Assessing Heavy Industrial Heat Source Distribution in China Using Real-Time VIIRS Active Fire/Hotspot Data

Caihong Ma, Jin Yang, Fu Chen, Yan Ma, Jianbo Liu, Xinpeng Li, Jianbo Duan and Rui Guo
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Caihong Ma: Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Jin Yang: Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Fu Chen: Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Yan Ma: Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Jianbo Liu: Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Xinpeng Li: Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Jianbo Duan: Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Rui Guo: Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-17

Abstract: Rapid urbanization and economic development have led to the development of heavy industry and structural re-equalization in mainland China. This has resulted in scattered and disorderly layouts becoming prominent in the region. Furthermore, economic development has exacerbated pressures on regional resources and the environment and has threatened sustainable and coordinated development in the region. The NASA Land Science Investigator Processing System (Land-SIPS) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer (VIIRS) 375-m active fire product (VNP14IMG) was selected from the Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) to study the spatiotemporal patterns of heavy industry development. Furthermore, we employed an improved adaptive K-means algorithm to realize the spatial segmentation of long-order VNP14IMG and constructed heat source objects. Lastly, we used a threshold recognition model to identify heavy industry objects from normal heat source objects. Results suggest that the method is an accurate and effective way to monitor heat sources generated from heavy industry. Moreover, some conclusions about heavy industrial heat source distribution in mainland China at different scales were obtained. Those can be beneficial for policy-makers and heavy industry regulation.

Keywords: adaptive K-means algorithm; heavy industrial heat sources; time-series; VIIRS active fire product (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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