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Remote Sensing of Coastal Waters, Land Use/Cover, Lakes, Rivers and Watersheds II

A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Remote Sensing".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2022) | Viewed by 52649

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Prof. Dr. Jiayi Pan

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1. School of Geography and Environment, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
2. Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests: coastal and lake remote sensing; coastal ocean dynamics; marine remote sensing physics
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Prof. Dr. Bo Huang

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Department of Geography and Resource Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests: spatio-temporal data analytics; unified satellite image fusion; spatial statistics for land use/land cover change modeling; multi-objective optimization for sustainable land use planning
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Dr. Hongsheng Zhang

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Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
Interests: coastal ecosystems and sustainability; coastal remote sensing; land use/land cover change; multi-sensor data fusion
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Prof. Dr. Adam T. Devlin

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1. School of Geography and Environment, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
2. Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests: sea level change; lake study; climate and Earth system; hydrodynamic simulation; coastal oceanography; remote sensing image processing
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Dear Colleagues,

Coastal regions, lands, lakes, rivers, and watersheds are important elements of the Earth system environment. The remote sensing of these elements is a vital component of environmental monitoring. Although these elements individually play important roles in environmental changes, the study of the interactions between components is crucial for the better understanding of environmental change mechanisms. As remote sensing observation technology develops, more accurate observational data of the coastal regions, lands, lakes, rivers, and watersheds are available, which provide an effective approach to monitor the Earth system environment in real-time with high accuracy. Advances in data fusion technology help to efficiently integrate remote sensing data from multiple sensors and platforms. Remote sensing is an increasingly important methodology for advancing an in-depth understanding of environmental change processes and the associated mechanisms in phenomena. Thus, this Special Issue of Remote Sensing endeavors to assemble novel studies that utilize advanced remote sensing technology and apply these techniques to coastal regions, lands, lakes, rivers, and watersheds, as well as their interactions, and helps to improve the knowledge base of environmental change processes and mechanisms. We welcome you to contribute to the second volume of the Special Issue on “Remote Sensing of Coastal Waters, Land Use/Cover, Lakes, Rivers, and Watershed”.

Prof. Dr. Jiayi Pan
Prof. Dr. Bo Huang
Dr. Hongsheng Zhang
Prof. Dr. Adam T. Devlin
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  • remote sensing of coastal waters and zones
  • remote sensing data fusion technology
  • land cover/use
  • remote sensing of lakes, rivers, and watersheds
  • remote sensing and GIS technology
  • marine remote sensing

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Remote Sensing of Coastal Waters, Land Use/Cover, Lakes, Rivers, and Watersheds II
by Jiayi Pan, Bo Huang, Hongsheng Zhang and Adam T. Devlin
Remote Sens. 2023, 15(23), 5573; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs15235573 - 30 Nov 2023
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Coastal zones, terrestrial expanses, freshwater bodies, and their encompassing watersheds are integral to the Earth’s environmental framework [...] Full article
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Enhanced Estimate of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter Using Machine Learning Algorithms from Landsat-8 OLI Data in the Pearl River Estuary
by Yihao Huang, Jiayi Pan and Adam T. Devlin
Remote Sens. 2023, 15(8), 1963; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs15081963 - 07 Apr 2023
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Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) plays a critical role in the carbon and biogeochemical cycles within aquatic ecosystems. Satellite imagery can be employed to determine aquatic CDOM concentrations, highlighting the need for effective and precise algorithms for this task. In this study, a [...] Read more.
Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) plays a critical role in the carbon and biogeochemical cycles within aquatic ecosystems. Satellite imagery can be employed to determine aquatic CDOM concentrations, highlighting the need for effective and precise algorithms for this task. In this study, a cruise survey dataset containing CDOM absorption coefficients and water-leaving radiances in the Pearl River estuary (PRE) was utilized to develop machine learning algorithms for CDOM retrieval from Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) observations. Based on OLI wavelength bands, five bands and six band-ratios were chosen as input parameters for the machine learning models. Six machine learning models were trained to develop CDOM algorithms, including Support Vector Regression (SVR), Random Forest (RF), Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP), and Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). The results indicated that, among the six machine learning models, the XGBoost algorithm performed best, with the highest R2 value of 0.9 and the lowest CDOM root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.37 m−1, outperforming empirical algorithms. The XGBoost algorithm identified B4/B1 as the most critical input parameter, contributing 71%, followed by B3/B2 with a 16% contribution, where B1, B2, B3, and B4 are the wavelength bands of the OLI. These two band-ratios accounted for most of the contributions, suggesting their significant role in CDOM retrieval from Landsat OLI images. By employing the developed XGBoost algorithm, CDOM spatial patterns at six instances were derived from Landsat-8 OLI image reflectance, illustrating CDOM variations in the PRE influenced by various factors. Further analysis revealed that, in the PRE, tides and winds are the primary driving forces behind the spatial and temporal variability of CDOM. At present, the exploration of employing machine learning algorithms to infer CDOM concentrations in this region remains relatively limited; therefore, with a higher R2 value, the machine learning model we established unveils fresh and novel results. Full article
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Construction and Analysis of Ecological Security Patterns in the Southern Anhui Region of China from a Circuit Theory Perspective
by Xiaoying Lai, Haoran Yu, Guihua Liu, Xiangxue Zhang, Yu Feng, Yiwen Ji, Qi Zhao, Junyi Jiang and Xinchen Gu
Remote Sens. 2023, 15(5), 1385; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs15051385 - 28 Feb 2023
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Located in an important biodiversity conservation area in the Yangtze River Delta, the habitats of many species have been severely eroded because of human activities such as tourism development. There is no relevant species conservation plan in place in the region, and scientific [...] Read more.
