Modeling the Relationships between the Height and Spectrum of Submerged Tufa Barrage Using UAV-Derived Geometric Bathymetry and Digital Orthoimages
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Methods
3.1. UAV Data Acquisition
3.2. UAV Data Processing
3.3. Refraction Correction
3.4. Through-Water Spectral Analysis
4. Results
4.1. Tufa Barrage Morphology
4.2. Estimated Barrage Height
4.3. Band Ratio Analysis
5. Discussion
5.1. Factors Affecting Submerged Tufa Barrage Deposition
5.2. The Relationship between Barrage Height and Spectrum
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Spatial Resolution | Interference Intensity | Operational Complexity | Costs | |
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SBES/MBES | medium | high | high | high |
satellite airborne lidar UAV-SfM UAV-RGB bands | low high very high very high | medium low low medium | low very high medium low | very low very high low low |
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He, J.; Lin, J.; Xu, Y. Modeling the Relationships between the Height and Spectrum of Submerged Tufa Barrage Using UAV-Derived Geometric Bathymetry and Digital Orthoimages. Sensors 2021, 21, 6987. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21216987
He J, Lin J, Xu Y. Modeling the Relationships between the Height and Spectrum of Submerged Tufa Barrage Using UAV-Derived Geometric Bathymetry and Digital Orthoimages. Sensors. 2021; 21(21):6987. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21216987
Chicago/Turabian StyleHe, Jinchen, Jiayuan Lin, and Yanhao Xu. 2021. "Modeling the Relationships between the Height and Spectrum of Submerged Tufa Barrage Using UAV-Derived Geometric Bathymetry and Digital Orthoimages" Sensors 21, no. 21: 6987. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21216987