草原植被盖度与物候智能监测系统研制

    Development of an intelligent monitoring system for vegetation coverage and phenology in grassland

    • 摘要: 针对目前草原植被盖度和物候期监测中存在的连续工作能力差、自动监测能力弱和精确度较低问题,将固定监测、移动监测和云平台结合,研制了一种草原植被盖度与物候智能监测系统。该系统主要由固定监测子系统、移动监测子系统以及草原物候智能监测云平台组成。固定监测子系统主要由物候相机、供电模块、通信模块、边缘计算控制器和支撑立杆等组成,移动监测子系统主要包括手持机和应用程序。草原物候智能监测云平台基于浏览器/服务器模式架构设计,具有信息查询、数据分析、数据显示和数据共享等功能。固定监测子系统和移动监测子系统可实现草原植被图像数据的采集和上传,然后通过云服务器部署的图像处理程序自动提取草原植被指数和植被盖度并存入数据库。在此基础上,通过拟合植被指数的时间序列获得植被生长曲线,并利用TIMESAT软件提取物候参数。经测试,提出的利用过绿指数(excess green index,EXG)结合最大类间方差法分割草原植被图像进而实现草原植被盖度识别的方法获得了90%的精确度,满足草原植被盖度自动化和批量化提取需求。并且,该研究在提取相对绿度指数(green chromatic coordinate,GCC)、EXG与归一化红绿差分指数(normalized green red difference index,NGRDI)植被指数的基础上,采用Double Logistic函数拟合的植被生长曲线可以准确反映植被生长周期。该系统为草原植被数智化监测和管理提供了可靠的技术和数据支撑。

       

      Abstract: An intelligent monitoring system was developed to continuously, rapidly and accurately identify the grassland vegetation cover and the key phenological periods. The fixed monitoring, mobile monitoring and cloud platforms were also combined to provide a solution. The innovative system consisted of three main components: the fixed and mobile monitoring subsystem, as well as the cloud platform of grassland phenology intelligent monitoring. The fixed monitoring subsystem included various components, such as phenology cameras, power modules, communication modules, edge computing controllers, and supporting poles. The mobile monitoring subsystem consisted of handheld devices with capabilities, such as dustproof, waterproof, and shockproof, along with the necessary applications. The survey plot frames of the grassland field were required for the on-site image collection. The cloud-based grassland phenology intelligent monitoring platform was designed with a browser/server architecture, and then deployed on the Alibaba Cloud’s lightweight application server. As such, the platform was connected seamlessly to a MySQL database, with a user-friendly front-end built on the LayUI framework and a robust back-end using the Spring Boot framework. The efficient storage of collected images and periodic processing was obtained from the comprehensive data, such as the grassland vegetation index, vegetation cover, and phenological parameters. The cloud platform offered a wide range of functionalities, including data querying, processing, displaying, and sharing. Both the fixed and mobile monitoring subsystem were utilized to capture the grassland vegetation images. The fixed and mobile monitoring subsystem were operated and uploaded independently to the cloud platform using a cloud server. A series of processing steps were used to extract the regions of interest, and automatically calculate the grassland vegetation index using advanced techniques of image processing. The vegetation index was then converted into a grayscale space for the single-channel grayscale image. Binarization segmentation was performed to accurately extract all vegetation pixels using the maximum interclass variance method, according to the grayscale value differences between vegetation and non-vegetation areas. This process enabled the system to identify the grassland vegetation cover, and the obtained data was stored in a dedicated database. A double logistic function was used to fit the time series of the vegetation index for the vegetation growth pattern. A precise curve of vegetation growth was formed after fitting. Furthermore, a dynamic threshold method was selected to extract the important phenological parameters suitable for the growth pattern of black oatgrass using TIMESAT software. The innovative system demonstrated that an impressive accuracy rate of 90% was achieved for the grassland vegetation cover identification using the combination of the excess green index (EXG) with the maximum interclass variance method. This performance fully met the high demands of automated and bulk extraction of grassland vegetation cover. Additionally, the extraction of vegetation indices with GCC, EXG, and NGRDI, followed by fitting the vegetation growth curve with a double logistic function, can be expected to accurately identify the crucial phenological key periods, in accordance with the growth patterns of black oatgrass. The system can provide reliable technological and data support for the intelligent monitoring and management of grassland vegetation.

       

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