scholarly journals Semi-Global Filtering of Airborne LiDAR Data for Fast Extraction of Digital Terrain Models

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 10996-11015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangyun Hu ◽  
Lizhi Ye ◽  
Shiyan Pang ◽  
Jie Shan
Keyword(s):  
Airborne Lidar ◽  
Lidar Data ◽  
Digital Terrain Models ◽  
Digital Terrain ◽  
Terrain Models ◽  
Fast Extraction ◽  
Airborne Lidar Data

scholarly journals The use of airborne LiDAR data for the analysis of debris flow events in Switzerland

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 1113-1127 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Scheidl ◽  
D. Rickenmann ◽  
M. Chiari
Keyword(s):  
Debris Flow ◽  
Airborne Lidar ◽  
Lidar Data ◽  
Digital Terrain Models ◽  
Alpine Regions ◽  
Digital Terrain ◽  
Terrain Models ◽  
Digital Elevation ◽  
Airborne Lidar Data ◽  
Volume Estimates

Abstract. A methodology of magnitude estimates for debris flow events is described using airborne LiDAR data. Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) is a widely used technology to generate digital elevation information. LiDAR data in alpine regions can be obtained by several commercial companies where the automated filtering process is proprietary and varies from companies to companies. This study describes the analysis of geomorphologic changes using digital terrain models derived from commercial LiDAR data. The estimation of the deposition volumes is based on two digital terrain models covering the same area but differing in their time of survey. In this study two surveyed deposition areas of debris flows, located in the canton of Berne, Switzerland, were chosen as test cases. We discuss different grid interpolating techniques, other preliminary work and the accuracy of the used LiDAR data and volume estimates.

scholarly journals Detection of Earthquake-Induced Landslides during the 2018 Kumamoto Earthquake Using Multitemporal Airborne Lidar Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 2292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Liu ◽  
Fumio Yamazaki ◽  
Yoshihisa Maruyama
Keyword(s):  
Image Interpretation ◽  
Airborne Lidar ◽  
Lidar Data ◽  
Digital Terrain ◽  
Terrain Models ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Vertical Displacements ◽  
Good Potential ◽  
Collapsed Buildings ◽  
Airborne Lidar Data

A series of earthquakes hit Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, continuously over a period of two days in April 2016. The earthquakes caused many landslides and numerous surface ruptures. In this study, two sets of the pre- and post-event airborne Lidar data were applied to detect landslides along the Futagawa fault. First, the horizontal displacements caused by the crustal displacements were removed by a subpixel registration. Then, the vertical displacements were calculated by averaging the vertical differences in 100-m grids. The erosions and depositions in the corrected vertical differences were extracted using the thresholding method. Slope information was applied to remove the vertical differences caused by collapsed buildings. Then, the linked depositions were identified from the erosions according to the aspect information. Finally, the erosion and its linked deposition were identified as a landslide. The results were verified using truth data from field surveys and image interpretation. Both the pair of digital surface models acquired over a short period and the pair of digital terrain models acquired over a 10-year period showed good potential for detecting 70% of landslides.

scholarly journals ACCURACY ASSESSMENT OF LIDAR-DERIVED DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL (DTM) WITH DIFFERENT SLOPE AND CANOPY COVER IN TROPICAL FOREST REGION

2015 ◽  
Vol II-2/W2 ◽  
pp. 183-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. M. Salleh ◽  
Z. Ismail ◽  
M. Z. A. Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Digital Terrain Model ◽  
Canopy Cover ◽  
Airborne Lidar ◽  
Lidar Data ◽  
Terrain Model ◽  
Digital Terrain ◽  
Terrain Slope ◽  
Airborne Lidar Data

Airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology has been widely used recent years especially in generating high accuracy of Digital Terrain Model (DTM). High density and good quality of airborne LiDAR data promises a high quality of DTM. This study focussing on the analysing the error associated with the density of vegetation cover (canopy cover) and terrain slope in a LiDAR derived-DTM value in a tropical forest environment in Bentong, State of Pahang, Malaysia. Airborne LiDAR data were collected can be consider as low density captured by Reigl system mounted on an aircraft. The ground filtering procedure use adaptive triangulation irregular network (ATIN) algorithm technique in producing ground points. Next, the ground control points (GCPs) used in generating the reference DTM and these DTM was used for slope classification and the point clouds belong to non-ground are then used in determining the relative percentage of canopy cover. The results show that terrain slope has high correlation for both study area (0.993 and 0.870) with the RMSE of the LiDAR-derived DTM. This is similar to canopy cover where high value of correlation (0.989 and 0.924) obtained. This indicates that the accuracy of airborne LiDAR-derived DTM is significantly affected by terrain slope and canopy caver of study area.

