Remote Sensing: Viewing Japan from Space Recent Advancement in Remote Sensing Mirza Muhammad Waqar PhD Scholar Email: mirza.waqar@chiba-u.jp Website: https://mirzawaqar.wordpress.com/ Josaphat Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory (JMRSL), Center of Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
Satellite Resolutions 𝑆𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛= 1 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 Examples: Satellite Mission Spatial Resolution Spectral Resolution MODIS 250m 36 bands Landsat 30m 8 bands SPOT 10m, 5m, 2.5m 4 bands IKNOS 1m QuickBird 0.6m
Satellite Resolutions 𝑆𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛= 1 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 Examples: Satellite Mission Spatial Resolution Spectral Resolution WorldView 1-2 0.5m 8 bands WorldView 3 0.3m 28 bands
Transition from Manual to Automatic Preprocessing Automatic Haze Removal, Atmospheric Correction Models (LEDAPS) Onboard Georeferencing without using GCPs (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0143 1161.2014.887236#.U_xOh_mSxLE) Image Transformations for information extraction (OIF, PCA, MNF) Advanced Image fusion techniques
Advance Classification Techniques Knowledge based Classification Geographical stratification – the study area is divided into smaller areas (strata) so that each strata can be processed independently.
Advance Classification Techniques Hybrid Classification Satellite Image Create subsets of areas having pure pixels Unsupervised Classification Drive Signatures Supervised Classification
Advance Classification Techniques Object Based Classification
Advance Classification Techniques Sub Pixel Classification:
Advance Classification Techniques
Feature Extraction Techniques Linear Feature Extraction Techniques Non Linear Feature Extraction Techniques Edge Feature Extraction Techniques Linear Unmixing
Recent Research Trends
Research Trends Algorithm development for feature extraction Exploiting Satellite data to extract biophysical parameters Fusing data from different sensors for time series analysis Mineral mapping and vegetation healthy mapping using Thermal Hyperspectral imagery
Funding Opportunities
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Web Link: http://www.icimod.org/
COMSTECH-IFSC Research Grant Program Web Link: http://comstech.org/research-grants-programs.aspx
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Web Link: http://wwf.org.pk/sgp/sgp_studentgrant.php
International Foundation for Science (IFS) Web Link: http://ifs.se/ifs-programme/
Funded Training Opportunities
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Imagery Grant Opportunities
DigitalGlobe Imagery Grant Web Link: http://www.digitalglobefoundation.org/application-process
IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest
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