Dense matching for the derivation of shallow water bathymetry using satellite stereopairs

Wen Chi Chang, Chih Yuan Huang, Sin Yu Hong, Cheng Gi Wang, Liang Chien Chen

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Abstract

This paper proposes a method using satellite stereopairs to reconstruct the bathymetry. The proposed method comprises three major steps: (1) image matching, (2) elevation calculation, and (3) refraction correction. Semi-global matching (SGM) is employed in the first step. Two matching cost assessments, namely, Normalized Cross Correlation (NCC) and Mutual Information (MI) are compared in this study. The matching starts from an initial bathymetry model. We calculate the disparity by SGM for each pixel pair. Then the elevation calculation is employed for 3D positioning via the disparity. The correction for refraction at the air/water interface is needed. Thus, we revise the bathymetry derived from elevation calculation through the incidence angles of satellite images at the final step. Experimental results show that the proposed method could yield the accuracy around 0.7 m for the reconstruction of shallow water bathymetry when WorldView-2 satellite image pairs were tested. The results also indicate that the MI performs better than NCC.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication37th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, ACRS 2016
PublisherAsian Association on Remote Sensing
Pages2280-2283
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781510834613
StatePublished - 2016
Event37th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, ACRS 2016 - Colombo, Sri Lanka
Duration: 17 Oct 201621 Oct 2016

Publication series

Name37th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, ACRS 2016
Volume3

Conference

Conference37th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, ACRS 2016
Country/TerritorySri Lanka
CityColombo
Period17/10/1621/10/16

Keywords

  • Bathymetry
  • Image matching
  • Refraction correction
  • Satellite images

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