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About tree height measurement: Theoretical and practical issues for uncertainty quantification and mapping / Samuele De petris in Forests, vol 13 n° 7 (July 2022)  

Public [article]  inForests > vol 13 n° 7 (July 2022) . - n°969 Titre : About tree height measurement: Theoretical and practical issues for uncertainty quantification and mapping Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Samuele De petris, Auteur ; Philippo Sarvia, Auteur ; Enrico Borgogno Mondino, Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n°969 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] analyse de sensibilité [Termes IGN] biome [Termes IGN] carte forestière [Termes IGN] Google Earth Engine [Termes IGN] hauteur des arbres [Termes IGN] incertitude de mesurage [Termes IGN] modèle de simulation [Termes IGN] pente [Termes IGN] statistiques [Termes IGN] variance [Vedettes matières IGN] Foresterie Résumé : (auteur) Forest height is a fundamental parameter in forestry. Tree height is widely used to assess a site’s productivity both in forest ecology research and forest management. Thus, a precise height measure represents a necessary step for the estimation of carbon storage at the local, national, and global scales. In this context, error in height measurement necessarily affects the accuracy of related estimates. Ordinarily, forest height is surveyed by ground sampling adopting hypsometers. The latter suffers from many errors mainly related to the correct tree apex identification (not always well visible in dense stands) and to the measurement process itself. In this work, a statistically based operative method for estimating height measurement uncertainty (σH) was proposed using the variance propagation law. Some simulations were performed involving several combinations of terrain slope, tree height, and survey distances by modelling the σH behaviour and its sensitivity to such parameters. Results proved that σH could vary between 0.5 m and up to 20 m (worst case). Sensitivity analysis shows that terrain slopes and distance poorly affect σH, while angles are the main drivers of height uncertainty. Finally, to give a practical example of such deductions, tree height uncertainty was mapped at the global scale using Google Earth Engine and summarized per forest biomes. Results proved that tropical biomes have higher uncertainty (from 1 m to 4 m) while shrublands and tundra have the lowest (under 1 m). Numéro de notice : A2022-546 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.3390/f13070969 Date de publication en ligne : 22/06/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3390/f13070969 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=101131 [article]

Impact of offsets on assessing the low-frequency stochastic properties of geodetic time series / Kevin Gobron in Journal of geodesy, vol 96 n° 7 (July 2022)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 96 n° 7 (July 2022) . - n° 46 Titre : Impact of offsets on assessing the low-frequency stochastic properties of geodetic time series Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Kevin Gobron, Auteur ; Paul Rebischung , Auteur ; Olivier de Viron, Auteur ; Alain Demoulin, Auteur ; Michel Van Camp, Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Projets : 3-projet - voir note / Article en page(s) : n° 46 Note générale : bibliographie This study has been financially supported by the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, and the Centre National des Etudes Spatiales (CNES) as an application of the geodesy missions. This research was also supported by the Brain LASUGEO project entitled “monitoring LAnd SUbsidence caused by Groundwater exploitation through gEOdetic measurements” funded by the Belgian Sciences Policy. Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] analyse de variance [Termes IGN] bruit blanc [Termes IGN] fréquence [Termes IGN] méthode du maximum de vraisemblance (estimation) [Termes IGN] modèle de Gauss-Markov [Termes IGN] modèle stochastique [Termes IGN] série temporelle [Termes IGN] vitesse Résumé : (auteur) Understanding and modelling the properties of the stochastic variations in geodetic time series is crucial to obtain realistic uncertainties for deterministic parameters, e.g., long-term velocities, and helpful in characterizing non-modelled processes. With the increasing span of geodetic time series, it is expected that additional observations would help better understand the low-frequency properties of these stochastic variations. In the meantime, recent studies evidenced that the choice of the functional model for the time series biases the assessment of these low-frequency stochastic properties. In particular, frequent offsets in position time series can hinder the evaluation of the noise level at low frequencies and prevent the detection of possible random-walk-type variability. This study investigates the ability of the Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) method to correctly retrieve low-frequency stochastic properties of geodetic time series in the presence of frequent offsets. We show that part of the influence of offsets reported by previous studies results from the MLE method estimation biases. These biases occur even when all offset epochs are correctly identified and accounted for in the trajectory model. They can cause a dramatic underestimation of deterministic parameter uncertainties. We show that one can avoid biases using the Restricted Maximum Likelihood Estimation (RMLE) method. Yet, even when using the RMLE method or equivalent, adding offsets to the trajectory model inevitably blurs the estimated low-frequency properties of geodetic time series by increasing low-frequency stochastic parameter uncertainties more than other stochastic parameters. Numéro de notice : A2022-519 Affiliation des auteurs : UMR IPGP-Géod+Ext (2020- ) Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-022-01634-9 Date de publication en ligne : 29/06/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-022-01634-9 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=101072 [article]

