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[U03-06] Wetland dynamics and human activities monitoring by low-light satellites data
Keywords:Wetland, human activities, Nighttime light remote sensing
There is an inseparable connection between human activities and the natural environment. With the acceleration of industrialization and urbanization, as well as the continuous growth of the population, the impact of human activities on the natural environment has become increasingly significant. This impact is not only reflected in changes to ecosystems but also has far-reaching consequences in multiple aspects, including global climate, biodiversity, water resources, and soil quality. Therefore, understanding the impact of human activities on the natural environment is of utmost importance. The increasingly mature remote sensing technology can monitor human activities over long time series and large spatial scales. Nighttime light remote sensing technology provides a unique and powerful means for monitoring human activities. By capturing the visible and near-infrared electromagnetic radiation emitted from the Earth's surface at night, nighttime light satellites can reflect the distribution and intensity of human activities, such as urban lighting, flaring of oil and natural gas, lights from fishing boats at sea, forest fires, and volcanic eruptions. These data not only reveal the spatiotemporal distribution of human activities but also provide important information for urbanization, socio-economic development, energy consumption, light pollution, and monitoring of major events. In this paper, human activity will be estimated by means of nighttime lights RS due to its ability to detect artificial light emissions. By means of RS, we expect to provide a tool to support fulfilling these tasks around wetlands efficiently w.r.t. costs, reliability, and quality.