Located in an important biodiversity conservation area in the Yangtze River Delta, the habitats of many species have been severely eroded because of human activities such as tourism development. There is no relevant species conservation plan in place in the region, and scientific guidance on ecosystem change and corridor construction is urgently needed. In this study, we first assess ecosystem service functions based on the InVEST model; then, we assess ecological sensitivity and identify landscape resistance surfaces by constructing ecosystem sensitivity indicators; finally, we construct ecological security patterns by combining landscape resistance surfaces and circuit theory identification. The main results are as follows: (1) The high value area of ecosystem services is located in the southwest, while the northeast part of the study area has lower ecosystem services, and there is a trade-off between the ecosystem services in the study area. (2) There are 38 ecological sources in southern Anhui, with a total area of more than 5742.79 km2, that are the basic guarantees of ecological security, mainly located in the northeast of the study area, and woodland and grassland are the most important components, accounting for 18.4% of the total study area. (3) The ecological security pattern in the study area consists of 63 ecological sources, 37 important corridors, and 26 potential corridors, of which there are 28 pinch point areas and 6 barrier point patches in the study area, mainly located within Huangshan City and Xuancheng City. We recommend that when implementing restoration and rehabilitation measures in the future, policy makers should give priority to pinch points and barrier areas. Full article
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An Integrated Multi-Factor Coupling Approach for Marine Dynamic Disaster Assessment in China’s Coastal Waters
by Lin Zhou, Meng Sun, Yueming Liu, Yongzeng Yang, Tianyun Su and Zhen Jia
Remote Sens. 2023, 15(3), 838; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs15030838 - 02 Feb 2023
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Marine dynamic disasters, such as storm surges and huge waves, can cause large economic and human losses. The assessment of marine dynamic disasters is, thus, important, but improvements to its reliability are needed. The current study improved and integrated the assessment from the [...] Read more.
Marine dynamic disasters, such as storm surges and huge waves, can cause large economic and human losses. The assessment of marine dynamic disasters is, thus, important, but improvements to its reliability are needed. The current study improved and integrated the assessment from the perspective of multi-factor coupling. Using a weighted index system, a marine dynamic disaster assessment indicator system suitable for China’s coastal waters was established, and a method for calculating the weight of disaster indicators was proposed from the perspective of rapid assessment. To reduce the assessment deviation in coastal waters, a multi-factor coupling algorithm was proposed. This algorithm obtained amplitude variations of wave orbital motion in horizontal and vertical directions, which was used to evaluate the influence of background current and terrain slope on coastal ocean waves. Landsat 8 remote sensing images were used to carry out an object-oriented extraction of raft and cage aquaculture areas in China’s coastal waters. The aquaculture density was then used as the main basis for a vulnerability assessment. Finally, the whole assessment system was integrated and verified during a typical storm surge process in coastal waters around the Shandong Peninsula in China. The coupled variations were also added to the assessment process and increased the risk value by an average of 12% in the High Sea States of the case study. Full article
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Possible Mechanism of Phytoplankton Blooms at the Sea Surface after Tropical Cyclones
by Ying Chen, Gang Pan, Robert Mortimer and Hui Zhao
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(24), 6207; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14246207 - 07 Dec 2022
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Although previous studies have recorded that tropical cyclones cause a significant increase in chlorophyll a concentration (Chl-a), most of these results were only based on surface Chl-a observed by satellite data. Using satellite, reanalysis and model data, this study investigated [...] Read more.
Although previous studies have recorded that tropical cyclones cause a significant increase in chlorophyll a concentration (Chl-a), most of these results were only based on surface Chl-a observed by satellite data. Using satellite, reanalysis and model data, this study investigated the response of the upper ocean and sea surface Chl-a to three different levels of tropical cyclones in the South China Sea. In our results, the severe tropical storm (STS) did not cause an increase in surface Chl-a or depth-integrated Chl-a in the short term (i.e., ~2 days); the typhoon (TY) increased the surface Chl-a from 0.12 mg·m−3 to 0.15 mg·m−3 in the short term, but the depth-integrated Chl-a did not increase significantly; the super typhoon (STY) caused the surface Chl-a to increase from 0.15 mg·m−3 to 0.37 mg·m−3 in the short term, and also increased the depth-integrated Chl-a from 40.41 mg·m−2 to 42.59 mg·m−2. These results suggest that the increase in the surface Chl-a after TY and STY were primarily caused by physical processes (e.g., vertical mixing). However, the increase in the depth-integrated Chl-a of STY may be due to the entrainment of both nutrients and phytoplankton through upwelling and turbulent mixing under the influence of STY. Full article
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Mapping Coastal Aquaculture Ponds of China Using Sentinel SAR Images in 2020 and Google Earth Engine
by Peng Tian, Yongchao Liu, Jialin Li, Ruiliang Pu, Luodan Cao, Haitao Zhang, Shunyi Ai and Yunze Yang
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(21), 5372; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14215372 - 26 Oct 2022
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Aquaculture has enormous potential for ensuring global food security and has experienced rapid growth globally. Thus, the accurate monitoring and mapping of coastal aquaculture ponds is necessary for the sustainable development and efficient management of the aquaculture industry. Here, we developed a map [...] Read more.
