Innovative Technologies for Terrestrial Earth Observation

陆地地球观测创新技术

• 批准号: NE/H003347/1
• 负责人: Paul Aplin
• 金额: $ 10.34万
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2010 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FH003347%2F1
• 关键词: Innovative; Technologies; Terrestrial; Earth; Observation

Characterising and monitoring terrestrial or land surface features like forests, deserts and cities are fundamental and continuing goals of Earth Observation (EO). EO imagery and related technology is essential to understand environmental processes like carbon capture and manage environmental resources like tropical forests, particularly over large areas or the entire globe. This measurement or observation of some property of the land surface is central to a wide range of scientific investigations and industrial operations, involving individuals and organisations from many different backgrounds and disciplines. However, this process of observing the land provides a unifying theme for these investigations, and in practice there is much consistency in the instruments used for observation and the techniques used to map and model the environmental subject. There is therefore great potential benefit in exchanging technological knowledge and experience among the many and diverse members of the terrestrial EO community. The aim of the cluster is to exchange knowledge and facilitate understanding, development and uptake of state-of-the-art technology used in EO of the land surface. This will include consideration of the full range of terrestrial EO operation, from platform and sensor development, to image retrieval and analysis, environmental modelling and thematic application. The 'terrestrial' focus is deliberately broad to ensure wide relevance across and engagement from the whole community, involving both research and industry. However, to guarantee specific technological advancement and achievement, priority areas or themes will be identified for detailed investigation. While these themes will be determined ultimately through consultation with the EO community, prospective themes include the operation of autonomous aerial vehicles in land observation, development of novel land classification approaches and application of EO to threatened environments such as peatlands. The consultative process ensures the cluster's activities are guided by and effectively represent the community's interests. The themes will operate in close communication with each other to ensure cross-fertilisation of knowledge and contribution to overall cluster goals. Cluster activities will include the development of various networking mechanisms to bring together all parties interested in terrestrial EO technology. Central to this will be an interactive website, where news and updates will be posted regularly and participants can share resources. Various cluster events will be held, including scientific workshops and commercial demonstrations in the first year, and a major conference and gadget show in the second year to be held at the National Space Centre. Cluster activities will yield a range of scientific, technical and general interest publications. Theme events will be supported with workbooks and abstract booklets, and theme coordinators will be encouraged to organise journal special issues. An edited volume will also be published on Future Terrestrial Earth Observation Technology to outline state-of-the-art technology and signpost future development. To guarantee benefits across the whole terrestrial EO community, the cluster will be organised by a consortium representing a wide range of interests. At the heart of this consortium are three umbrella bodies covering research and higher education (the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society), industry (the British Association of Remote Sensing Companies) and existing EO activities at the Natural Environment Research Council (the National Centre for Earth Observation). Together, these bodies represent hundreds of organisations and thousands of researchers, developers and users of EO technology. Researchers will benefit through the development of strategic collaborations, NERC will benefit through guidance on technology policy and commercial organisations will benefit through user feedback.

描述和监测森林、沙漠和城市等陆地或陆地表面特征是地球观测（EO）的基本和持续目标。EO图像和相关技术对于了解碳捕获等环境过程和管理热带森林等环境资源至关重要，特别是在大面积或整个全球范围内。这种对陆地表面某些特性的测量或观察是广泛的科学调查和工业操作的核心，涉及来自许多不同背景和学科的个人和组织。然而，观察土地的过程为这些调查提供了一个统一的主题，并且在实践中，用于观察的仪器和用于绘制和模拟环境主题的技术有很大的一致性。因此，在众多不同的陆地生态系统成员之间交流技术知识和经验有很大的潜在好处。该小组的目的是交流知识，促进了解、发展和采用陆地表面环境观测所使用的最先进技术。这将包括考虑从平台和传感器开发到图像检索和分析、环境建模和专题应用的所有地面EO操作。“地面”的重点是广泛的，以确保整个社会的广泛相关性和参与，包括研究和工业。但是，为了保证具体的技术进步和成就，将确定优先领域或主题进行详细调查。虽然这些主题最终将通过与EO社区协商确定，但未来的主题包括自主飞行器在陆地观测中的操作，新型土地分类方法的发展以及EO在泥炭地等受威胁环境中的应用。谘询程序确保小组的活动以社会的利益为指引，并有效地代表社会的利益。各主题将彼此密切联系，以确保知识的相互融合，并对总体集群目标作出贡献。分组活动将包括发展各种网络机制，把对地面观测技术感兴趣的各方聚集在一起。其核心将是一个互动网站，定期发布新闻和更新，参与者可以共享资源。将举行各种集群活动，包括第一年的科学研讨会和商业演示，第二年将在国家航天中心举行一次大型会议和小工具展示。分组活动将产生一系列科学、技术和大众感兴趣的出版物。将为主题活动提供工作手册和摘要小册子，并鼓励主题协调员组织期刊特刊。还将出版一本关于未来地球对地观测技术的编辑卷，概述最先进的技术和指示未来的发展。为了保证整个地面行政系统的利益，该小组将由一个代表广泛利益的联盟组织。这个联盟的核心是三个伞形机构，包括研究和高等教育（遥感和摄影测量学会）、工业（英国遥感公司协会）和自然环境研究委员会（国家地球观测中心）现有的环境观测活动。这些机构共同代表了数百个组织和数千名EO技术的研究人员、开发人员和用户。研究人员将从战略合作的发展中受益，NERC将从技术政策的指导中受益，商业组织将从用户反馈中受益。

项目成果

Mapping Complex Urban Land Cover from Spaceborne Imagery: The Influence of Spatial Resolution, Spectral Band Set and Classification Approach

• DOI: 10.3390/rs8020088
• 发表时间: 2016-02-01
• 期刊: REMOTE SENSING
• 影响因子: 5
• 作者: Momeni, Rahman;Aplin, Paul;Boyd, Doreen S.
• 通讯作者: Boyd, Doreen S.

Innovative Technologies for Terrestrial Remote Sensing

• DOI: 10.3390/rs70404968
• 发表时间: 2015-04
• 期刊: Remote. Sens.
• 作者: P. Aplin;D. Boyd

Exploring the Potential for Automatic Extraction of Vegetation Phenological Metrics from Traffic Webcams

• DOI: 10.3390/rs5052200
• 发表时间: 2013-05-01
• 期刊: REMOTE SENSING
• 影响因子: 5
• 作者: Morris, David E.;Boyd, Doreen S.;Smith, Karon L.
• 通讯作者: Smith, Karon L.

Temperature response of ex-situ greenhouse gas emissions from tropical peatlands: Interactions between forest type and peat moisture conditions

• DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.02.029
• 发表时间: 2018-08
• 期刊: Geoderma
• 影响因子: 6.1
• 作者: S. Sjögersten;P. Aplin;V. Gauci;M. Peacock;A. Siegenthaler;Benjamin L Turner

Decision Tree and Texture Analysis for Mapping Debris-Covered Glaciers in the Kangchenjunga Area, Eastern Himalaya

• DOI: 10.3390/rs4103078
• 发表时间: 2012-10-01
• 期刊: REMOTE SENSING
• 影响因子: 5
• 作者: Racoviteanu, Adina;Williams, Mark W.
• 通讯作者: Williams, Mark W.