The invention discloses a calculation method for large spatial scale
vegetation coverage by combining with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) image. The calculation method comprises the following steps: carrying out
atmospheric correction and geometrical correction on a
remote sensing image, calculating NDVI (
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) and obtaining an effective region according to a predetermined threshold value; splicing UAV pictures and obtaining an orthoimage, registering
satellite data subjected to geometrical correction with the spatial position, selecting a typical
sample area from the UAV image, and interpreting proportions of all ground objects in the typical
sample area by using unsupervised classification; randomly selecting one part of the
sample area, and solving the
reflectivity of all ground object end elements by using the proportions of all the ground objects in the sample area and the corresponding
satellite remote sensing band
reflectivity and combining with a least square method; solving the
vegetation coverage of all pixels in the effective
image area by using a spectral
decomposition model and the
reflectivity of all the ground object end element; correcting calculation results of the
vegetation coverage by using data of a residual sample area. The core of the calculation method disclosed by the invention is based on a method of acquiring the end-element reflectivity of the UAV and a vegetation coverage correction model, and the calculation accuracy of the large spatial scale vegetation coverage can be effectively improved.