Aquaculture has enormous potential for ensuring global food security and has experienced rapid growth globally. Thus, the accurate monitoring and mapping of coastal aquaculture ponds is necessary for the sustainable development and efficient management of the aquaculture industry. Here, we developed a map of coastal aquaculture ponds in China using Google Earth Engine (GEE) and the ArcGIS platform, Sentinel-1 SAR image data for 2020, the Sentinel-1 Dual-Polarized Water Index (SDWI), and water frequency obtained by identifying the special object features of aquaculture ponds and postprocessing interpretation. Our map had an overall accuracy of 93%, and we found that the coastal aquaculture pond area in China reached 6937 km2 in 2020. The aquaculture pond area was highest in Shandong, Guangdong, and Jiangsu Provinces, and at the city level, Dongying, Binzhou, Tangshan, and Dalian had the most aquaculture pond area. Aquaculture ponds had spatial heterogeneity; the aquaculture pond area in north China was larger than in south China and seaside areas had more pond area than inland regions. In addition, aquaculture ponds were concentrated near river estuaries, coastal plains, and gulfs, and were most dense in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain and Pearl River Delta. We showed that GEE cloud processing and ArcGIS local processing could facilitate the classification of coastal aquaculture ponds, which can be used to inform and improve decision-making for the spatial optimization and intelligent monitoring of coastal aquaculture, with certain potential for spatial migration. Full article
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Estimation of Chlorophyll-A Concentration with Remotely Sensed Data for the Nine Plateau Lakes in Yunnan Province
by Dong Wang, Bo-Hui Tang, Zhitao Fu, Liang Huang, Menghua Li, Guokun Chen and Xuejun Pan
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(19), 4950; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14194950 - 04 Oct 2022
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The quantitative retrieval of the chlorophyll-a concentration is an important remote sensing method that is used to monitor the nutritional status of water bodies. The high spatial resolution of the Sentinel-2 MSI and its subdivision in the red-edge band highlight the characteristics of [...] Read more.
The quantitative retrieval of the chlorophyll-a concentration is an important remote sensing method that is used to monitor the nutritional status of water bodies. The high spatial resolution of the Sentinel-2 MSI and its subdivision in the red-edge band highlight the characteristics of water chlorophyll-a, which is an important detection tool for assessing water quality parameters in plateau lakes. In this study, the Nine Plateau Lakes in the Yunnan-Kweichow Plateau of China were selected as the study area. Using Sentinel-2 MSI transit images and in situ measured chlorophyll-a concentration as the data source, the chlorophyll-a concentrations of plateau lakes (CCAPLs) were investigated, and the surface temperatures of plateau lakes (STPLs) were retrieved to verify the hypothesis that the lake surface temperature could increase the chlorophyll-a concentration. By comparing feature importance using a random forest (RF), the Sentinel-2 MSI surface reflectance and in situ data were linearly fitted using four retrieval spectral indices with high feature importance, and the accuracy of the estimated concentration of chlorophyll-a was evaluated by monitoring station data in the same period. Then, Landsat-8 TIRS Band 10 data were used to retrieve the STPL with a single-channel temperature retrieval algorithm and to verify the correlation between the STPL and the CCAPL. The results showed that the retrievals of the CCAPL and the STPL were consistent with the actual situation. The root-mean-square error (RMSE) of the fifteenth normalized difference chlorophyll-a index (NDCI15) was 0.0249. When the CCAPL was greater than 0.05 mg/L and the STPL was within 28–34 °C, there was a positive linear correlation between the CCAPL and the STPL. These results will provide support for the remote sensing monitoring of eutrophication in plateau lakes and will contribute to the scientific and effective management of plateau lakes. Full article
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Water Quality and Water Hyacinth Monitoring with the Sentinel-2A/B Satellites in Lake Tana (Ethiopia)
by Tadesse Mucheye, Sara Haro, Sokratis Papaspyrou and Isabel Caballero
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(19), 4921; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14194921 - 01 Oct 2022
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Human activities coupled with climate change impacts are becoming the main factors in decreasing inland surface water quantity and quality, leading to the disturbance of the aquatic ecological balance. Under such conditions, the introduction and proliferation of aquatic invasive alien species are more [...] Read more.
Human activities coupled with climate change impacts are becoming the main factors in decreasing inland surface water quantity and quality, leading to the disturbance of the aquatic ecological balance. Under such conditions, the introduction and proliferation of aquatic invasive alien species are more likely to occur. Hence, frequent surface water quality monitoring is required for aquatic ecosystem sustainability. The main objectives of the present study are to analyze the seasonal variation in the invasive plant species water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) and biogeochemical water quality parameters, i.e., chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) and total suspended matter (TSM), and to examine their relationship in Lake Tana (Ethiopia) during a one-year study period (2020). Sentinel-2A/B satellite images are used to monitor water hyacinth expansion and Chl-a and TSM concentrations in the water. The Case 2 Regional Coast Colour processor (C2RCC) is used for atmospheric and sunglint correction over inland waters, while the Sen2Cor atmospheric processor is used to calculate the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) for water hyacinth mapping. The water hyacinth cover and biomass are determined by NDVI values ranging from 0.60 to 0.95. A peak in cover and biomass is observed in October 2020, just a month after the peak of Chl-a (25.2 mg m−3) and TSM (62.5 g m−3) concentrations observed in September 2020 (end of the main rainy season). The influx of sediment and nutrient load from the upper catchment area during the rainy season could be most likely responsible for both Chl-a and TSM increased concentrations. This, in turn, created a fertile situation for water hyacinth proliferation in Lake Tana. Overall, the freely available Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and appropriate atmospheric correction processors are an emerging potent tool for inland water monitoring and management in large-scale regions under a global change scenario. Full article
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An Ultra-Resolution Features Extraction Suite for Community-Level Vegetation Differentiation and Mapping at a Sub-Meter Resolution
by Ram C. Sharma
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(13), 3145; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14133145 - 30 Jun 2022
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This paper presents two categories of features extraction and mapping suite, a very high-resolution suite and an ultra-resolution suite at 2 m and 0.5 m resolutions, respectively, for the differentiation and mapping of land cover and community-level vegetation types. The features extraction flow [...] Read more.
