Title
Global Land Cover Heterogeneity Characteristics at Moderate Resolution for Mixed Pixel Modeling and Inversion.
Abstract
Spatial heterogeneity is present in the land surface at every scale and is one of the key factors that introduces inherent uncertainty into simulations of land surface processes and parameter retrieval based on remotely sensed data. Because of a lack of understanding of the heterogeneous characteristics of global mixed pixels, few studies have focused on modeling and inversion algorithms in heterogeneous areas. This paper presents a parameterization scheme to describe land cover heterogeneity quantitatively by composition and boundary information based on high-resolution land cover products. Global heterogeneity features at the 1-km scale are extracted from the GlobeLand30' land cover dataset with a spatial resolution of 30 m. The composition analysis of global mixed pixels shows that only 35% of pixels over the land surface of Earth are covered by a single land cover type, namely, pure pixels, and only 25.8% are located in vegetated areas. Pixels mixed with water are more common than pixels mixed with any other non-vegetation type. The fragmentation analysis of typical biomes based on the boundary length shows that the savanna is the most heterogeneous biome, while the evergreen broadleaf forest is the least heterogeneous. Deciduous needleleaf forests are significantly affected by canopy height differences, while crop and grass biomes are less affected. Lastly, the strengths and limitations of the method and the application of the land cover heterogeneity characteristics extracted in this study are discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.3390/rs10060856
REMOTE SENSING
Keywords
Field
DocType
spatial heterogeneity,land cover,mixed pixel,compositions,fragmentation,radiative transfer
Inversion (meteorology),Deciduous,Remote sensing,Fragmentation (computing),Pixel,Spatial heterogeneity,Biome,Geology,Land cover,Image resolution
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
10
6
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
9
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wentao Yu1104.62
Jing Li2175.26
Qinhuo Liu328085.97
Yelu Zeng46811.63
Jing Zhao5579.49
Baodong Xu66610.21
Gaofei Yin76113.33