Journal of Atmospheric and Environmental Optics, Volume. 20, Issue 3, 410(2025)

A sea surface position extraction method for airborne marine lidar based on bidirectional long short-term memory network

TANG Chen1, JIANG Ping1, ZHAN Wenjun1, GUO Ziyu1, DING Miaoqi1, and SONG Xiaoquan1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Ocean Technology, Faculty of Information Science and Engineering,Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
  • 2Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Pilot National Laboratory, Qingdao 266237, China
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    Chen TANG, Ping JIANG, Wenjun ZHAN, Ziyu GUO, Miaoqi DING, Xiaoquan SONG. A sea surface position extraction method for airborne marine lidar based on bidirectional long short-term memory network[J]. Journal of Atmospheric and Environmental Optics, 2025, 20(3): 410

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    Paper Information

    Category: "Advanced technology of lidar and its application in atmospheric environment" Albun

    Received: Mar. 31, 2025

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 9, 2025

    The Author Email: Xiaoquan SONG (songxq@ouc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1673-6141.2025.03.013

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