This paper presents two categories of features extraction and mapping suite, a very high-resolution suite and an ultra-resolution suite at 2 m and 0.5 m resolutions, respectively, for the differentiation and mapping of land cover and community-level vegetation types. The features extraction flow of the ultra-resolution suite involves pan-sharpening of the multispectral image, color-transformation of the pan-sharpened image, and the generation of panchromatic textural features. The performance of the ultra-resolution features extraction suite was compared with the very high-resolution features extraction suite that involves the calculation of radiometric indices and color-transformation of the multi-spectral image. This research was implemented in three mountainous ecosystems located in a cool temperate region. Three machine learning classifiers, Random Forests, XGBoost, and SoftVoting, were employed with a 10-fold cross-validation method for quantitatively evaluating the performance of the two suites. The ultra-resolution suite provided 5.3% more accuracy than the very high-resolution suite using single-date autumn images. Addition of summer images gained 12.8% accuracy for the ultra-resolution suite and 13.2% accuracy for the very high-resolution suite across all sites, while the ultra-resolution suite showed 4.9% more accuracy than the very high-resolution suite. The features extraction and mapping suites presented in this research are expected to meet the growing need for differentiating land cover and community-level vegetation types at a large scale. Full article
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Thermal Structure of Water Exchange at the Entrance of a Tide-Dominated Strait
by Peng Bai, Jia Wang, Hui Zhao, Bo Li, Jingling Yang, Peiliang Li and Tianyu Zhang
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(13), 3053; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14133053 - 25 Jun 2022
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In summer, westward residual flow in the Qiongzhou Strait (QS) drives a water transport through the strait into the Beibu Gulf, playing a vital role in modifying the gulf-scale circulation. By utilizing multi-source observations, realistic simulations, as well as idealized modeling, the water [...] Read more.
In summer, westward residual flow in the Qiongzhou Strait (QS) drives a water transport through the strait into the Beibu Gulf, playing a vital role in modifying the gulf-scale circulation. By utilizing multi-source observations, realistic simulations, as well as idealized modeling, the water exchange process at the western entrance of the QS was explored from the perspective of thermal structure. High-resolution satellite sea-surface temperature images captured an interesting thermal phenomenon in the studied region, i.e., a trident-shaped warm water tongue. Validations of numerical results suggested satisfactory model performance in reproducing the trident-shaped warm water tongue. Modeling results together with cruise observations indicates extremely weak stratification in the studied region, which is a result of local intense tidal mixing. The cold upwelling water developed at the eastern side of the strait arrived at the western entrance by the westward residual flow, and then encountered and communicated with the well-mixed warm gulf water there. The alternatively deep/shallow topography (sea trough/ridge) triggers spatial variability in tidal current intensity: stronger currents over the deep area with weaker flow above the shallow region leads to alternatively warm/cold thermal distribution in the cross-isobath direction. Further investigation demonstrates that, through modifying the circulation and regulating the intensity of upwelling on the eastern side of the QS, wind also makes a significant contribution to the thermal distribution at the western entrance of the QS. Full article
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Multi-Scenario Simulation of Production-Living-Ecological Space in the Poyang Lake Area Based on Remote Sensing and RF-Markov-FLUS Model
by Huizhong Li, Chaoyang Fang, Yang Xia, Zhiyong Liu and Wei Wang
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(12), 2830; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14122830 - 13 Jun 2022
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With industrialization and urbanization, the competition among land production, living, and ecological (PLE) spaces has intensified. Particularly in ecological reserves, competition among various types of land use restricts the coordinated development of PLE space. To explore spatial sustainable development, this study starts from [...] Read more.
With industrialization and urbanization, the competition among land production, living, and ecological (PLE) spaces has intensified. Particularly in ecological reserves, competition among various types of land use restricts the coordinated development of PLE space. To explore spatial sustainable development, this study starts from a PLE spatial perspective, based on Landsat long time series images. Object-based image analysis (OBIA) and landscape index analysis were selected to monitor the spatial and temporal land use and landscape pattern changes in the Poyang Lake region (PYL region) from 1989 to 2020. The RF-Markov-FLUS coupled model was used to simulate spatial changes in 2030 under four scenarios: production space priority (PSP), living space priority (LSP), ecological space priority (ESP), and an integrated development (ID). Finally, the goal-problem-principle was used to enhance PLE space. The results showed that: (1) production space and ecological spaces decreased in general from 1989 to 2020 by 3% and 7%, respectively; living space increased by 11%. (2) From 1989 to 2020, the overall landscape spread in the Poyang Lake (PYL) area decreased, connectivity decreased, fragmentation increased, landscape heterogeneity increased, and landscape geometry became more irregular. (3) Compared with the other three scenarios, the ID scenario maintained steady production space growth in 2030, the expansion rate of living space slowed, and the area of ecological space decreased the least. (4) Spatial pattern optimization should start with three aspects: the transformation of the agricultural industry, improving the efficiency of urban land use, and establishing communities of “mountains, water, forests, fields, lakes and grasses”. The results provide scientific planning and suggestions for the future ecological protection of Poyang Lake area with multiple scenarios and perspectives. Full article
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Evaluating the Vulnerability of Siberian Crane Habitats and the Influences of Water Level Intervals in Poyang Lake Wetland, China
by Bisong Hu, Lin Zou, Shuhua Qi, Qian Yin, Jin Luo, Lijun Zuo and Yu Meng
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(12), 2774; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14122774 - 09 Jun 2022
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The hydrological situations of wetlands are critical to the habitat qualities of wintering migratory birds. It is of great value to evaluate the habitat vulnerabilities within more precise intervals of water levels and quantitatively assess the influences of water level changes. The findings [...] Read more.
