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Footprint size design of large-footprint full-waveform LiDAR for forest and topography applications: A theoretical study / Xuebo Yang in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, vol 59 n° 11 (November 2021)  

Public [article]  inIEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing > vol 59 n° 11 (November 2021) . - pp 9745 - 9757 Titre : Footprint size design of large-footprint full-waveform LiDAR for forest and topography applications: A theoretical study Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Xuebo Yang, Auteur ; Cheng Wang, Auteur ; Xiaohuan Xi, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : pp 9745 - 9757 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Lasergrammétrie [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] données localisées 3D [Termes IGN] empreinte [Termes IGN] extraction de la végétation [Termes IGN] forme d'onde pleine [Termes IGN] hauteur des arbres [Termes IGN] lidar à retour d'onde complète [Termes IGN] onde lidar [Termes IGN] processus gaussien [Termes IGN] signal lidar Résumé : (auteur) LiDAR footprint, defined as the illumination area of LiDAR sensor on the ground, is the fundamental unit that the sensor collects information from. The design of footprint size crucially influences the acquired LiDAR signals. For large-footprint full-waveform LiDAR, a well-designed footprint size is indispensable to acquire accurate and complete vertical profiles of scene targets. The methods that design the footprint size are increasingly needed to satisfy various application requirements. In this study, an analytical method to designing the footprint size is proposed for forest and topography applications. It is established based on a mixture Gaussian model and the designed footprint size ensures the signals of vegetation and ground can be completely extracted. Experiment results with our method show that the footprint size is preferably in the range of 10.6–25.0 m for forest application, while it is less than 32.3 m for topography application. The intersection of the two sets satisfies both applications. Furthermore, a series of sensibility studies were performed to analyze the influence of multiple key parameters to the optimal footprint size, including the scene characteristics, instrumental configurations, and application requirements. This study provides a theoretical basis for the design of future large-footprint full-waveform laser altimeters. Numéro de notice : A2021-812 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2021.3054324 Date de publication en ligne : 08/02/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2021.3054324 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=98885 [article]

Forest above ground biomass inversion by fusing GLAS with optical remote sensing data / Xiaohuan Xi in ISPRS International journal of geo-information, vol 5 n° 4 (April 2016)  

Public [article]  inISPRS International journal of geo-information > vol 5 n° 4 (April 2016) Titre : Forest above ground biomass inversion by fusing GLAS with optical remote sensing data Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Xiaohuan Xi, Auteur ; Tingting Han, Auteur ; Cheng Wang, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2016 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de télédétection [Termes IGN] biomasse aérienne [Termes IGN] classification par réseau neuronal [Termes IGN] distribution du coefficient de réflexion bidirectionnelle BRDF [Termes IGN] données ICEsat [Termes IGN] forêt [Termes IGN] hauteur de la végétation [Termes IGN] image Landsat-TM [Termes IGN] image optique [Termes IGN] image Terra-MODIS [Termes IGN] Leaf Area Index [Termes IGN] MNS ASTER [Termes IGN] régression [Termes IGN] Yunnan (Chine) Résumé : (auteur) Forest biomass is an important parameter for quantifying and understanding biological and physical processes on the Earth’s surface. Rapid, reliable, and objective estimations of forest biomass are essential to terrestrial ecosystem research. The Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) produced substantial scientific data for detecting the vegetation structure at the footprint level. This study combined GLAS data with MODIS/BRDF (Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function) and ASTER GDEM data to estimate forest aboveground biomass (AGB) in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China. The GLAS waveform characteristic parameters were extracted using the wavelet method. The ASTER DEM was used to compute the terrain index for reducing the topographic influence on the GLAS canopy height estimation. A neural network method was applied to assimilate the MODIS BRDF data with the canopy heights for estimating continuous forest heights. Forest leaf area indices (LAIs) were derived from Landsat TM imagery. A series of biomass estimation models were developed and validated using regression analyses between field-estimated biomass, canopy height, and LAI. The GLAS-derived canopy heights in Xishuangbanna correlated well with the field-estimated AGB (R2 = 0.61, RMSE = 52.79 Mg/ha). Combining the GLAS estimated canopy heights and LAI yielded a stronger correlation with the field-estimated AGB (R2 = 0.73, RMSE = 38.20 Mg/ha), which indicates that the accuracy of the estimated biomass in complex terrains can be improved significantly by integrating GLAS and optical remote sensing data. Numéro de notice : A2016-820 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.3390/ijgi5040045 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi5040045 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=82625 [article]