A second-order attention network for glacial lake segmentation from remotely sensed imagery / Shidong Wang in ISPRS Journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, vol 189 (July 2022)  

Public [article]  inISPRS Journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing > vol 189 (July 2022) . - pp 289 - 301 Titre : A second-order attention network for glacial lake segmentation from remotely sensed imagery Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Shidong Wang, Auteur ; Maria V. Peppa, Auteur ; Wen Xiao, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : pp 289 - 301 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement d'image optique [Termes IGN] apprentissage profond [Termes IGN] attention (apprentissage automatique) [Termes IGN] changement climatique [Termes IGN] covariance [Termes IGN] image Landsat-8 [Termes IGN] Inde [Termes IGN] itération [Termes IGN] lac glaciaire [Termes IGN] réflectance de surface [Termes IGN] segmentation d'image [Termes IGN] tenseur Résumé : (auteur) Climate change is increasing the risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) in many of the world’s most vulnerable and high mountain regions. Simultaneously, remote sensing technologies now facilitate continuous monitoring of glacial lake evolution around the globe, although accurate and reliable automated glacial lake mapping from satellite data remains challenging. In this study, a Second-order Attention Network (SoAN) is devised for the automated segmentation of lakes from satellite imagery. In particular, a novel Second-order Attention Module (SoAM) is proposed to capture the long-range spatial dependencies and establish channel attention derived from the covariance representations of local features. Furthermore, as the dimensions of the input and output tensors are identical and it simply relies on matrix calculations, the proposed SoAM can be embedded into different positions of a given architecture while maintaining similar reference speed. The designed network is implemented on Landsat-8 imagery and outputs are compared against representative deep learning models, demonstrating improved results with a Dice of 81.02% and a F2 Score of 85.17%. Numéro de notice : A2022-470 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2022.05.007 Date de publication en ligne : 29/05/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2022.05.007 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100814 [article]

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Analysis of structure from motion and airborne laser scanning features for the evaluation of forest structure / Alejandro Rodríguez-Vivancos in European Journal of Forest Research, vol 141 n° 3 (June 2022)  

Public [article]  inEuropean Journal of Forest Research > vol 141 n° 3 (June 2022) . - pp 447 - 465 Titre : Analysis of structure from motion and airborne laser scanning features for the evaluation of forest structure Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Alejandro Rodríguez-Vivancos, Auteur ; José Antonio Manzanera, Auteur ; Susana Martín-Fernández, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : pp 447 - 465 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications photogrammétriques [Termes IGN] analyse de variance [Termes IGN] Bootstrap (statistique) [Termes IGN] diamètre à hauteur de poitrine [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] données localisées 3D [Termes IGN] erreur d'échantillon [Termes IGN] Espagne [Termes IGN] forêt inéquienne [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier étranger (données) [Termes IGN] lasergrammétrie [Termes IGN] modèle de régression [Termes IGN] modèle numérique de terrain [Termes IGN] Pinus sylvestris [Termes IGN] régression linéaire [Termes IGN] semis de points [Termes IGN] structure d'un peuplement forestier [Termes IGN] structure-from-motion Résumé : (auteur) Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) is widely extended in forest evaluation, although photogrammetry-based Structure from Motion (SfM) has recently emerged as a more affordable alternative. Return cloud metrics and their normalization using different typologies of Digital Terrain Models (DTM), either derived from SfM or from private or free access ALS, were evaluated. In addition, the influence of the return density (0.5–6.5 returns m-2) and the sampling intensity (0.3–3.4%) on the estimation of the most common stand structure variables were also analysed. The objective of this research is to gather all these questions in the same document, so that they serve as support for the planning of forest management. This study analyses the variables collected from 60 regularly distributed circular plots (r = 18 m) in a 150-ha of uneven-aged Scots pine stand. Results indicated that both ALS and SfM can be equally used to reduce the sampling error in the field inventories, but they showed differences when estimating the stand structure variables. ALS produced significantly better estimations than the SfM metrics for all the variables of interest, as well as the ALS-based normalization. However, the SfM point cloud produced better estimations when it was normalized with its own DTM, except for the dominant height. The return density did not have significant influence on the estimation of the stand structure variables in the range studied, while higher sampling intensities decreased the estimation errors. Nevertheless, these were stabilized at certain intensities depending on the variance of the stand structure variable. Numéro de notice : A2022-417 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1007/s10342-022-01447-7 Date de publication en ligne : 12/04/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-022-01447-7 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100780 [article]

