Journal Article10.1007/S10661-012-2781-Z
Assessing and monitoring semi-arid shrublands using object-based image analysis and multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis
Yuki Hamada,Yuki Hamada,Douglas A. Stow,Dar A. Roberts,Janet Franklin,Phaedon C. Kyriakidis,Phaedon C. Kyriakidis +6 more
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TL;DR: The utility of remote-sensing approaches—object-based image analysis applied to pansharpened QuickBird imagery (QBPS/OBIA) and multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis (MESma) applied to SPOT imagery (SPOT/MESMA)—for estimating fractional cover of true shrub, subshrub, herb, and bare ground within CSS communities of southern California are investigated.
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Abstract: Arid and semi-arid shrublands have signif- icant biological and economical values and have been experiencing dramatic changes due to human activi- ties. In California, California sage scrub (CSS) is one of the most endangered plant communities in the US and requires close monitoring in order to conserve this important biological resource. We investigate the util- ity of remote-sensing approaches—object-based im- age analysis applied to pansharpened QuickBird imagery (QBPS/OBIA) and multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis (MESMA) applied to SPOT imagery (SPOT/MESMA)—for estimating fractional cover of true shrub, subshrub, herb, and bare ground within CSS communities of southern California. We also explore the effectiveness of life-form cover maps for assessing CSS conditions. Overall and combined shrub cover (i.e., true shrub and subshrub) were esti- mated more accurately using QBPS/OBIA (mean ab- solute error or MAE, 8.9 %) than SPOT/MESMA (MAE, 11.4 %). Life-form cover from QBPS/OBIA at a 25×25 m grid cell size seems most desirable for assessing CSS because of its higher accuracy and spatial detail in cover estimates and amenability to extracting other vegetation information (e.g., size, shape, and density of shrub patches). Maps derived from SPOT/MESMA at a 50×50 m scale are effective for retrospective analysis of life-form cover change because their comparable accuracies to QBPS/OBIA and availability of SPOT archives data dating back to the mid-1980s. The framework in this study can be applied to other physiognomically comparable shrub- land communities.
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