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Enhanced snow cover mapping using object-based classification and normalized difference snow index (NDSI)

verfasst von: Sudhanshu Raghubanshi, Ritesh Agrawal, Bhanu Prakash Rathore

Erschienen in: Earth Science Informatics | Ausgabe 3/2023

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The study aims to improve the classification and mapping of snow cover over the Himalayan region, which is essential for assessing water availability and understanding hydrological and climatic interactions. The normalized difference snow index (NDSI) is a traditional digital classification method for snow cover mapping. However, it is not always effective in differentiating snow from other features such as water bodies and shadows of mountain hills. In this study, an improved methodology for snow cover mapping was developed using an object-based classification with NDSI and normalized difference water index (NDWI) over segmented objects instead of pixels to separate snow and water with reduced noise. Shepherd segmentation was used to generate spatially homogeneous objects associated with ground cover features. The study focused on the Chandra basin in Himachal Pradesh, India, using an Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P6) LISS-III optical image from 30-09-2016. The developed framework was tested using an object-based NDSI classification and further improved with an object-based NDSI-NDWI classification and validated against a manually digitized snow cover map. Validation showed that the object-based NDSI-NDWI classification provided a significant improvement in snow cover mapping compared to traditional NDSI classification, reducing the overestimation of snow-covered areas by up to 6.14%. The developed methodology was executed in the Python environment with efficient computing power. This study demonstrates that an integrated analysis of object-based classification with NDSI and NDWI, can significantly improve snow cover mapping by separating non-snow features. The results of this study show that they have the potential to be extended to larger regions with snow cover.

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Titel: Enhanced snow cover mapping using object-based classification and normalized difference snow index (NDSI)
verfasst von: Sudhanshu Raghubanshi
Ritesh Agrawal
Bhanu Prakash Rathore
Publikationsdatum: 15.08.2023
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Earth Science Informatics / Ausgabe 3/2023
Print ISSN: 1865-0473
Elektronische ISSN: 1865-0481
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-023-01077-6

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