Evaluation of the Threshold for an Improved Surface Water Extraction Index Using Optical Remote Sensing Data

In this study, we proposed an automatic water extraction index (AWEI) threshold improvement model that can be used to detect lake surface water based on optical remote sensing data. An annual Landsat 8 mosaic was created using the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform to obtain cloud-free satellite ima...

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Main Authors: Fajar Yulianto, Dony Kushardono, Syarif Budhiman, Gatot Nugroho, Galdita Aruba Chulafak, Esthi Kurnia Dewi, Anjar Ilham Pambudi
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Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4894929
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Dony Kushardono
Syarif Budhiman
Gatot Nugroho
Galdita Aruba Chulafak
Esthi Kurnia Dewi
Anjar Ilham Pambudi
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Dony Kushardono
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description In this study, we proposed an automatic water extraction index (AWEI) threshold improvement model that can be used to detect lake surface water based on optical remote sensing data. An annual Landsat 8 mosaic was created using the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform to obtain cloud-free satellite image data. The challenge of this study was to determine the threshold value, which is essential to show the boundary between water and nonwater. The AWEI was selected for the study to address this challenge. The AWEI approach was developed by adding a threshold water value based on the split-based approach (SBA) calculation analysis for Landsat 8 satellite images. The SBA was used to determine local threshold variations in data scenes that were used to classify water and nonwater. The class threshold between water and nonwater in each selected subscene image can be determined based on the calculation of class intervals generated by geostatistical analysis, initially referred to as smart quantiles. It was used to determine the class separation between water and nonwater in the resulting subscene images. The objectives of this study were (a) to increase the accuracy of automatic lake surface water detection by improvising the determination of threshold values based on analysis and calculations using the SBA and (b) to conduct a test case study of AWEI threshold improvement on several lakes’ surface water, which has a variety of different or heterogeneous characteristics. The results show that the threshold value obtained based on the smart quantile calculation from the natural break approach (AWEI ≥ −0.23) gave an overall accuracy of close to 100%. Those results were better than the normal threshold (AWEI ≥ 0.00), with an overall accuracy of 98%. It shows that there has been an increase of 2% in the accuracy based on the confusion matrix calculation. In addition to that, the results obtained when classifying water and nonwater classes for the different national priority lakes in Indonesia vary in overall accuracy from 94% to 100%.
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spelling doaj-art-6b2e41e517f9463c99f6042f4b0d07f32025-02-03T05:45:29ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2022-01-01202210.1155/2022/4894929Evaluation of the Threshold for an Improved Surface Water Extraction Index Using Optical Remote Sensing DataFajar Yulianto0Dony Kushardono1Syarif Budhiman2Gatot Nugroho3Galdita Aruba Chulafak4Esthi Kurnia Dewi5Anjar Ilham Pambudi6Remote Sensing Research CenterRemote Sensing Research CenterRemote Sensing Research CenterRemote Sensing Research CenterRemote Sensing Research CenterRemote Sensing Research CenterRemote Sensing Research CenterIn this study, we proposed an automatic water extraction index (AWEI) threshold improvement model that can be used to detect lake surface water based on optical remote sensing data. An annual Landsat 8 mosaic was created using the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform to obtain cloud-free satellite image data. The challenge of this study was to determine the threshold value, which is essential to show the boundary between water and nonwater. The AWEI was selected for the study to address this challenge. The AWEI approach was developed by adding a threshold water value based on the split-based approach (SBA) calculation analysis for Landsat 8 satellite images. The SBA was used to determine local threshold variations in data scenes that were used to classify water and nonwater. The class threshold between water and nonwater in each selected subscene image can be determined based on the calculation of class intervals generated by geostatistical analysis, initially referred to as smart quantiles. It was used to determine the class separation between water and nonwater in the resulting subscene images. The objectives of this study were (a) to increase the accuracy of automatic lake surface water detection by improvising the determination of threshold values based on analysis and calculations using the SBA and (b) to conduct a test case study of AWEI threshold improvement on several lakes’ surface water, which has a variety of different or heterogeneous characteristics. The results show that the threshold value obtained based on the smart quantile calculation from the natural break approach (AWEI ≥ −0.23) gave an overall accuracy of close to 100%. Those results were better than the normal threshold (AWEI ≥ 0.00), with an overall accuracy of 98%. It shows that there has been an increase of 2% in the accuracy based on the confusion matrix calculation. In addition to that, the results obtained when classifying water and nonwater classes for the different national priority lakes in Indonesia vary in overall accuracy from 94% to 100%.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4894929
spellingShingle Fajar Yulianto
Dony Kushardono
Syarif Budhiman
Gatot Nugroho
Galdita Aruba Chulafak
Esthi Kurnia Dewi
Anjar Ilham Pambudi
Evaluation of the Threshold for an Improved Surface Water Extraction Index Using Optical Remote Sensing Data
The Scientific World Journal
title Evaluation of the Threshold for an Improved Surface Water Extraction Index Using Optical Remote Sensing Data
title_full Evaluation of the Threshold for an Improved Surface Water Extraction Index Using Optical Remote Sensing Data
title_fullStr Evaluation of the Threshold for an Improved Surface Water Extraction Index Using Optical Remote Sensing Data
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of the Threshold for an Improved Surface Water Extraction Index Using Optical Remote Sensing Data
title_short Evaluation of the Threshold for an Improved Surface Water Extraction Index Using Optical Remote Sensing Data
title_sort evaluation of the threshold for an improved surface water extraction index using optical remote sensing data
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4894929
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