Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 49, Issue 11, 20200292(2020)

Land cover classification using ICESat-2 data with random forest

Binbin Li1... Huan Xie1,*, Xiaohua Tong1, Dan Ye1, Kaipeng Sun2 and Ming Li3 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Shanghai Key Laboratory for Planetary Mapping and Remote Sensing for Deep Space Exploration, College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
  • 2Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering, Shanghai 201109, China
  • 3Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China
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    Flowchart of classifying land cover using ICESat-2 data with random forest
    Distribution of experimental data
    Classification results for four kinds of land cover using strong beam and weak beam altimetry data
    Classification confusion matrix of four kinds of land cover using strong beam and weak beam altimetry data
    Classification results for three kinds of land cover using strong beam and weak beam altimetry data
    • Table 1.

      Classifier attribute

      分类器属性

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      Table 1.

      Classifier attribute

      分类器属性

      AttributeDescription
      Photon numberProduct label
      Proportion of terrain photons in vertical direction Computed
      Proportion of canopy photons in vertical direction Computed
      Proportion of top canopy photons in vertical direction Computed
      Proportion of terrain photons horizontal direction Computed
      Proportion of canopy/top canopy photons horizontal direction Computed
      SNRProduct label
      Solar elevationProduct label
      Solar azimuthProduct label
      Cloud confidence flagProduct label
    • Table 2.

      Number of four kinds of land cover samples

      四类地表样本数量

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      Table 2.

      Number of four kinds of land cover samples

      四类地表样本数量

      ClassStrong beamWeak beam
      Water30 79431 205
      Forest51 38580 315
      Low vegetation241 955279 090
      Urban/barren18 52219 305
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    Binbin Li, Huan Xie, Xiaohua Tong, Dan Ye, Kaipeng Sun, Ming Li. Land cover classification using ICESat-2 data with random forest[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(11): 20200292

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    Paper Information

    Category: Issue-Space-borne laser altimetry technology

    Received: Jul. 1, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 4, 2021

    The Author Email: Xie Huan (huanxie@tongji.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20200292

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