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Extraction the Spatial Distribution of Mangroves in the Same Month Based on Images Reconstructed with the FSDAF Model
Summary
Researchers applied the FSDAF spatiotemporal fusion model to reconstruct cloud-free satellite images for the same target month, enabling accurate extraction of mangrove spatial distributions in coastal wetlands despite the persistent cloud cover that limits image availability in mangrove-growing regions. The approach demonstrated improved accuracy in mapping mangrove extent compared to methods relying on mosaicked images spanning several months.
Mangroves have extremely high economic and ecological value. Through remote sensing, the spatial distribution of and spatiotemporal changes in mangroves can be accurately obtained, providing data support for the sustainable development of coastal wetlands. However, due to the cloudy and rainy conditions in the growing areas of mangroves, there are relatively few high-quality image data available, resulting in a time difference between regional mosaic images, with a maximum difference of several months, which has a certain impact on accuracy when extracting the spatial distribution of mangroves in some regions. At present, most regional mangrove research has ignored the impact of the time difference between mosaic images, which not only leads to inaccurate monitoring results of mangroves’ spatial distribution and dynamic changes but also limits the frequency of monitoring of regional mangrove dynamic changes to an annual scale, making it difficult to achieve more refined time scales. Based on this, this study takes the coastal mangrove distribution area in China as the research area, uses Landsat 8 and MODIS images as basic data, reconstructs the January 2021 images of the research area based on the FSDAF model, and uses a random forest algorithm to extract the spatial distribution of mangrove forests and analyze the landscape pattern. The results showed that the fused image based on the FSDAF model was highly similar to the validation image, with an R value of 0.85, showing a significant positive correlation, indicating that the fused image could replace the original image for mangrove extraction in the same month. The overall accuracy of the spatial distribution extraction of mangroves based on the fused image was 89.97%. The high sample separation and spectral curve changes highly similar to the validation image indicate that the fused image can more accurately obtain the spatial distribution of mangroves. Compared to the original image, the fused image based on the FSDAF model is closer to the validation image, and the fused image can reflect the changes in mangroves in time series, thus achieving accurate acquisition of dynamic change information in a short time span. It provides data and methodological support for future monitoring of dynamic changes in large-scale mangroves. The total area of mangroves in China in January 2021 based on the fused image was 27,122.4 ha, of which Guangdong had the largest mangrove area, with 12,098.34 ha, while Macao had the smallest mangrove area of only 16.74 ha. At the same time, the mangroves in Guangdong and Guangxi had a high degree of fragmentation and were severely disturbed, requiring strengthened protection efforts, while the mangroves in Hong Kong, Zhejiang, and Macao had regular shapes, benefiting from local active artificial restoration.
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