Identification of mariculture areas in Guangdong Province and remote sensing monitoring of their spatial and temporal changes based on the U-Net convolutional neural network
SU Wei1(), LIN Yangyang1, YUE Wen1(), CHEN Yingbiao2
1. Land Investigation and Planning Institute of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 511453, China 2. School of Geography and Remote Sensing, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
The mariculture industry occupies an important position in the marine economy of Guangdong Province. Timely and accurate knowledge of the spatial distribution and area changing trends of mariculture areas can greatly promote the sustainable development of the mariculture industry. Conventional interpretation methods for remote sensing images have problems of poor repeatability, low applicability, and high subjective arbitrariness. By contrast, the U-Net convolutional neural network, which belongs to the deep learning network model, can better extract the features of the object with higher extraction precision. Therefore, based on the multi-temporal Landsat TM/OLI remote sensing images, this study identified the mariculture areas (enclosed-sea and open-cage aquaculture areas) in Guangdong from 1998 to 2021 using the U-Net model as the interpretation model. The area trend analysis of mariculture areas was made. The changing characteristics of mariculture areas in terms of spatial distribution patterns were studied. The results are as follows. Compared with network models such as K-Means cluster analysis and DBN, the U-Net model with higher interpretation precision is more suitable for the interpretation of mariculture areas in Guangdong. The mariculture areas in Guangdong are mainly distributed in the western portion of Guangdong, such as Zhanjiang, Jiangmen, and Yangjiang. The mariculture areas in Guangdong can be classified into three levels in terms of area. They have small changes and keep a relatively stable state. The mariculture areas in Guangdong showed a spatial trend of outward expansion from 1998 to 2014 and inward contraction from 2014 to 2021. This study will provide data and technical support for the scientific management of the mariculture areas in Guangdong.
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