Research on the Inversion Method of Dust Content on Mining Area Plant Canopies Based on UAV-Borne VNIR Hyperspectral Data

Monitoring dust on plant canopies around open-pit coal mines is crucial to assessing environmental pollution and developing effective dust suppression strategies. This research focuses on the Ha’erwusu open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia, China, using measured dust content on plant canopies and UAV...

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Main Authors: Yibo Zhao, Shaogang Lei, Xiaotong Han, Yufan Xu, Jianzhu Li, Yating Duan, Shengya Sun
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author Yibo Zhao
Shaogang Lei
Xiaotong Han
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Yating Duan
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description Monitoring dust on plant canopies around open-pit coal mines is crucial to assessing environmental pollution and developing effective dust suppression strategies. This research focuses on the Ha’erwusu open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia, China, using measured dust content on plant canopies and UAV-borne VNIR hyperspectral data as the data sources. The study employed five spectral transformation forms—first derivative (FD), second derivative (SD), logarithm transformation (LT), reciprocal transformation (RT), and square root (SR)—alongside the competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS) method to extract characteristic bands associated with canopy dust. Various regression models, including extreme learning machine (ELM), random forest (RF), partial least squares regression (PLSR), and support vector machine (SVM), were utilized to establish dust inversion models. The spatial distribution of canopy dust was then analyzed. The results demonstrate that the geometric and radiometric correction of the UAV-borne VNIR hyperspectral images successfully restored the true spatial information and spectral features. The spectral transformations significantly enhance the feature information for canopy dust. The CARS algorithm extracted characteristic bands representing 20 to 30% of the total spectral bands, evenly spread across the entire range, thereby reducing the estimation model’s computational complexity. Both feature extraction and model selection influence the inversion accuracy, with the LT-CARS and RF combination offering the best predictive performance. Canopy dust content decreases with increasing distance from the dust source. These findings offer valuable insights for canopy dust retention monitoring and offer a solid foundation for dust pollution management and the development of suppression strategies.
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spelling doaj-art-a968a13aa0c84d5abe55d9a7c258d0682025-08-20T02:28:12ZengMDPI AGDrones2504-446X2025-03-019425610.3390/drones9040256Research on the Inversion Method of Dust Content on Mining Area Plant Canopies Based on UAV-Borne VNIR Hyperspectral DataYibo Zhao0Shaogang Lei1Xiaotong Han2Yufan Xu3Jianzhu Li4Yating Duan5Shengya Sun6Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education for Mine Ecological Restoration, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, ChinaEngineering Research Center of Ministry of Education for Mine Ecological Restoration, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, ChinaEngineering Research Center of Ministry of Education for Mine Ecological Restoration, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, ChinaEngineering Research Center of Ministry of Education for Mine Ecological Restoration, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, ChinaJinan Geotechnical Investigation and Surveying Research Institute, Jinan 250101, ChinaEngineering Research Center of Ministry of Education for Mine Ecological Restoration, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, ChinaEngineering Research Center of Ministry of Education for Mine Ecological Restoration, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, ChinaMonitoring dust on plant canopies around open-pit coal mines is crucial to assessing environmental pollution and developing effective dust suppression strategies. This research focuses on the Ha’erwusu open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia, China, using measured dust content on plant canopies and UAV-borne VNIR hyperspectral data as the data sources. The study employed five spectral transformation forms—first derivative (FD), second derivative (SD), logarithm transformation (LT), reciprocal transformation (RT), and square root (SR)—alongside the competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS) method to extract characteristic bands associated with canopy dust. Various regression models, including extreme learning machine (ELM), random forest (RF), partial least squares regression (PLSR), and support vector machine (SVM), were utilized to establish dust inversion models. The spatial distribution of canopy dust was then analyzed. The results demonstrate that the geometric and radiometric correction of the UAV-borne VNIR hyperspectral images successfully restored the true spatial information and spectral features. The spectral transformations significantly enhance the feature information for canopy dust. The CARS algorithm extracted characteristic bands representing 20 to 30% of the total spectral bands, evenly spread across the entire range, thereby reducing the estimation model’s computational complexity. Both feature extraction and model selection influence the inversion accuracy, with the LT-CARS and RF combination offering the best predictive performance. Canopy dust content decreases with increasing distance from the dust source. These findings offer valuable insights for canopy dust retention monitoring and offer a solid foundation for dust pollution management and the development of suppression strategies.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/4/256plant canopy dustUAV-borne VNIR hyperspectralspectral transformationband selectioninversion model
spellingShingle Yibo Zhao
Shaogang Lei
Xiaotong Han
Yufan Xu
Jianzhu Li
Yating Duan
Shengya Sun
Research on the Inversion Method of Dust Content on Mining Area Plant Canopies Based on UAV-Borne VNIR Hyperspectral Data
Drones
plant canopy dust
UAV-borne VNIR hyperspectral
spectral transformation
band selection
inversion model
title Research on the Inversion Method of Dust Content on Mining Area Plant Canopies Based on UAV-Borne VNIR Hyperspectral Data
title_full Research on the Inversion Method of Dust Content on Mining Area Plant Canopies Based on UAV-Borne VNIR Hyperspectral Data
title_fullStr Research on the Inversion Method of Dust Content on Mining Area Plant Canopies Based on UAV-Borne VNIR Hyperspectral Data
title_full_unstemmed Research on the Inversion Method of Dust Content on Mining Area Plant Canopies Based on UAV-Borne VNIR Hyperspectral Data
title_short Research on the Inversion Method of Dust Content on Mining Area Plant Canopies Based on UAV-Borne VNIR Hyperspectral Data
title_sort research on the inversion method of dust content on mining area plant canopies based on uav borne vnir hyperspectral data
topic plant canopy dust
UAV-borne VNIR hyperspectral
spectral transformation
band selection
inversion model
url https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/4/256
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