快速监测全球土地变化的情况
Amy H Pickens1, Matthew C Hansen2, Zhen Song2
1Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. ahudson2@umd.edu.
Nature communications
|October 8, 2025
概括
全球土地变化被新的DIST-ALERT系统跟踪,监测人类活动和自然事件造成的植被损失. 在2023年,土地利用转型和火灾影响了4350万公,突出显示了全球环境的重要动态.
科学领域:
- 地球观测 地球观测
- 遥感 遥感 遥感 遥感
- 环境科学 环境科学
背景情况:
- 全球土地变化是由直接的人类行为 (如土地利用扩张) 和自然过程 (包括火灾和干旱) 推动的.
- 准确及时监测这些变化对于了解环境动态和为保护工作提供信息至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 引入DIST-ALERT,这是一个全新的全球土地变化监测系统.
- 使用卫星图像快速追踪30米分辨率的植被损失异常.
- 量化最近的人为和火灾驱动的土地覆盖的转换.
主要方法:
- 利用了一个全球土地变化监测系统,DIST-ALERT.
- 使用了来自Landsat 8/9和Sentinel-2A/B/C的高分辨率 (30米) 卫星图像.
- 分析了一个概率样本,以估计土地使用转换和火灾影响.
主要成果:
- 在2023年,人为土地利用转换总计为28.6±7.6 Mha,其中一半取代了自然植被.
- 导致土地覆盖转换的火灾影响了14.9 ± 4.3 Mha.
- 综合起来,这些动态影响了全球陆地表面的0.3%,相当于加利福尼亚州的面积.
结论:
- DIST-ALERT系统提供了快速,高分辨率的全球土地变化监测.
- 关于土地利用扩张和气候变化的年度总结可以建立一个有价值的长期环境数据记录.
- 这些发现强调了人类活动和自然干扰对全球陆地表面的重大影响.
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