• Journal of Geo-information Science
  • Vol. 22, Issue 2, 246 (2020)
Ziyang CAO1、1、2、2、3、3、*, Zhifeng WU4、4, Sujuan MI1、1、2、2, and Ke YANG1、1
Author Affiliations
  • 1China Transport Telecommunications & Information Center, Beijing 100011, China
  • 1中国交通通信信息中心 交通运输遥感中心,北京 100011
  • 2China Transport Infocom Technologies Co., Ltd., Beijing 100000, China
  • 2北京国交信通科技发展有限公司,北京 100000
  • 3School of Geological and Surveying Engineering of Chang'an University, Xi'an 710061, China
  • 3长安大学地质工程与测绘学院,西安 710061
  • 4School of Geographical Sciences of Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 4广州大学地理科学学院,广州 510006
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    DOI: 10.12082/dqxxkx.2020.190253 Cite this Article
    Ziyang CAO, Zhifeng WU, Sujuan MI, Ke YANG. A Method for Classified Correction of Stable DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Imagery Across China[J]. Journal of Geo-information Science, 2020, 22(2): 246 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Long-time series stable DMSP/OLS nighttime light data lack comparability and include a lot of saturated pixels in the bright cores of urban areas. The two problems have limited applications of the dataset in spatial analysis and temporal comparison. To help address the two problems, this article developed a classified correction method for Stable Nighttime Light (SNL) imagery across China by using invariant regions for calibration. The SNL images are divided into saturated pixels and unsaturated pixels. For saturated pixels, five cities such as Beijing were selected as the invariant regions, and the radiance calibrated nighttime light images (RCNTL) without saturated pixels were selected as the reference. Based on the assumption that the correlation between unsaturated pixels of the invariant regions could also be applied to saturated pixels, the reference images were used to correct saturated pixels of the SNL images. Meanwhile, the saturation corrected saturated pixels were calibrated based on the interclibration relationship between the different RCNTL images. For unsaturated pixels, 13 cities including Changsha were selected as the invariant regions. According to the overall time change trend of the sum of the unsaturated pixel values, the 13 SNL images were determined as the references, and other SNL images were intercalibrated based on the correlation between unsaturated pixels in the invariant regions. To validate the accuracy of the calibration results, a variety of intercalibration and saturation correction methods were adopted for comparison. The classified correction method proposed in this paper was found better for the calibration of F10, F12 and F14 satellite imagery than the other two intercalibration methods. The other two methods had better calibration results for F15 and F16 satellite imagery. The three methods generally achieve intercalibration of the dataset imagery and make the intercalibrated images comparable. Compared with the Vegetation Adjusted NTL Urban Index (VANUI), the saturation correction result of the classified correction method solves the problem that the saturated pixels concentrate in the central area of cities. The result reduces the saturation of the pixels and is a closer fit to the RCNTL images. Besides, the corrected SNL images have relatively good correlations with GDP and power consumption values, and can reflect regional economic development differences more objectively.
    Ziyang CAO, Zhifeng WU, Sujuan MI, Ke YANG. A Method for Classified Correction of Stable DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Imagery Across China[J]. Journal of Geo-information Science, 2020, 22(2): 246
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