| Title | Temporal filters for mapping phragmites with C-HH SAR data / Filtres temporels pour cartographier les phragmites à partir de données RSO en bande C-HH |
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| Author | White, L; Brisco, B; Murnaghan, K; Pasher, J; Duffe, J |
| Source | Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 2020 p. 1-10, https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2020.1799770  Open Access |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20200393 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Inc. |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf; html |
| Province | Ontario |
| NTS | 31D/13; 31E/04; 41A/16; 41H/01 |
| Area | Georgian Bay Islands National Park of Canada |
| Lat/Long WENS | -80.1992 -79.7775 45.1547 44.7731 |
| Subjects | geophysics; Science and Technology; Nature and Environment; remote sensing; satellite imagery; radar methods; software; vegetation; wetlands; surface waters; Phragmites australis; GAMMA; RADARSAT
Constellation Mission (RCM); Data processing |
| Illustrations | location maps; tables; satellite images; flow diagrams; time series |
| Released | 2020 08 18 |
| Abstract | We compared traditional spatial filters and multi-temporal filters to remove speckle from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data for mapping Phragmites australis. SAR constellations, with more rapid
revisit capability, allow one to generate stacks of SAR data and to use multi-temporal filters for speckle reduction. GAMMA software offers multi-temporal filters for SAR processing, two of which we compared to the traditional Enhanced Lee and the
Lee filters. We evaluated the filters using three criteria: (1) visual inspection, (2) signal level ratio, and (3) the equivalent number of looks (ENL). The results of this study show that multi-temporal filters were able to reduce speckle from areas
of surface water and land, as well as to improve the detection of Phragmites patches due to preserving the resolution and texture which helped in the detection of the patch boundaries. The signal level ratio was approximately 1.0 with the GAMMA
Multi-temporal filter and approximately 0.9 with the other filters. The enhanced Lee and the two multi-temporal filters produced an equal ENL of about 6. However, due to small patch sizes and backscatter similarity with cattails and other cover types
Phragmites patches were difficult to separate from other types of flooded vegetation with C-HH intensity only. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This study focused on improving the accuracy of mapping Phragmites australis, a type of wetland plant, using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. SAR
data can be noisy due to speckles, which are unwanted artifacts. To reduce this noise, the researchers compared traditional spatial filters with multi-temporal filters. Multi-temporal filters take advantage of SAR data collected at different times to
improve speckle reduction.
They used software called GAMMA that offers these multi-temporal filters and compared them to traditional filters like Enhanced Lee and Lee. They evaluated the filters based on visual inspection, signal level ratio, and
equivalent number of looks (ENL).
The study found that multi-temporal filters effectively reduced speckle in areas with water and land while preserving important details, which helped detect Phragmites patches more accurately. The signal level
ratio was about 1.0 for the GAMMA Multi-temporal filter and around 0.9 for the other filters. The filters all achieved a similar ENL of about 6.
Overall, this research contributes to improving the mapping of wetland vegetation, which is crucial
for environmental monitoring and conservation efforts. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 327186 |
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