Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 9, 20210997(2022)

Elevation control points extraction of spaceborne lasers with multi-feature parameter constraints

Yongkang Mei1,2, Junfeng Xie2、*, Wei Chen1, and Ren Liu2,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
  • 2Land Satellite Remote Sensing Application Center, MNR, Beijing 100048, China
  • 3School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
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    Figures & Tables(16)
    Flowchart of multi-feature parameters constraints algorithm
    Schematic of invalid data phenomenon
    Display of the original waveform intensity count
    Schematic diagram of the full-length waveform
    Verified data of GF-7 spaceborne laser
    Comparison chart of echo characteristic parameters about six ground objects
    Scatter diagram of correlation between echo characteristic parameters
    Comparison between satellite image and original waveform about special points
    Comparison between satellite image and original waveform
    • Table 1. Laser altimeter parameters of GF-7

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      Table 1. Laser altimeter parameters of GF-7

      ParameterValue
      Laser beam2
      Laser working wavelength/µm1.064
      Laser divergence angle/µrad≤60
      Laser ranging range/km450-550
      Receiving telescope aperture/mm600
      Laser repetition rate3 Hz (6 Hz at calibration mode)
      Sampling rate/GSps2
      Spot size/m15
      Ranging accuracy/m≤0.1
      Transmitting pulse energy/mJ≤180
      Transmitting pulse width/ns4-8
      Laser emission efficiency99.4%
      Laser receiving efficiency79.0%
    • Table 2. Basic information of experimental data

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      Table 2. Basic information of experimental data

      OrbitBeam 1Beam 2
      Total pointsValid pointsUnimodal pointsTotal pointsValid pointsUnimodal points
      2085648551179648454271
      2086938849424939819503
      208811256794731125649448
      341911015042191101518240
    • Table 3. Basic information of the verified data

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      Table 3. Basic information of the verified data

      OrbitBeam 1Beam 2Acquisition time
      PointsPoints
      67253652019.12.17
      597374962020.11.30
      1143065552021.11.19
      1158399982021.11.29
    • Table 4. The min and max value of each characteristic parameter in typical feature type

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      Table 4. The min and max value of each characteristic parameter in typical feature type

      Feature typeSNR minSNR maxKurtosis minKurtosis maxSkewness minSkewness max
      Grass land22.7529.192.324.870.921.76
      Gobi19.6726.111.843.790.661.49
      Land20.8226.331.905.100.691.87
      Water body19.6129.711.885.890.662.03
      Sand18.8325.281.894.530.631.72
      Arable land17.1928.661.675.240.421.86
      17.1929.711.675.890.422.03
    • Table 5. Statistical calculation of echo parameters

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      Table 5. Statistical calculation of echo parameters

      Mean valueRMSE
      SNR min20.341.36
      Kurtosis min1.970.18
      Skewness min0.710.11
      Skewness max1.740.14
    • Table 6. Verification results of elevation accuracy before and after screening

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      Table 6. Verification results of elevation accuracy before and after screening

      OrbitBeamElevation difference/m
      Mean value/mRMSE/mMin/mMax/m
      注:①基于有效性筛选后数据;②基于峰值个数筛选后数据;③基于回波特征参数筛选后数据
      6721−0.47−0.44−0.242.922.711.490.120.120.125.672.590.55
      2−0.80−0.49−0.382.800.630.440.000.000.0021.823.131.14
      59731−0.95−0.90−0.480.840.710.290.010.010.013.412.841.06
      2−1.98−1.03−0.422.450.580.450.070.070.078.652.291.17
      114301−0.22−0.16−0.090.920.690.420.000.000.004.181.900.83
      20.280.100.062.810.880.720.000.000.008.322.840.97
      1158310.150.080.040.600.610.540.010.010.012.891.950.97
      20.380.190.151.740.690.460.000.000.009.253.951.40
    • Table 7. Verification results of laser points before and after screening

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      Table 7. Verification results of laser points before and after screening

      OrbitLaser pointsPercentage
      注:①筛选前验证区域内总点数;②基于有效性筛选后有效点数;③基于峰值个数筛选后单峰值点数;④基于回波特征参数筛选后阈值范围内点数;⑤符合文中设定精度要求内点数;⑥筛选后点数的保留率;⑦符合精度点数在筛选后中的占比
      672Beam 1535037292554.72%86.21%
      Beam 2656050282843.08%100.00%
      5973Beam 1747363484064.86%83.33%
      Beam 2969483776680.21%85.71%
      11430Beam 1656459444267.69%95.45%
      Beam 2555345373667.27%97.30%
      11583Beam 1998679504650.51%92.00%
      Beam 2989172524353.06%82.69%
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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers & Laser optics

    Received: Dec. 21, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 6, 2023

    The Author Email: Xie Junfeng (junfeng_xie@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210997

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