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Estimation of lidar-based gridded DEM uncertainty with varying terrain roughness and point density / Luyen K. Bui in ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, vol 7 (January 2023)  

Public [article]  inISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing > vol 7 (January 2023) . - n° 100028 Titre : Estimation of lidar-based gridded DEM uncertainty with varying terrain roughness and point density Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Luyen K. Bui, Auteur ; Craig L. Glennie, Auteur Année de publication : 2023 Article en page(s) : n° 100028 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications photogrammétriques [Termes IGN] Alaska (Etats-Unis) [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] données localisées 3D [Termes IGN] Hawaii (Etats-Unis) [Termes IGN] incertitude des données [Termes IGN] interpolation [Termes IGN] modèle numérique de surface [Termes IGN] semis de points [Termes IGN] Triangulated Irregular Network Résumé : (auteur) Light detection and ranging (lidar) scanning systems can be used to provide a point cloud with high quality and point density. Gridded digital elevation models (DEMs) interpolated from laser scanning point clouds are widely used due to their convenience, however, DEM uncertainty is rarely provided. This paper proposes an end-to-end workflow to quantify the uncertainty (i.e., standard deviation) of a gridded lidar-derived DEM. A benefit of the proposed approach is that it does not require independent validation data measured by alternative means. The input point cloud requires per point uncertainty which is derived from lidar system observational uncertainty. The propagated uncertainty caused by interpolation is then derived by the general law of propagation of variances (GLOPOV) with simultaneous consideration of both horizontal and vertical point cloud uncertainties. Finally, the interpolated uncertainty is then scaled by point density and a measure of terrain roughness to arrive at the final gridded DEM uncertainty. The proposed approach is tested with two lidar datasets measured in Waikoloa, Hawaii, and Sitka, Alaska. Triangulated irregular network (TIN) interpolation is chosen as the representative gridding approach. The results indicate estimated terrain roughness/point density scale factors ranging between 1 (in flat areas) and 7.6 (in high roughness areas), with a mean value of 2.3 for the Waikoloa dataset and between 1 and 9.2 with a mean value of 1.2 for the Sitka dataset. As a result, the final gridded DEM uncertainties are estimated between 0.059 m and 0.677 m with a mean value of 0.164 m for the Waikoloa dataset and between 0.059 m and 1.723 m with a mean value of 0.097 m for the Sitka dataset. Numéro de notice : A2023-120 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.ophoto.2022.100028 Date de publication en ligne : 17/12/2023 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophoto.2022.100028 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=102494 [article]