Exploring TM image texture and its relationships with biomass estimation in Rondônia, Brazilian Amazon

  • Lu D
  • Batistella M
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Abstract

Many texture measures have been developed and used for improving land-cover classification accuracy, but rarely has research examined the role of textures in improving the performance of aboveground biomass estimations. The relationship between texture and biomass is poorly understood. This paper used Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data to explore relationships between TM image textures and aboveground biomass in Rondônia, Brazilian Amazon. Eight grey level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) based texture measures (i.e., mean, variance, homogeneity, contrast, dissimilarity, entropy, second moment, and correlation), associated with seven different window sizes (5x5, 7x7, 9x9, 11x11, 15x15, 19x19, and 25x25), and five TM bands (TM 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7) were analyzed. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to analyze texture and biomass relationships. This research indicates that most textures are weakly correlated with successional vegetation biomass, but some textures are significantly correlated with mature forest biomass. In contrast, TM spectral signatures are significantly correlated with successional vegetation biomass, but weakly correlated with mature forest biomass. Our findings imply that textures may be critical in improving mature forest biomass estimation, but relatively less important for successional vegetation biomass estimation.Muitas medidas de textura têm sido desenvolvidas e utilizadas para melhorar a acurácia de classificações de cobertura das terras, mas raramente têm-se avaliado a importância dessas medidas em estimativas de biomassa. Este trabalho utilizou dados Landsat TM para explorar as relações entre texturas de imagens TM e biomassa em Rondônia, Amazônia. Foram analisadas oito medidas de textura baseadas em matrizes de co-ocorrência de tons de cinza (i.e., média, variância, homogeneidade, contraste, dissimilaridade, entropia, segundo momento e correlação), associadas com sete diferentes tamanhos de janela (5x5, 7x7, 9x9, 11x11, 15x15, 19x19 e 25x25) e cinco bandas TM (TM 2, 3, 4, 5 e 7). Índices de correlação de Pearson foram utilizados para analisar as relações entre textura e biomassa. Esta pesquisa indica que a maioria das medidas de textura são pouco correlacionadas com biomassa de vegetação secundária, mas algumas medidas de textura têm correlação significativa com a biomassa de formações florestais maduras. Ao contrário, assinaturas espectrais de bandas TM são significativamente correlacionadas com a biomassa de vegetação secundária, mas fracamente correlacionadas com a biomassa de florestas maduras. Os resultados indicam que medidas de textura são importantes em estimativas de biomassa de floresta madura, mas relativamente menos importantes para estimativas de biomassa de vegetação secundária.

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Lu, D., & Batistella, M. (2005). Exploring TM image texture and its relationships with biomass estimation in Rondônia, Brazilian Amazon. Acta Amazonica, 35(2), 249–257. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0044-59672005000200015

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