Comparison of neural networks and k-nearest neighbors methods in forest stand variable estimation using airborne laser data / Andras Balazs in ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, vol 4 (April 2022)  

Public [article]  inISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing > vol 4 (April 2022) . - n° 100012 Titre : Comparison of neural networks and k-nearest neighbors methods in forest stand variable estimation using airborne laser data Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Andras Balazs, Auteur ; Eero Liski, Auteur ; Sakari Tuominen, Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 100012 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Lasergrammétrie [Termes IGN] algorithme génétique [Termes IGN] bois sur pied [Termes IGN] classification barycentrique [Termes IGN] classification par réseau neuronal convolutif [Termes IGN] covariance [Termes IGN] diamètre à hauteur de poitrine [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] données localisées 3D [Termes IGN] Finlande [Termes IGN] hauteur des arbres [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier étranger (données) [Termes IGN] peuplement forestier [Termes IGN] réseau neuronal artificiel [Termes IGN] semis de points [Termes IGN] volume en bois Résumé : (auteur) In the remote sensing of forests, point cloud data from airborne laser scanning contains high-value information for predicting the volume of growing stock and the size of trees. At the same time, laser scanning data allows a very high number of potential features that can be extracted from the point cloud data for predicting the forest variables. In some methods, the features are first extracted by user-defined algorithms and the best features are selected based on supervised learning, whereas both tasks can be carried out automatically by deep learning methods typically based on deep neural networks. In this study we tested k-nearest neighbor method combined with genetic algorithm (k-NN), artificial neural network (ANN), 2-dimensional convolutional neural network (2D-CNN) and 3-dimensional CNN (3D-CNN) for estimating the following forest variables: volume of growing stock, stand mean height and mean diameter. The results indicate that there were no major differences in the accuracy of the tested methods, but the ANN and 3D-CNN generally resulted in the lowest RMSE values for the predicted forest variables and the highest R2 values between the predicted and observed forest variables. The lowest RMSE scores were 20.3% (3D-CNN), 6.4% (3D-CNN) and 11.2% (ANN) and the highest R2 results 0.90 (3D-CNN), 0.95 (3D-CNN) and 0.85 (ANN) for volume of growing stock, stand mean height and mean diameter, respectively. Covariances of all response variable combinations and all predictions methods were lower than corresponding covariances of the field observations. ANN predictions had the highest covariances for mean height vs. mean diameter and total growing stock vs. mean diameter combinations and 3D-CNN for mean height vs. total growing stock. CNNs have distinct theoretical advantage over the other methods in complex recognition or classification tasks, but the utilization of their full potential may possibly require higher point density clouds than applied here. Thus, the relatively low density of the point clouds data may have been a contributing factor to the somewhat inconclusive ranking of the methods in this study. The input data and computer codes are available at: https://github.com/balazsan/ALS_NNs. Numéro de notice : A2022-265 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1016/j.ophoto.2022.100012 Date de publication en ligne : 12/03/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophoto.2022.100012 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100263 [article]

Comparing methods to extract crop height and estimate crop coefficient from UAV imagery using structure from motion / Nitzan Malachy in Remote sensing, vol 14 n° 4 (February-2 2022)  

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An integrated framework of global sensitivity analysis and calibration for spatially explicit agent-based models / Jeon-Young Kang in Transactions in GIS, vol 26 n° 1 (February 2022)  

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Efficient variance component estimation for large-scale least-squares problems in satellite geodesy / Yufeng Nie in Journal of geodesy, vol 96 n° 2 (February 2022)  

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Evaluation of mapped-plot variance estimators across a range of partial nonresponse in a post-stratified national forest inventory / James A. Westfall in Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Vol 52 n° 2 (February 2022)  

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Contextual location recommendation for location-based social networks by learning user intentions and contextual triggers / Seyyed Mohammadreza Rahimi in Geoinformatica, vol 26 n° 1 (January 2022)  

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Une généralisation de la méthode de partage des poids dans le cas où la base de sondage est continue / Philippe Brion (2022)    

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Modelling spatial processes in quantitative human geography / A. Stewart Fotheringham in Annals of GIS, vol 28 n° 1 (January 2022)  

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Replication and the search for the laws in the geographic sciences / Peter Kedron in Annals of GIS, vol 28 n° 1 (January 2022)  

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How geographic and climatic factors affect the adaptation of Douglas-fir provenances to the temperate continental climate zone in Europe / Marzena Niemczyk in European Journal of Forest Research, vol 140 n° 6 (December 2021)  

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Geoid determination through the combined least-squares adjustment of GNSS/levelling/gravity networks – a case study in Linyi, China / Dongmei Guo in Survey review, Vol 53 n° 381 (November 2021)  

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