The hydrological situations of wetlands are critical to the habitat qualities of wintering migratory birds. It is of great value to evaluate the habitat vulnerabilities within more precise intervals of water levels and quantitatively assess the influences of water level changes. The findings are advantageous for managing wetland ecosystems and for migratory bird habitat protection. This study identified the ideal habitats for wintering Siberian cranes in Poyang Lake wetland within 1-meter water level intervals (from 5 to 16 m) based on the Landsat thematic mapper (TM), enhanced thematic mapper plus (ETM+), and operational land imager (OLI) remote sensing images taken on multiple dates in the past 30 years. Three indicators—sustainability, stability, and variety—were used to evaluate the vulnerabilities of crane habitats within various water level intervals; the spatial variations and distribution patterns of the habitat vulnerabilities were further explored. The explanatory powers of water level intervals (and others) and their paired interactive effects on the habitat vulnerabilities were quantified using the geographical detector method. The results showed that crane habitat vulnerabilities were significantly sensitive to the water level changes of Poyang Lake; the habitat vulnerabilities and their spatial distribution patterns both exhibited specific tendencies with water level increases. A water level of 12 m was identified as the potential upper threshold for the maintenance of sustainable crane habitats and a water level interval of 9–10 m was expected to be the optimal interval for facilitating the aggregation features of crane habitats. The water level interval was identified as the most dominant factor in habitat vulnerability. It explained 14.46%, 42.89%, and 21.78% of the sustainability, stability, and variety of crane habitats; the numbers were expected to increase to 22%, 49.25%, and 25.84%, respectively, with water level intervals interacting with other factors. This article provides a novel perspective in evaluating the habitat vulnerabilities of wintering migratory birds and quantifying the responses to water level changes in wetlands; the proposed approaches are applicable and practicable for habitat vulnerability assessments of other wintering birds in other typical wetlands. Full article
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Coupling and Coordination Relationships between Urban Expansion and Ecosystem Service Value in Kashgar City
by Bumairiyemu Maimaiti, Shuisen Chen, Alimujiang Kasimu, Aynur Mamat, Nuermaimaiti Aierken and Qianli Chen
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(11), 2557; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14112557 - 26 May 2022
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The growing urbanization of oasis cities in arid and semi-arid regions of Northwest China has an adverse influence on the fragile local ecological system. Therefore, improved understanding of the coupling and coordination between urban expansion (UE) and ecosystem services value ( [...] Read more.
The growing urbanization of oasis cities in arid and semi-arid regions of Northwest China has an adverse influence on the fragile local ecological system. Therefore, improved understanding of the coupling and coordination between urban expansion (UE) and ecosystem services value (ESv) is critical to long term sustainable development. Here, we study the urbanization trend of a typical oasis city of Northwest China (Kashgar) using Landsat TM/ETM+/OLI imagery from 1990 to 2015. Land use types are classified and the spatio-temporal features of UE are analyzed; ESv of each land use types and the ecosystem services function (ESf) are determined; the driving factors of UE and the spatio-temporal change of ESv are analyzed; and the coupling and coordination relationship between UE and ESv is quantitatively determined. Results show that: (1) The land use structure has changed significantly between 1990 and 2015, with construction land (40.51 km2) showing the highest growth and farmland (28.42 km2). (2) UE values during 2000–2005 (16.65 km2) and 2010–2015 (21.09 km2) are relatively large, and during 1990–2015, the city extended from the center to the outskirts at a dynamic growth rate of 13.17% and a comprehensive expansion index of 1.54‰. (3) The total ESv was reduced by CNY 35.76 million (USD ~ 5.26 million), ranked from high to low as: waste treatment (CNY 9.94 million, USD ~1.46 million), water source conservation (CNY 7.95 million, USD ~ 1.17 million), soil formation (CNY 4.60 million, USD ~ 0.68 million), biodiversity protection (CNY 3.37 million, USD ~ 0.5 million), climate regulation (CNY 3.15 million, USD ~ 0.46 million), food production (CNY 2.83 million, USD ~ 0.42 million), gas regulation (CNY 1.96 million, USD ~ 0.29 million), entertainment and leisure (CNY 1.26 million, USD ~ 0.19 million), and raw materials (CNY 0.68 million, USD ~ 0.1 million). (4) The coupling degree between UE and ESv is relatively small (<0.5), though this value has increased yearly. The coordination degree between UE and ESv is relatively low, indicating that UE already poses a serious danger to the ecological environment. (5) The rapid growth of the population and economy and government policies are the main driving factors of intensive UE. Increasing climatic factors such as precipitation, temperature, and runoff impact ESv in some positive ways whereas UE leads to a reduction of ESv. Our results here can help to guide long-term sustainable development of arid regions, reasonable urban planning of oasis cities, and protection of the local ecological environment. Full article
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Identifying High Stranding Risk Areas of the Yangtze Finless Porpoise via Remote Sensing and Hydrodynamic Modeling
by Qiyue Li, Wenya Li, Geying Lai, Ying Liu, Adam Thomas Devlin, Weiping Wang and Shupin Zhan
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(10), 2455; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14102455 - 20 May 2022
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Freshwater cetaceans that inhabit river basins with seasonally changing hydrological regimes have a higher risk of stranding, leading to increased mortality and population decline. In Poyang Lake, the stranding risk of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise are high, due to the significant [...] Read more.