scholarly journals The Potential of ICESat-2 to Identify Carbon-Rich Peatlands in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 4175
Author(s):  
Anna Berninger ◽  
Florian Siegert
Keyword(s):  
Surface Topography ◽  
Airborne Lidar ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Lidar Data ◽  
Digital Terrain ◽  
Terrain Models ◽  
Tropical Peatlands ◽  
3D Surface Topography ◽  
To Come ◽  
Carbon Store

Peatlands in Indonesia are one of the primary global storages for terrestrial organic carbon. Poor land management, drainage, and recurrent fires lead to the release of huge amounts of carbon dioxide. Accurate information about the extent of the peatlands and its 3D surface topography is crucial for assessing and quantifying this globally relevant carbon store. To identify the most carbon-rich peatlands—dome-shaped ombrogenous peat—by collecting GPS-based terrain data is almost impossible, as these peatlands are often located in remote areas, frequently flooded, and usually covered by dense tropical forest vegetation. The detection by airborne LiDAR or spaceborne remote sensing in Indonesia is costly and laborious. This study investigated the potential of the ICESat-2/ATLAS LiDAR satellite data to identify and map carbon-rich peatlands. The spaceborne ICESat-2 LiDAR data were compared and correlated with highly accurate field validated digital terrain models (DTM) generated from airborne LiDAR as well as the commercial global WorldDEM DTM dataset. Compared to the airborne DTM, the ICESat-2 LiDAR data produced an R2 of 0.89 and an RMSE of 0.83 m. For the comparison with the WorldDEM DTM, the resulting R2 lay at 0.94 and the RMSE at 0.86 m. We model the peat dome surface from individual peat hydrological units by performing ordinary kriging on ICESat-2 DTM-footprint data. These ICESat-2 based peatland models, compared to a WorldDEM DTM and airborne DTM, produced an R2 of 0.78, 0.84, and 0.94 in Kalimantan and an R2 of 0.69, 0.72, and 0.85 in Sumatra. The RMSE ranged from 0.68 m to 2.68 m. These results demonstrate the potential of ICESat-2 in assessing peat surface topography. Since ICESat-2 will collect more data worldwide in the years to come, it can be used to survey and map carbon-rich tropical peatlands globally and free of charge.

scholarly journals UAV and Airborne LiDAR Data for Interpreting Kinematic Evolution of Landslide Movements: The Case Study of the Montescaglioso Landslide (Southern Italy)

Geosciences ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Pellicani ◽  
Ilenia Argentiero ◽  
Paola Manzari ◽  
Giuseppe Spilotro ◽  
Cosimo Marzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Airborne Lidar ◽  
Slope Instability ◽  
Digital Terrain ◽  
Kinematic Evolution ◽  
Terrain Models ◽  
Landslide Body ◽  
Remote Sensing Systems ◽  
Airborne Lidar Data

Airborne remote sensing systems are increasingly used in engineering geology and geomorphology for studying and monitoring natural hazardous scenarios and events. In this study, we used two remote sensing monitoring techniques, i.e., light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to analyze the kinematic evolution of the Montescaglioso landslide (Basilicata, Southern Italy), a large rain-triggered landslide that occurred in December 2013. By comparing pre- and post-event LiDAR and UAV DEMs and UAV orthomosaics, we delineated landslide morphological features and measured horizontal displacements and elevation change differences within landslide body. Analysis of two subsequent post-events digital terrain models (DTMs) also allowed the evaluation of the evolutionary behavior of the slope instability, highlighting no signs of reactivation. The UAV-derived digital surface models (DSMs) were found consistent with the LiDAR-DTMs, but their use was in addition highlighted as highly effective to support geomorphic interpretations and complement LiDAR and field-based data acquisitions. This study shows the effectiveness of combining the two UAV-LiDAR methodologies to evaluate geomorphological features indicative of the failure mechanism and to interpret the evolutionary behavior of the instability process

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