Geo-knowledge-informed Deep Learning for Auto-identification of Supraglacial Lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet from Satellite Imagery
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Abstract
Melting glaciers are indicators of global climate change. The formation and dynamics of supraglacial lakes on the Greenland's ice sheet, which appear during the summer melt season, are of particular interest due to their impact on ice dynamics. Detecting these lakes is essential, yet challenging. This paper presents a comprehensive geo-knowledge-informed deep leaning workflow for auto-identification of supraglacial lakes from Sentinel-2 satellite images. The U-Net deep neural network is employed for pixel-level segmentation, distinguishing lakes from other features. Post-processing techniques filter false positives and incorporate geographical knowledge to re-fine results. The experiment results demonstrate the superior performance of our proposed method with F1-score of 0.78. This research contributes to the understanding of supraglacial lake dynamics and the development of robust automated detection methods.
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- Geo-knowledge-informed Deep Learning for Auto-identification of Supraglacial Lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet from Satellite Imagery
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ISBN:9798400701689
DOI:10.1145/3589132
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