Freshwater cetaceans that inhabit river basins with seasonally changing hydrological regimes have a higher risk of stranding, leading to increased mortality and population decline. In Poyang Lake, the stranding risk of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise are high, due to the significant differences in hydrological and landscape conditions between the flood and dry seasons. However, this stranding information is not well recorded, resulting in poorly guided investigation and rescue efforts. We here employ remote sensing and hydrodynamic modeling to obtain four evaluation indicators in dry, normal, and flood scenarios in Poyang Lake. Results show that nearly 50% of the largest habitat range of the porpoises in the flood season will be land areas during the dry season, and that landscape fragmentation between land and water has increased over the past three decades. In all scenarios, the mean water depth of the habitat varied from 1.77 to 4.89 m from September–February. In the dry scenario, about 59% of the habitat experiences a water depth of <1 m within 15 days. The high stranding risk area is 284.54 km2 in the dry scenario, >251.04 km2 in the normal scenario, and >90.12 km2 in the flood scenario. High-stranding risk areas are located within city boundaries, where porpoise stranding cases have been recorded, especially in Duchang, which has the most high-risk areas in all scenarios. In all scenarios, the high stranding risk area has an average bathymetry of 7.81 m and an average water depth between 1.75 and 5.54 m. Our results can guide future investigations to establish sound stranding networks, and the methods proposed here are also applicable to studies of other freshwater cetaceans facing severe stranding risk. Full article
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Assessment and Improvement of Urban Resilience to Flooding at a Subdistrict Level Using Multi-Source Geospatial Data: Jakarta as a Case Study
by Hui Zhang, Xiaoqian Liu, Yingkai Xie, Qiang Gou, Rongrong Li, Yanqing Qiu, Yueming Hu and Bo Huang
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(9), 2010; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14092010 - 22 Apr 2022
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Urban resilience to natural disasters (e.g., flooding), in the context of climate change, has been becoming increasingly important for the sustainable development of cities. This paper presents a method to assess the urban resilience to flooding in terms of the recovery rate of [...] Read more.
Urban resilience to natural disasters (e.g., flooding), in the context of climate change, has been becoming increasingly important for the sustainable development of cities. This paper presents a method to assess the urban resilience to flooding in terms of the recovery rate of different subdistricts in a city using all-weather synthetic aperture radar imagery (i.e., Sentinel-1A imagery). The factors that influence resilience, and their relative importance, are then determined through principal component analysis. Jakarta, a flood-prone city in Indonesia, is selected as a case study. The resilience of 42 subdistricts in Jakarta, with their gross domestic product data super-resolved using nighttime-light satellite images, was assessed. The association between resilience levels and influencing factors, such as topology, mixtures of religion, and points-of-interest density, were subsequently derived. Topographic factors, such as elevation (coefficient = 0.3784) and slope (coefficient = 0.1079), were found to have the strongest positive influence on flood recovery, whereas population density (coefficient = −0.1774) a negative effect. These findings provide evidence for policymakers to make more pertinent strategies to improve flood resilience, especially in subdistricts with lower resilience levels. Full article
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Deriving Nutrient Concentrations from Sentinel-3 OLCI Data in North-Eastern Baltic Sea
by Tuuli Soomets, Kaire Toming, Jekaterina Jefimova, Andres Jaanus, Arno Põllumäe and Tiit Kutser
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(6), 1487; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14061487 - 19 Mar 2022
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Nutrients are important elements in marine ecosystems and water quality, and have a major role in the eutrophication of water bodies. Monitoring nutrient loads is especially important for the Baltic Sea, which is especially sensitive to the eutrophication. Using optical remote sensing data [...] Read more.
Nutrients are important elements in marine ecosystems and water quality, and have a major role in the eutrophication of water bodies. Monitoring nutrient loads is especially important for the Baltic Sea, which is especially sensitive to the eutrophication. Using optical remote sensing data in mapping total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) is challenging because these substances do not have a direct influence on the water optics that remote sensing sensors can detect. On the other hand, it would be very rewarding. In this study, more than 25,000 Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) data algorithms were tested in order to detect the TN and TP concentrations in the Estonian marine waters between 2016–2021. The TN estimations were well derived for Estonian marine waters (R2 = 0.73, RMSE = 4.87 µmolN L−1, MAPE = 14%, n = 708), while the TP estimations were weaker (R2 = 0.38, RMSE = 0.23 µmolP L−1, MAPE = 24%, n = 730). The Estonian marine waters were divided into six geographic regions in order to study the effect of regional water quality on the TN and TP retrievals. The nutrient concentrations were derived in every region when spring and summer periods were treated separately. In this study, the detection of both nutrients was more successful in more closed areas with P deficiency, while in open sea areas it was more challenging. This study shows that it is possible to estimate nutrients, especially TN, from remote sensing data. Consequently, remote sensing could provide a reliable support to the conventional monitoring by covering large marine areas with high temporal and spatial resolution data. Full article
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Development of a Landscape-Based Multi-Metric Index to Assess Wetland Health of the Poyang Lake
by Dandan Liu, Lingling Liu, Qinghui You, Qiwu Hu, Minfei Jian, Guihua Liu, Mingyang Cong, Bo Yao, Ying Xia, Jie Zhong and Wenjing Yang
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(5), 1082; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14051082 - 23 Feb 2022
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Human-induced changes in landscapes are one of the major drivers of wetland loss and degradation. The Poyang Lake wetland in China has been experiencing severe degradation due to human disturbance and landscape modification. Indicators to assess the condition of this wetland are thus [...] Read more.
