Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 49, Issue 11, 20200214(2020)

Spaceborne photon-counting LiDAR on-orbit calibration based on natural surface

Pufan Zhao... Yue Ma, Yu Wu, Shizhe Yu and Song Li |Show fewer author(s)
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  • School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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    Figures & Tables(11)
    Ocean surface laser ranging geometry principle
    Calibration results with different initial Roll values
    Calibration results with different initial Pitch values
    Calibration results with different length of datasets
    Comparion of calibrated point cloud with DSM elevation
    Comparion of NASA official point cloud with DSM elevation
    Ranging residual after calibration in Lianyungang
    Ranging residual after calibration in Antarctic McMudro Dry Valleys
    • Table 1.

      Parameters used in simulation

      仿真所使用参数一览表

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      Table 1.

      Parameters used in simulation

      仿真所使用参数一览表

      ParameterValue
      Laser wavelength/nm532
      Footprint diameter/m17.5
      Laser pulse energy/mJ0.12
      Transmitting off-nadir angle/(°)1
      Laser pointing random error/(″)2
      Ranging random error/m1
      Laser pointing bias/(″)200
      Ranging bias/m10
    • Table 2.

      Cross validation results in Antarctic McMudro Dry Valleys

      南极麦克莫多干谷地区交叉验证结果

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      Table 2.

      Cross validation results in Antarctic McMudro Dry Valleys

      南极麦克莫多干谷地区交叉验证结果

      SegmentsΔx/m Δy/m Δz/mm
      Segment1−2.852−0.528−1.23
      Segment2−3.035−0.447−0.17
      Segment3−2.953−0.463−0.46
      Segment4−2.961−0.467−0.49
      Segment5−3.148−0.659−2.14
      Segment6−2.889−0.371−0.38
      Average−2.973−0.489−0.69
      Standard deviation0.1070.097−0.89
    • Table 3.

      Cross validation results in Lianyungang

      连云港地区交叉验证结果

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      Table 3.

      Cross validation results in Lianyungang

      连云港地区交叉验证结果

      SegmentsΔx/m Δy/m Δz/mm
      Segment10.8563.0983.20
      Segment21.6732.808−20.63
      Segment31.2513.130−6.88
      Segment41.8323.246−21.38
      Segment51.5533.676−10.55
      Average1.4333.192−11.24
      Standard deviation0.3870.31510.24
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    Pufan Zhao, Yue Ma, Yu Wu, Shizhe Yu, Song Li. Spaceborne photon-counting LiDAR on-orbit calibration based on natural surface[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(11): 20200214

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    Category: Issue-Space-borne laser altimetry technology

    Received: May. 28, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 4, 2021

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20200214

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