The First Large-Scale Offshore Aerial Survey Using a High-Resolution Camera System

2019 ◽  
pp. 115-123
Author(s):  
Stephanie McGovern ◽  
Julia Robinson Wilmott ◽  
Gregory Lampman ◽  
Ann Pembroke ◽  
Simon Warford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Aerial Survey ◽  
Camera System

scholarly journals A Novel Low-Cost, High-Resolution Camera System for Measuring Peat Subsidence and Water Table Dynamics

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris D. Evans ◽  
Nathan Callaghan ◽  
Adi Jaya ◽  
Alistair Grinham ◽  
Sofie Sjogersten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Water Table ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Time Lapse ◽  
Surface Elevation ◽  
Carbon Loss ◽  
Camera System ◽  
Peat Surface

Peatlands are highly dynamic systems, able to accumulate carbon over millennia under natural conditions, but susceptible to rapid subsidence and carbon loss when drained. Short-term, seasonal and long-term peat surface elevation changes are closely linked to key peatland attributes such as water table depth (WTD) and carbon balance, and may be measured remotely using satellite radar and LiDAR methods. However, field measurements of peat elevation change are spatially and temporally sparse, reliant on low-resolution manual subsidence pole measurements, or expensive sensor systems. Here we describe a novel, simple and low-cost image-based method for measuring peat surface motion and WTD using commercially available time-lapse cameras and image processing methods. Based on almost two years’ deployment of peat cameras across contrasting forested, burned, agricultural and oil palm plantation sites in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, we show that the method can capture extremely high resolution (sub-mm) and high-frequency (sub-daily) changes in peat surface elevation over extended periods and under challenging environmental conditions. WTD measurements were of similar quality to commercially available pressure transducers. Results reveal dynamic peat elevation response to individual rain events, consistent with variations in WTD. Over the course of the relatively severe 2019 dry season, cameras in deep-drained peatlands recorded maximum peat shrinkage of over 8 cm, followed by partial rebound, leading to net annual subsidence of up to 5 cm. Sites with higher water tables, and where borehole irrigation was used to maintain soil moisture, had lower subsidence, suggesting potential to reduce subsidence through altered land-management. Given the established link between subsidence and CO2 emissions, these results have direct implications for the management of peatlands to reduce high current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Camera-based sensors provide a simple, low-cost alternative to commercial elevation, WTD and GHG flux monitoring systems, suitable for deployment at scale, and in areas where existing approaches are impractical or unaffordable. If ground-based observations of peat motion can be linked to measured GHG fluxes and with satellite-based monitoring tools, this approach offers the potential for a large-scale peatland monitoring tool, suitable for identifying areas of active carbon loss, targeting climate change mitigation interventions, and evaluating intervention outcomes.

scholarly journals AMS-3000 LARGE FIELD VIEW AERIAL MAPPING SYSTEM: BASIC PRINCIPLES AND THE WORKFLOW

2020 ◽  
Vol XLIII-B1-2020 ◽  
pp. 79-84
Author(s):  
K. Xi ◽  
Y. Duan
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Aerial Survey ◽  
Field Of View ◽  
Large Field ◽  
Camera System ◽  
Aerial Photogrammetry ◽  
Line Array ◽  
Mapping System ◽  
Aerial Mapping ◽  
Economic Construction

Abstract. Three-line array stereo aerial survey camera is a typical mapping equipment of aerial photogrammetry. As one of the airborne equipment, it can quickly obtain a large range of basic geographic information with high precision. At present, typical three-line array stereoscopic aerial survey cameras, such as Leica ADS40 and 80, have the disadvantages of small field of view and low resolution, which makes it difficult to meet the demand of large-scale topographic mapping for economic construction. For the urgent need of domestic three linear array aerial mapping camera in our project, we developed the AMS-3000 camera system. Camera features include a large field of view, high resolution, low distortion and high environmental adaptability. The AMS-3000 system has reached the international advanced level on both software and hardware aspects.

A Cooperative Dual-Camera System for Face Recognition and Video Monitoring

2014 ◽  
Vol 998-999 ◽  
pp. 784-788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuo Chen ◽  
Hai Bo Wu ◽  
Sheng Ping Xia
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Video Monitoring ◽  
Field Of View ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Time Requirement ◽  
Camera System ◽  
High Resolution Image ◽  
Wide Field Of View ◽  
Clustering Tree

In the ordinary video monitoring system, the whole small scene is usually observed by a stationary camera or a few stationary cameras, but the system can’t zoom and focus on the target of interest rapidly, and also can’t get the high resolution image of the target of interest in a far distance. Therefore based on the research of the dual-camera cooperation and a RSOM clustering tree and CSHG algorithm, a cooperative dual-camera system is designed to track and recognize a face quickly in a large-scale and far-distance scene in this paper, which is made up of a Stationary Wide Field of View (SWFV) camera and a Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) camera. In the meanwhile, the algorithm can ensure the real-time requirement.

