Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 56, Issue 16, 161005(2019)

Combined Feature-Tracking and Pattern-Matching Algorithm for Sea-Ice Drift Detection

Junkai Wang1, Xiaoqi Lü1,2、*, Ming Zhang1, Jing Li1, Xianjing Meng1, and Genwang Liu3
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  • 1 Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, Inner Mongolia 0 14010, China
  • 2 Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia 0 10051, China
  • 3 First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao, Shandong 266061, China
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    We introduced an effective preprocessing method based on Sentinel-1 remote-sensing data to obtain a more accurate dataset and proposed a triangulation-based feature-tracking and pattern-matching algorithm. By establishing a triangular network, the advantages of the two algorithms were effectively combined, which not only improved the efficiency but also enhanced the spatial-distribution uniformity of the sea-ice drift vectors. Additionally, this study investigated the applicability of the algorithm for strong-noise areas of like-polarized (HH) and cross-polarized (HV) data. The experimental results show that sea-ice drift vectors obtained using this algorithm exhibit a high coverage and reduce the root mean square error by ~10%, thereby improving the detection accuracy and robustness against noise. Furthermore, the detection accuracy remains as high as 98%, even in the presence of interference by strip noise. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of this method for effectively monitoring sea-ice drift.

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    Junkai Wang, Xiaoqi Lü, Ming Zhang, Jing Li, Xianjing Meng, Genwang Liu. Combined Feature-Tracking and Pattern-Matching Algorithm for Sea-Ice Drift Detection[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(16): 161005

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    Paper Information

    Category: Image Processing

    Received: Jan. 14, 2019

    Accepted: Mar. 22, 2019

    Published Online: Aug. 5, 2019

    The Author Email: Lü Xiaoqi (lxiaoqi@imut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP56.161005

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