Fusion of Drone-Based RGB and Multi-Spectral Imagery for Shallow Water Bathymetry Inversion
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodology
2.1. Study Areas and Fieldwork
2.2. Pre-Processing of Drone-Based Imagery
2.3. Shallow Bathymetry Inversion in WASI
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Band Name | Central Wavelength (nm) | Fwhm* (nm) |
---|---|---|
P4P-Blue | 462 | 40 |
P4P-Green | 525 | 50 |
P4P-Red | 592 | 25 |
MS-Blue | 480 | 10 |
MS-Green | 560 | 10 |
MS-Red | 671 | 5 |
Study Area | CHL-a (mg/L) | SPM (mg/L) |
---|---|---|
Lambayanna | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Kalamaki | 0.18 | 0.13 |
Plakias | 0.18 | 0.10 |
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Study Area | Number of RGB Images | Number of MS Images | Altitude | Sun Zenith Angle (Degrees) | Acquisition Time (hh:mm) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lambayanna beach | 500 | >1000 | 90 | 70 | 09:00 |
Kalamaki bay | 400 | 400 | 150 | 52 | 11:30 |
Plakias bay | 230 | 200 | 150 | 49 | 12:00 |
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Alevizos, E.; Oikonomou, D.; Argyriou, A.V.; Alexakis, D.D. Fusion of Drone-Based RGB and Multi-Spectral Imagery for Shallow Water Bathymetry Inversion. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 1127. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14051127
Alevizos E, Oikonomou D, Argyriou AV, Alexakis DD. Fusion of Drone-Based RGB and Multi-Spectral Imagery for Shallow Water Bathymetry Inversion. Remote Sensing. 2022; 14(5):1127. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14051127
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlevizos, Evangelos, Dimitrios Oikonomou, Athanasios V. Argyriou, and Dimitrios D. Alexakis. 2022. "Fusion of Drone-Based RGB and Multi-Spectral Imagery for Shallow Water Bathymetry Inversion" Remote Sensing 14, no. 5: 1127. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14051127