Remote Sensing Technology and Application, Volume. 40, Issue 4, 1002(2025)

Optimal Feature Selection for Forest Disturbance Monitoring

Junying SONG1,2, Xiufang ZHU1,2,3、*, Mingxiu TANG1,2, and Rui GUO1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Beijing Normal University, Beijing100875, China
  • 2Environmental Change and Natural Disaster, Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing100875, China
  • 3Institute of Remote Sensing Science and Engineering, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing100875, China
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    Figures & Tables(21)
    Forest fire study area in Xichang
    Deforestation study area in Amazonas
    Forest geological disaster study area in Sud-Kivu
    JM distance of different features for forest fire monitoring (in descending order)
    JM distance of different features for deforestation monitoring (in descending order)
    JM distance of different forest geological disaster monitoring features (in descending order)
    The relationship between the number of features and recall of forest fire
    The relationship between the number of features and recall of deforestation
    Relationship between the number of feature and recall of forest geological disaster
    Optimal features of three types of forest disturbance
    The quartile value range diagram of the reflection features of three types of forest disturbance
    JM distance heat map of texture features of three types of forest disturbance
    JM distance radar map of index features of three types of forest disturbance
    3D scatter plots of optimal features of the three types of forest disturbance
    Classification results of three types of forest disturbance without feature compression and with feature compression
    • Table 1. Data details

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      Table 1. Data details

      扰动类型数据类型

      扰动后影像

      获取时间

      扰动前影像

      获取时间

      森林火灾Sentinel-1 SAR GRD2020-04-022020-03-09
      Sentinel-2 MSI Level-2A2020-04-092020-03-05
      森林砍伐Sentinel-1 SAR GRD2022-09-042022-08-11
      Sentinel-2 MSI Level-2A2022-09-052022-08-11
      森林地质灾害Sentinel-1 SAR GRD2023-05-052023-04-11
      Sentinel-2 MSI Level-2A2023-05-072023-04-07
    • Table 2. Candidate features

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      Table 2. Candidate features

      特征类型特征指标
      反射特征B1、B2、B3、B4、B5、B6、B7、B8、B8A、B9、B11、B12
      散射特征VV、VH、q、mRVI、PRVI、RFDI
      纹理特征Mean、Variance、Homogeneity、Contrast、Dissimilarity、Entropy、Second Moment、Correlation
      指数特征NDVI 、NBR、SR 、DVI、PBI
    • Table 3. Ranking of importance and accuracy evaluation of forest fire features

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      Table 3. Ranking of importance and accuracy evaluation of forest fire features

      变量个数新增变量JM 距离

      准确率

      /%

      召回率

      /%

      精确度

      /%

      F1 score
      1B91.57375.4053.0597.830.688
      2Mean-B91.53791.8788.4195.340.917
      3Mean-B8A1.46592.1788.8095.560.921
      4B8A1.45792.2589.0095.570.922
      5Mean-B71.44093.3590.9695.860.933
      6Mean-B81.43593.3591.5595.300.934
      7B71.43093.3591.5595.300.934
      8Mean-B61.42693.3591.3695.480.934
      9B61.41493.3691.3695.480.934
      10B81.33793.3591.3695.480.934
      11DVI1.09393.3591.3695.480.934
      12Contrast-B21.04193.9691.3696.670.939
      13NBR1.03493.8691.1696.670.938
    • Table 4. Importance ranking and accuracy evaluation of deforestation features

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      Table 4. Importance ranking and accuracy evaluation of deforestation features

      变量个数新增变量JM距离

      准确率

      /%

      召回率

      /%

      精确度

      /%

      F1 score
      1B91.96183.5167.6597.870.800
      2Mean-B91.95492.8387.5097.540.922
      3Mean-B71.92190.6883.0997.140.897
      4B71.91690.6883.0997.140.897
      5Mean-B61.90491.7685.2997.480.910
      6Mean-B8A1.89987.8177.2197.220.861
      7B61.89587.8177.2197.220.861
      8B8A1.88987.8177.2197.220.861
      9Mean-B81.88086.3874.2697.120.842
      10NBR1.85186.3874.2697.120.842
      11DVI1.80886.3874.2697.120.842
      12NDVI1.80186.3874.2697.120.842
      13B81.74186.3874.2697.120.842
      14PBI1.57486.0273.5397.090.837
      15SR1.57385.6672.7997.060.832
    • Table 5. Ranking of importance and accuracy evaluation of forest geological disaster features

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      Table 5. Ranking of importance and accuracy evaluation of forest geological disaster features

      变量个数新增变量JM距离

      准确率

      /%

      召回率

      /%

      精确度

      /%

      F1 score
      1NDVI1.99992.4476.4799.410.864
      2NBR1.99594.1581.9099.450.898
      3DVI1.97494.2982.3599.450.901
      4PBI1.96893.0178.2899.430.876
      5SR1.91793.3079.1999.430.882
      6Mean-B8A1.89294.4483.7198.400.905
      7B8A1.89194.4483.7198.400.905
      8Mean-B71.84294.2982.3599.450.901
      9Mean-B81.84192.7277.8398.850.871
      10B71.84192.7277.8398.850.871
      11B91.79793.0178.2899.430.876
      12Mean-B41.78985.1653.3999.160.694
      13Mean-B91.78084.1749.77100.000.666
      14Mean-B61.77582.8845.70100.000.627
      15B41.76983.0246.15100.000.632
      16B61.76683.0246.15100.000.632
      17B81.75883.0246.15100.000.632
      18Mean-B21.52479.8936.20100.000.532
    • Table 6. Comparison of monitoring accuracy of forest disturbance without feature compression and with feature compression

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      Table 6. Comparison of monitoring accuracy of forest disturbance without feature compression and with feature compression

      扰动类型特征压缩准确率/%召回率/%精确度/%F1 score
      森林火灾压缩前93.3591.3695.480.934
      压缩后92.6590.5794.860.927
      森林砍伐压缩前86.3874.2697.120.842
      压缩后87.4675.7498.100.855
      森林滑坡压缩前95.4374.4272.730.736
      压缩后94.0479.0761.820.694
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    Received: Apr. 11, 2024

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    Published Online: Aug. 26, 2025

    The Author Email: Xiufang ZHU (zhuxiufang@bnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11873/j.issn.1004-0323.2025.4.1002

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