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A Web-Based National-Scale Coastal Tidal Flat Extraction System Using Multi-Algorithm Integration on AI Earth Platform
by Shiqi Shen, Qianqian Su, Hui Lei, Zhifeng Yu, Pengyu Cheng, Wenxuan Gu and Bin Zhou
Remote Sens. 2025, 17(16), 2911; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17162911 - 21 Aug 2025
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As coastal tidal flats—ecosystems of high ecological significance and socio-economic value—face accelerating degradation driven by climate change and intensified anthropogenic disturbances, there is an urgent need for efficient, automated, and scalable monitoring solutions. Traditional monitoring approaches are constrained by high implementation costs and [...] Read more.
As coastal tidal flats—ecosystems of high ecological significance and socio-economic value—face accelerating degradation driven by climate change and intensified anthropogenic disturbances, there is an urgent need for efficient, automated, and scalable monitoring solutions. Traditional monitoring approaches are constrained by high implementation costs and limited spatial coverage, whereas remote sensing—particularly multispectral satellite imagery such as Sentinel-2—has emerged as a primary and widely adopted tool for large-scale environmental observation. Building upon recent advancements in cloud computing and WebGIS technologies, this study presents a web-based, interactive tidal flat extraction system implemented on Alibaba’s AI Earth platform. The system integrates multiple water indices (NDWI, mNDWI, and IWI) with a machine learning algorithm (Random Forest), and is deployed through a user-friendly interface developed using Vue.js and Leaflet, enabling flexible parameter configuration and real-time visualization of extraction results. Its front-end/back-end decoupled architecture enables non-programming users to conduct large-scale tidal flat mapping, thereby substantially lowering the technical barriers to coastal tidal flat monitoring and management in China. Full article
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Improved Spectral Water Index Combined with Otsu Algorithm to Extract Muddy Coastline Data
by Wei Tang, Chengyi Zhao, Jing Lin, Caixia Jiao, Guanghui Zheng, Jianting Zhu, Xishan Pan and Xue Han
Water 2022, 14(6), 855; https://doi.org/10.3390/w14060855 - 9 Mar 2022
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Based on the spectral reflection characteristics analysis of the muddy coastline in Jiangsu, an improved spectral water index (IWI) combined with the Otsu algorithm is proposed to extract muddy coastlines from Landsat Operational Land Imager (OLI) images. The IWI-extracted coastline results [...] Read more.
Based on the spectral reflection characteristics analysis of the muddy coastline in Jiangsu, an improved spectral water index (IWI) combined with the Otsu algorithm is proposed to extract muddy coastlines from Landsat Operational Land Imager (OLI) images. The IWI-extracted coastline results are compared with those extracted by the modified normalized difference water index (MNDWI), normalized difference water index (NDWI), enhanced water index (EWI), revised normalized different water index (RNDWI) and automated water extraction index (AWEI). The results show that the IWI is not affected by tidal conditions or sand content in the water, can reduce the “salt-and-pepper” phenomenon in the Otsu algorithm classification, can accurately identify water boundaries and can extract silty mudflats and marine buildings with high accuracy. It can also significantly increase the degree of automation of coastline extraction. The IWI combined with the Otsu algorithm demonstrates high accuracy of over 84% in the extraction muddy coastline data with one-pixel tolerance, which is twice as accurate as other indices. The accuracy of extraction for all other types of coastlines is over 81%. Therefore, the IWI index combined with the Otsu algorithm is reliable for studies of sea–land processes and coastline evolutions. Full article
(This article belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
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