Human-induced changes in landscapes are one of the major drivers of wetland loss and degradation. The Poyang Lake wetland in China has been experiencing severe degradation due to human disturbance and landscape modification. Indicators to assess the condition of this wetland are thus needed urgently. Here, a landscape-based multi-metric index (LMI) is developed to evaluate the condition of the Poyang Lake wetland. Twenty-three candidate metrics that have been applied to wetland health assessment in published studies were tested. Metrics that show strong discriminative power to identify reference and impaired sites, having significant correlations with either benthic macroinvertebrate- or vegetation-based indices of biotic integrity (B-IBI or V-IBI), were chosen to form the LMI index. Five of these metrics (largest patch index, modified normalized differential built-up index, Shannon’s diversity index, connectance index, and cultivated land stress index) were selected as our LMI metrics. A 2 km buffer zone around sample sites had the strongest explanatory power of any spatial scale on IBIs, suggesting that protecting landscapes at local scales is essential for wetland conservation. The LMI scores ranged between 1.05 and 5.00, with a mean of 3.25, suggesting that the condition of the Poyang Lake wetland is currently in the “fair” category. The areas along lakeshores were mainly in poor or very poor conditions, while the less accessible inner areas were in better conditions. This study demonstrates significant links between landscape characteristics and wetland biotic integrity, which validates the utility of satellite imagery-derived data in assessing wetland health. The LMI method developed in this study can be used by land managers to quickly assess broad regions of the Poyang Lake wetland. Full article
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Characteristics of Marine Heatwaves in the Japan/East Sea
by Dingqi Wang, Tengfei Xu, Guohong Fang, Shumin Jiang, Guanlin Wang, Zexun Wei and Yonggang Wang
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(4), 936; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14040936 - 15 Feb 2022
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Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are prolonged discrete events of anomalously warm seawater observed around the world. The occurrence of MHWs in the Japan/East Sea (JES), a middle latitude marginal sea with abundant aquatic resources, has severe impacts on marine ecosystems and human society. We [...] Read more.
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are prolonged discrete events of anomalously warm seawater observed around the world. The occurrence of MHWs in the Japan/East Sea (JES), a middle latitude marginal sea with abundant aquatic resources, has severe impacts on marine ecosystems and human society. We used satellite remote sensing products spanning 1982–2020 to investigate the mean states and variations of JES MHWs. The results show that the JES MHWs occurred twice per year. More than 40% of the MHWs were shorter than the mean duration of 12.6 days and weaker than the mean intensity of 2.4 °C. Frequent MHWs were observed in August, while high mean intensities were observed in winter and spring in the western JES. In recent years, the area’s averaged yearly sum of MHW intensity in the JES has increased dramatically, with a positive trend of 29.62 °C days per decade—over twice the average global trend (12.37 °C days per decade), which is further confirmed by its first empirical orthogonal function mode. The strengthening trend in MHWs may be explained by oceanic dynamics rather than atmospheric forcing, and may result in increased surface latent heat flux from the ocean to the atmosphere. Full article
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Changes of Chinese Coastal Regions Induced by Land Reclamation as Revealed through TanDEM-X DEM and InSAR Analyses
by Maochuan Tang, Qing Zhao, Antonio Pepe, Adam Thomas Devlin, Francesco Falabella, Chengfang Yao and Zhengjie Li
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(3), 637; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14030637 - 28 Jan 2022
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Chinese coastal topography has changed significantly over the last two decades due to human actions such as the development of extensive land reclamation projects. Newly-reclaimed lands typically have low elevations (<10 m) and often experience severe ground subsidence. These conditions, combined with the [...] Read more.
Chinese coastal topography has changed significantly over the last two decades due to human actions such as the development of extensive land reclamation projects. Newly-reclaimed lands typically have low elevations (<10 m) and often experience severe ground subsidence. These conditions, combined with the more frequent occurrence of extreme sea-level events amplified by global climate change, lead to an increased risk of flooding of coastal regions. This work focuses on twelve Chinese coastal areas that underwent significant changes from 2000 to 2015 in their environments, correlated to relevant land reclamation projects. First, the ground changes between 2000 and 2015 were roughly computed by comparing the TanDEM-X and the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) digital elevation models of the investigated areas. These results indicate that six of the analyzed coastal zones have reclaimed more than 200 km2 of new lands from 2000 to 2015, with five of them in northern China. Second, we focused specifically on the city of Shanghai, and characterized the risk of flood in this area. To this purpose, two independent sets of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data collected at the X- and C-band through the COSMO-SkyMed (CSK) and the European Copernicus Sentinel-1 (S-1) sensors were exploited. We assumed that the still extreme seawater depth is chi-square distributed, and estimated the probability of waves overtopping the coast. We also evaluated the impact on the territory of potential extreme flood events by counting the number of very-coherent objects (at most anthropic, such as buildings and public infrastructures) that could be seriously affected by a flood. To forecast possible inundation patterns, we used the LISFLOOD-FP hydrodynamic model. Assuming that an extreme event destroyed a given sector of the coastline, we finally computed the extent of the flooded areas and quantified its impact in terms of coherent structures potentially damaged by the inundation. Experimental results showed that two coastline segments located in the southern districts of Shanghai, where the seawalls height is lower, had the highest probability of wave overtopping and the most significant density of coherent objects potentially subjected to severe flood impacts. Full article
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Physical and Biochemical Responses to Sequential Tropical Cyclones in the Arabian Sea
by Tongyu Wang, Fajin Chen, Shuwen Zhang, Jiayi Pan, Adam T. Devlin, Hao Ning and Weiqiang Zeng
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(3), 529; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14030529 - 23 Jan 2022
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The upper-ocean physical and biochemical responses to sequential tropical cyclones (TCs) Kyarr and Maha in the Arabian Sea (AS) were investigated using data from satellites and Bio-Argo floats. Corresponding to slow and strong sequential TCs, two cooling processes and two short chlorophyll a [...] Read more.
