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2017 , Vol. 32 >Issue 6: 630 - 642

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2017.06.0630

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Key Methods and Experiment Verification for the Validation of Quantitative Remote Sensing Products

  • Rui Jin ,
  • Xin Li ,
  • Mingguo Ma ,
  • Yong Ge ,
  • Shaomin Liu ,
  • Qing Xiao ,
  • Jianguang Wen ,
  • Kai Zhao ,
  • Xiaoping Xin ,
  • Youhua Ran ,
  • Qinhuo Liu ,
  • Renhua Zhang
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  • 1.Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing of Gansu Province, Heihe Remote Sensing Experimental Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
    2.CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
    3.Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
    4.Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
    5.Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
    6.Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
    7.Northwest Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
    8.Hulunbeier State Station of Grassland Ecosystem Field Observation and Scientific Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China

First author:Jin Rui(1979-),female,Linfen City,Shanxi Province,Associate professor. Research areas include hydrological remote sensing, cryosphere remote sensing, land data assimilation, validation.E-mail:jinrui@lzb.ac.cn

Received date: 2017-02-22

  Revised date: 2017-05-09

  Online published: 2017-06-10

Supported by

Project supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China “Key techniques for remote sensing products validation and its experiment verification”(No.2012AA12A305);The National Natural Science Foundation of China “Key theory and methods for validation of land surface remote sensing products”(No.41531174)

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Abstract

The validation is an important guarantee of quality, reliability and applicability of Remote Sensing Products (RSPs), and is also the foundation to improve the RSPs accuracy, extend the application domain and strength the application ability. This paper introduced the progresses and lessons learned from a project titled by ‘key technology of remote sensing products validation and its experimental evaluation’ supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of China. The progresses included: ①Formulating a series of national standards composed of general methods for the validation of terrestrial quantative RSPs, field-site selection and instrumentation for land surface RSPs, and other 24 individual standards of remote sensing variables; ②Building integral technique process system of RSPs validation; ③Developing some key methods from optimized spatial sampling, upscaling to validation strategy; ④Obtaining the multi-scale satellite-airborne-ground synchronized observation and evaluating systematically the validation standard and techniques; ⑤Setting up national validation network for RSPs, exploring multi-mode allied observation experiment and forming the prototype and operation mechanism for the validation network.

Key words： Quantative remote sensing products; Validation of remote sensing products; Ground truth; Heterogeneous surface; Up-scaling.

Cite this article

Rui Jin , Xin Li , Mingguo Ma , Yong Ge , Shaomin Liu , Qing Xiao , Jianguang Wen , Kai Zhao , Xiaoping Xin , Youhua Ran , Qinhuo Liu , Renhua Zhang . Key Methods and Experiment Verification for the Validation of Quantitative Remote Sensing Products[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2017 , 32(6) : 630 -642 . DOI: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2017.06.0630

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