs requires comparison of the original elevations (e.g. elevations read from topographic maps) with the elevations in aDEM surface. Such a comparison results in height differences (orresiduals) at the tested points. To analyze the pattern ofdeviation between two sets of elevation data, conventional ways areto yield statistical expressions of the accuracy, such as the rootmean square error, standard deviation, and mean. In fact, allstatistical measures that are effective for describing a frequency distribution, including centraltendency and dispersion measures, may be used, as long asvarious assumptions for specific methods are satisfied. Our research methodology includesseveral steps. The first step was, using the statistical indices ME, STD and RMSE, the error rate of DTMsforobtaining the chances of error in ach model. It hasto be mentioned that the main attraction of the RMSElies in its easy computation and straightforward concept. However, this indexis essentially a single global measure of deviations, thus incapable ofaccounting for spatial variation of errors over the interpolated surface. Inorder to obtain more accurate results, then uncertainty of dataerrors was also simulated by Monte Carlo method and errorpropagation pattern was extracted by interpolation of results. The resultsof this step show that, the DEM derived from pairstereo ASTER despite having better spatial resolution, included more errorsand practically lacking the details of DTM 30 meters. Finally,removing the error propagation pattern from DEMs, the secondary DEMwas produced. By recalculating indicators describing the error and comparingthese values with the initial values, the results indicate that,both DEMs show more accuracy after eliminating the error propagationpattern. TPI Index was used to determine the location ofbasin topography and the basin is divided into 6 classesand error rate in each class was calculated before andafter the simulation. The results showed that, the error ratesin all classes before and after the simulation in bothDEMs were reduced. In terms of uncertainty analysis methods forDEMs, results of our research indicated that the RMSE methodsalone is not sufficient for quantifying DEM uncertainty, because this measurerarely addresses the issue of distributional accuracy. To fully understand andquantify the DEM uncertainty, spatial accuracy measures, such as accuracy surfaces, indices for spatial autocorrelation, and variograms, should be used. Results alsoindicated that Monet Carlo simulation is indeed sufficient methods forsimulation error in DEMs. Results of this research are of great importance for uncertainty analysis in domain of Geosciences andcan be used for improving the accuracy of modeling in avariety of applications.
