Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 44, Issue 2, 189(2025)

Tidal flats extraction in the coastal zone based on time-series Sentinel-2 imagery and near-infrared tidal flats indices

Ru-Jia ZHOU1, Qing XIA1、*, Qiong ZHENG1, Li-Hong ZHU1, Jian-Hua LI2, Bin LI1, and Jia SONG1
Author Affiliations
  • 1The School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering,Changsha University of Science and Technology,Changsha 410114,China
  • 2School of Water Conservancy,Yunnan Agricultural University,Kunming 650201,China
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    Figures & Tables(10)
    Overview map of the study area:(a)study area a;(b)study area b;(c)study area c;(d)study area d
    The methodology flow and case study
    Schematic of the synthesized high-tide and low-tide images)
    Spectral reflectance profiles of different land types on high-tide and low-tide images
    Plot of tidal flats extraction index results
    Statistical results of tidal flat index in four study areas:(a)study area a;(b)study area b;(c)study area c;(d)study area d
    Tidal flat results of three classification methods:(a)minimum distance classification;(b)maximum likelihood classification;(c)support vector machine
    Tidal flat extraction results from different data sources:(a)Zhuhai-1;(b)Landsat;(c)Sentinel-2
    • Table 1. Accuracy evaluation of the three classification methods in the study area (a)

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      Table 1. Accuracy evaluation of the three classification methods in the study area (a)

      categoriesMinimum Distance ClassificationMaximum Likelihood ClassificationSupport Vector Machine
      tidal flatsnon-tidal flatstidal flatsnon-tidal flatstidal flatsnon-tidal flats
      tidal flats1971237542173
      non-tidal flats40326027320324
      Minimum Distance ClassificationOverall precision92.73%Kappa factor0.85
      Maximum Likelihood ClassificationOverall precision90.43%Kappa factor0.81
      Support Vector MachineOverall precision95.92%Kappa factor0.92
    • Table 2. Accuracy evaluation of tidal flat results from different data sources

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      Table 2. Accuracy evaluation of tidal flat results from different data sources

      categoriesZhuhai-1Landsat
      tidal flatsnon-tidal flatstidal flatsnon-tidal flats
      tidal flats27092100
      non-tidal flats1220615180
      OHSOverall precision95.77%Kappa factor0.91
      LandsatOverall precision96.30%Kappa factor0.93
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    Ru-Jia ZHOU, Qing XIA, Qiong ZHENG, Li-Hong ZHU, Jian-Hua LI, Bin LI, Jia SONG. Tidal flats extraction in the coastal zone based on time-series Sentinel-2 imagery and near-infrared tidal flats indices[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2025, 44(2): 189

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    Paper Information

    Category: Infrared Spectroscopy and Remote Sensing Technology

    Received: Aug. 10, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 14, 2025

    The Author Email: Qing XIA (xiaqing@csust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2025.02.007

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