The upper-ocean physical and biochemical responses to sequential tropical cyclones (TCs) Kyarr and Maha in the Arabian Sea (AS) were investigated using data from satellites and Bio-Argo floats. Corresponding to slow and strong sequential TCs, two cooling processes and two short chlorophyll a (chl-a) blooms occurred on the sea surface, separated by 6–7 days, and three cold eddies appeared near the TC paths, with sea surface temperatures dropping more than 6 °C. Phytoplankton blooms occurred near cold eddies e1, e2, and e3, with chl-a concentrations reaching 12.76, 23.09, and 16.51 mg/m3, respectively. The depth-integrated chl-a analysis confirmed that the first chl-a enhancement was related to the redistribution of chl-a associated with TC-induced Ekman pumping and vertical mixing at the base of the mixed layer post-TC Kyarr. The subsequent, more pronounced chl-a bloom occurred due to the net growth of phytoplankton, as nutrient-rich cold waters were brought into the euphotic layer through Ekman pumping, entrainment, and eddy pumping post-TC Maha. Upwelling (vertical mixing) was the dominant process allowing the resupply of nutrients near (on the right side of) the TC path. The results derived from a biogeochemistry model indicated that the chl-a evolution was consistent with the observations recorded on Bio-Argo floats. This study suggests that in sequential TC-induced phytoplankton blooms, the redistribution of chl-a is a major mechanism for the first bloom, when high chl-a concentrations occur in the subsurface layer, whereas the second bloom is fueled by nutrients supplied from the deep layer. Full article
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Construction of Regional Ecological Security Patterns Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Making and Circuit Theory
by Haoran Yu, Xinchen Gu, Guihua Liu, Xin Fan, Qi Zhao and Qiang Zhang
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(3), 527; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14030527 - 22 Jan 2022
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The scientific identification of key areas for regional ecological protection represents an important basis for maintaining regional ecological stability and enhancing regional development. It is also a developing methodology of landscape ecology (LE) research. The strategic ecological protection and integrated development of the [...] Read more.
The scientific identification of key areas for regional ecological protection represents an important basis for maintaining regional ecological stability and enhancing regional development. It is also a developing methodology of landscape ecology (LE) research. The strategic ecological protection and integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta region is of critical significance for promoting the construction of ecological civilization in the watershed and improving societal health. Here, we analyze Anhui Province and select important ecosystem service functions (biodiversity, carbon fixation, soil conservation function, and water retention) in the study area. We construct a spatial pattern of ecosystem services for multiple scenarios based on the multi-criteria decision-making method ordered weighted averaging (OWA), calculate the trade-off degree and conservation efficiency of each scenario, identify ecological priority conservation areas, use circuit theory to explore ecological corridors and key areas and to construct regional ecological corridors, and identify regional pinch points and barrier points which may impede the construction of regional ecological security patterns. The study area is divided into an ecological protection zone, ecological buffer zone, ecological transition zone, ecological optimization zone, and ecological governance zone. Our results show that: (1) the four types of ecosystems in the study area have similar spatial distribution patterns, with an overall spatial characteristic of “high in the southwest and low in the northeast”; (2) the four types of ecosystem services in the study area show synergistic relationships at the provincial scale, but in areas with different natural and geographical characteristics, there are both synergistic and trade-off relationships between different ecosystem services; (3) a total of 121 ecological source sites were identified in the study area based on multi-criteria decision making which cover an area of 43,222.26 km2, accounting for 30.87% of the total area of the study area; and (4) a total of 250 ecological corridors, 54 pinch points, and 24 barrier points were identified in the study area based on circuit theory. Our results may provide decision support for ecological restoration and land use structure optimization in Anhui Province and other regions. Full article
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Tracking of Land Reclamation Activities Using Landsat Observations—An Example in Shanghai and Hangzhou Bay
by Yuming Shi, Chengquan Huang, Shuo Shi and Jianya Gong
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(3), 464; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14030464 - 19 Jan 2022
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At present, reclamation—changing ocean areas into inland land cover type for human usage—is one of the major methods for expanding land area around the world to alleviate the problem of land shortage. Thus, reclamation activities play an important role in land area extension. [...] Read more.
At present, reclamation—changing ocean areas into inland land cover type for human usage—is one of the major methods for expanding land area around the world to alleviate the problem of land shortage. Thus, reclamation activities play an important role in land area extension. In recent years, reclamation projects have been active in eastern China. However, research on how to determine the initiation of reclamation activity remains very limited. Thus, a method of tracking reclamation activities was proposed in this study to analyze the coastline change due to human activities in Shanghai Lingang New City and Hangzhou Bay area. First, the reclamation area was extracted and separated into sea filling and sea enclosing. Next, the “SEDIMENT” signal track method and the “Eight-Neighborhood” morphological method were used to track dissimilar reclamation types. The historical reclamation activities (including start time and end time) over the recent 30 years were also tracked and obtained. Experimental results indicated that the time tracker accuracy of reclamation activity can reach 83.8%. Thus, this study can provide a reference for tracking coastline change. Full article
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A Characteristics Set Computation Model for Internal Wavenumber Spectra and Its Validation with MODIS Retrieved Parameters in the Sulu Sea and Celebes Sea
by Yongzeng Yang, Meng Sun, Lina Sun, Changshui Xia, Yong Teng and Xinmei Cui
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(9), 1967; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rs14091967 - 19 Apr 2022
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The quasi-linear or nonlinear interactions among different ocean motions dominate the system internal structure and appearance feature presented in spatial and temporal evolution. However, deficiency of the characteristics set computation model for internal wavenumber spectra proves to be a serious barrier to derive [...] Read more.
The quasi-linear or nonlinear interactions among different ocean motions dominate the system internal structure and appearance feature presented in spatial and temporal evolution. However, deficiency of the characteristics set computation model for internal wavenumber spectra proves to be a serious barrier to derive interaction mechanisms of internal waves with large or small scale ocean motions. In this study, a characteristics set computation model for internal wavenumber spectra is proposed for complicated offshore environments. The refraction of current shear instability, bottom topography and the reflection at surface and bottom are attentively considered in the complicated characteristics inlaid scheme. Model results are validated with MODIS retrieved internal wave parameters in the Sulu Sea and Celebes Sea. This original characteristics set computation model for internal wavenumber spectra can be used widely and can further improve the understandings of generation, dissipation, nonlinear wave-wave interaction and mixing process of internal waves. Full article
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