Development of suspended solid concentration measurement technique based on multi-spectral satellite imagery in Nakdong River using machine learning model

Siyoon Kwon; Il Won Seo; Donghae Beak

doi:10.3741/JKWRA.2021.54.2.121

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Development of suspended solid concentration measurement technique based on multi-spectral satellite imagery in Nakdong River using machine learning model 기계학습모형을 이용한 다분광 위성 영상 기반 낙동강 부유 물질 농도 계측 기법 개발

28 February 2021. pp. 121-133

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Abstract

Suspended Solids (SS) generated in rivers are mainly introduced from non-point pollutants or appear naturally in the water body, and are an important water quality factor that may cause long-term water pollution by being deposited. However, the conventional method of measuring the concentration of suspended solids is labor-intensive, and it is difficult to obtain a vast amount of data via point measurement. Therefore, in this study, a model for measuring the concentration of suspended solids based on remote sensing in the Nakdong River was developed using Sentinel-2 data that provides high-resolution multi-spectral satellite images. The proposed model considers the spectral bands and band ratios of various wavelength bands using a machine learning model, Support Vector Regression (SVR), to overcome the limitation of the existing remote sensing-based regression equations. The optimal combination of variables was derived using the Recursive Feature Elimination (RFE) and weight coefficients for each variable of SVR. The results show that the 705nm band belonging to the red-edge wavelength band was estimated as the most important spectral band, and the proposed SVR model produced the most accurate measurement compared with the previous regression equations. By using the RFE, the SVR model developed in this study reduces the variable dependence compared to the existing regression equations based on the single spectral band or band ratio and provides more accurate prediction of spatial distribution of suspended solids concentration.

Keywords

River suspended solid

Remote sensing

Multi-spectral satellite imagery

Support vector machine (SVR)

Recursive feature elimination (RFE)

Spatial monitoring

하천에서 발생하는 부유 물질은 주로 유역으로부터 유입되거나 하천 내에서 자생으로 발생하기도 하며, 퇴적되어 중장기적인 수질 오염을 초래할 수도 있는 중요한 수질 인자이다. 하지만, 부유물질의 재래식 계측방식은 점 단위 계측이기 때문에 노동 집약적이며 방대한 양의 자료를 취득하기는 어렵다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 고해상도 다분광 위성영상을 제공하는 Sentinel-2 위성 자료를 이용하여 낙동강 전역에 대한 원격탐사 기반 부유 물질 농도 계측 기법을 개발하였다. 개발된 기법은 기존 원격탐사 기반 회귀식들의 한계점을 개선하고 낙동강 전체 영역의 지역적 특성을 반영하기 위해 기계학습 모형인 서포트 벡터 회귀(Support Vector Regression, SVR) 모형을 이용하여 다양한 파장대의 분광 밴드들과 밴드비(band ratios)를 고려하였으며, 이를 입력 변수들의 최적 조합으로 재귀적 특징 제거법(Recursive Feature Elimination, RFE)과 SVR의 각 변수별 가중계수를 활용하여 도출하였다. 가장 중요도가 높은 분광 밴드로는 Red-edge 파장대 영역에 속하는 705 nm 밴드가 산출되었으며, 최종적으로 구축된 SVR 모형을 선행 연구들에서 제시한 회귀식들과 비교한 결과, 가장 정확한 계측 결과를 제공하는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 본 연구에서 개발된 SVR 모형은 RFE를 통해 산출된 최적 분광 밴드 조합을 바탕으로 하기 때문에 기존 단일 분광 밴드 혹은 밴드비를 기반으로 구축된 회귀식들이 가지는 변수 의존도를 낮추는 동시에 더욱 정확한 부유물질 농도 공간분포를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

키워드

하천 부유물질

원격탐사

다분광 위성 영상

서포트 벡터 회귀(SVR)

재귀적 특징 제거법(RFE)

공간적 모니터링

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Publisher :KOREA WATER RESOURECES ASSOCIATION
Publisher(Ko) :한국수자원학회
Journal Title :Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
Journal Title(Ko) :한국수자원학회 논문집
Volume : 54
No :2
Pages :121-133
Received Date : 2020-12-18
Revised Date : 2021-01-15
Accepted Date : 2021-01-15
DOI :https://doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2021.54.2.121

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