Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 57, Issue 4, 042801(2020)

Application of Image Filtering Operator in Extraction of Soil Salinization Information

Zheng Wang1,2, Fei Zhang1,2,3、*, Xianlong Zhang1,2, and Yishan Wang1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Smart City and Environmental Modeling of Higher Education Institute, College of Resources and Environment Sciences, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830046, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830046, China
  • 3Engineering research center of Central Asia Geoinformation development and utilization, National administration of surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830046, China
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    To reduce the noise in remote-sensing images, seven typical filtering operators are selected to separately process the remote-sensing images. Combined with the classification method of support vector machine (SVM), we analyze the variation of images’ brightness values after filtering and compare their accuracy with that of unfiltered remote-sensing images. The results show that the filtered remote-sensing images have a higher classification accuracy for the extraction of soil salinization compared with untreated remote-sensing images. Of the several selected filtering operators, the soil-salinity extraction model that uses Gaussian low-pass filtering and SVM can improve the classification accuracy and the Kappa coefficient from 86.7285% and 82.21% to 89.6950% and 86.20%, respectively, which is the best classification accuracy to date. To summarize, the filtering operation suppresses noise, improves image quality, effectively improves the monitoring ability of salinization. Grasping the spatial distribution characteristics and temporal and spatial variation principle of soil salinization is of practical significance for preventing and mitigating soil salinization to protect fragile ecological environments in arid and semi-arid regions.

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    Paper Information

    Category: Remote Sensing and Sensors

    Received: Jul. 15, 2019

    Accepted: Jul. 29, 2019

    Published Online: Feb. 20, 2020

    The Author Email: Zhang Fei (zhangfei3s@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP57.042801

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