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Comparison between Hyperspectral and Multispectral Images for the Classification of Coniferous Species

침엽수종 분류를 위한 초분광영상과 다중분광영상의 비교

  • Cho, Hyunggab (Department of Geoinformatic Engineering, Inha University) ;
  • Lee, Kyu-Sung (Department of Geoinformatic Engineering, Inha University)
  • 조형갑 (인하대학교 지리정보공학과) ;
  • 이규성 (인하대학교 지리정보공학과)
  • Received : 2013.10.10
  • Accepted : 2013.12.31
  • Published : 2014.02.28
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Abstract

Multispectral image classification of individual tree species is often difficult because of the spectral similarity among species. In this study, we attempted to analyze the suitability of hyperspectral image to classify coniferous tree species. Several image sets and classification methods were applied and the classification results were compared with the ones from multispectral image. Two airborne hyperspectral images (AISA, CASI) were obtained over the study area in the Gwangneung National Forest. For the comparison, ETM+ multispectral image was simulated using hyperspectral images as to have lower spectral resolution. We also used the transformed hyperspectral data to reduce the data volume for the classification. Three supervised classification schemes (SAM, SVM, MLC) were applied to thirteen image sets. In overall, hyperspectral image provides higher accuracies than multispectral image to discriminate coniferous species. AISA-dual image, which include additional SWIR spectral bands, shows the best result as compared with other hyperspectral images that include only visible and NIR bands. Furthermore, MNF transformed hyperspectral image provided higher classification accuracies than the full-band and other band reduced data. Among three classifiers, MLC showed higher classification accuracy than SAM and SVM classifiers.

수종 간의 유사한 분광특성 때문에 기존의 다중분광영상을 이용한 수종분류는 한계가 있다. 본 연구에서는 경기도 광릉수목원에 분포하는 다섯 종류의 침엽수림을 분류하기 위하여 초분광영상과 다중분광 영상의 적합성을 비교 분석하였다. 연구지역을 대상으로 두 종류의 항공 초분광영상(AISA, CASI)을 촬영하였으며, 비교 목적으로 초분광영상을 이용하여 모의 제작된 ETM+ 다중분광영상을 사용하였다. 영상분류에 사용된 영상은 초분광영상의 모든 밴드를 포함한 영상, PCA 및 MNF 기법으로 차원 축소된 영상, 그리고 분류등급의 분광분리도를 이용하여 소수의 밴드만을 추출한 영상이다. 또한 감독분류 과정에서 MLC, SAM, SVM 등 세 종류의 분류기를 적용하였다. 전체적으로 침엽수종의 분류에 있어서 초분광영상이 다중분광영상보다 높은 분류정확도를 제공하고 있다. 특히 중적외선 파장영역을 포함한 AISA-dual영상이 가장 좋은 분류결과를 보여주었다. 또한 많은 분광밴드를 가진 초분광영상을 MNF기법으로 차원 축소한 영상을 사용했을 때, 다른 영상보다 높은 분류결과가 나왔다. 감독 분류과정에서는 최대우도법(MLC)을 적용했을 때, 가장 높은 분류정확도를 얻었다.

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