MODELING THE SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN FROM MEDIUM TO HIGH RESOLUTION

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariela Gabioux ◽  
Vladimir Santos da Costa ◽  
Joao Marcos Azevedo Correia de Souza ◽  
Bruna Faria de Oliveira ◽  
Afonso De Moraes Paiva
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
Surface Relaxation ◽  
The South ◽  
Small Surface ◽  
Basic Model ◽  
Basic Set ◽  
Set Up

Results of the basic model configuration of the REMO project, a Brazilian approach towards operational oceanography, are discussed. This configuration consists basically of a high-resolution eddy-resolving, 1/12 degree model for the Metarea V, nested in a medium-resolution eddy-permitting, 1/4 degree model of the Atlantic Ocean. These simulations performed with HYCOM model, aim for: a) creating a basic set-up for implementation of assimilation techniques leading to ocean prediction; b) the development of hydrodynamics bases for environmental studies; c) providing boundary conditions for regional domains with increased resolution. The 1/4 degree simulation was able to simulate realistic equatorial and south Atlantic large scale circulation, both the wind-driven and the thermohaline components. The high resolution simulation was able to generate mesoscale and represent well the variability pattern within the Metarea V domain. The BC mean transport values were well represented in the southwestern region (between Vitória-Trinidade sea mount and 29S), in contrast to higher latitudes (higher than 30S) where it was slightly underestimated. Important issues for the simulation of the South Atlantic with high resolution are discussed, like the ideal place for boundaries, improvements in the bathymetric representation and the control of bias SST, by the introducing of a small surface relaxation. In order to make a preliminary assessment of the model behavior when submitted to data assimilation, the Cooper & Haines (1996) method was used to extrapolate SSH anomalies fields to deeper layers every 7 days, with encouraging results.

scholarly journals Author Correction: High-resolution, large-scale laboratory measurements of a sandy beach and dynamic cobble berm revetment

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris E. Blenkinsopp ◽  
Paul M. Bayle ◽  
Daniel C. Conley ◽  
Gerd Masselink ◽  
Emily Gulson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sandy Beach ◽  
Laboratory Measurements

A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00874-2.

scholarly journals Rapid Single Image-Based DTM Estimation from ExoMars TGO CaSSIS Images Using Generative Adversarial U-Nets

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 2877
Author(s):  
Yu Tao ◽  
Siting Xiong ◽  
Susan J. Conway ◽  
Jan-Peter Muller ◽  
Anthony Guimpier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Landing Site ◽  
Parameter Tuning ◽  
Processing Parameters ◽  
Input Image ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Laser Altimeter ◽  
Imaging Science

The lack of adequate stereo coverage and where available, lengthy processing time, various artefacts, and unsatisfactory quality and complexity of automating the selection of the best set of processing parameters, have long been big barriers for large-area planetary 3D mapping. In this paper, we propose a deep learning-based solution, called MADNet (Multi-scale generative Adversarial u-net with Dense convolutional and up-projection blocks), that avoids or resolves all of the above issues. We demonstrate the wide applicability of this technique with the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) 4.6 m/pixel images on Mars. Only a single input image and a coarse global 3D reference are required, without knowing any camera models or imaging parameters, to produce high-quality and high-resolution full-strip Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) in a few seconds. In this paper, we discuss technical details of the MADNet system and provide detailed comparisons and assessments of the results. The resultant MADNet 8 m/pixel CaSSIS DTMs are qualitatively very similar to the 1 m/pixel HiRISE DTMs. The resultant MADNet CaSSIS DTMs display excellent agreement with nested Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Context Camera (CTX), Mars Express’s High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), and Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) DTMs at large-scale, and meanwhile, show fairly good correlation with the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) DTMs for fine-scale details. In addition, we show how MADNet outperforms traditional photogrammetric methods, both on speed and quality, for other datasets like HRSC, CTX, and HiRISE, without any parameter tuning or re-training of the model. We demonstrate the results for Oxia Planum (the landing site of the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover 2023) and a couple of sites of high scientific interest.

An on-demand scheme driven by the knowledge of geospatial distribution for large-scale high-resolution impervious surface mapping

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Min Huang ◽  
Nengcheng Chen ◽  
Wenying Du ◽  
Mengtian Wen ◽  
Daoye Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Impervious Surface ◽  
Surface Mapping ◽  
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