Application of Fractal Analysis Methods of Textures Earth Surface Images for Ecological Setting Assessment

Abstract

The use of fractal analysis methods for automatic textures earth surface image evaluation and ecological setting assessment has been proposed. Image processing techniques have been chosen for the following fractal analysis. The use of the Minkowski dimension to construct sheet dimension and histogram of fractal dimension has been suggested. Performance tests for the proposed methods and algorithms have been performed and analysed presented. Application of the fractal analysis methods is efficient in solving problems of monitoring objects clustering, assessing their conditions, identifying anomalies that have implications for the ecological setting, and evaluating the development of anomalous situations. The fractal analysis algorithms permit efficient processing of array information in the case, when they are implemented on modern computational hardware platforms.