Evaluating the Adaptation Potential of SAM2 for Glacier Segmentation in severe Weather

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Beitragende

Abstract

Ground based time lapse cameras provide continuous, high frequency observations of glacier dynamics; however, automated analysis of these image streams remains challenging due to fog, snowfall, lens contamination, and variable illumination. This study investigates the potential of adapting the foundation segmentation model Segment Anything Model 2 (SAM2) for glacier segmentation from ground-based monitoring. To enable integration into automated pipelines, SAM2 is configured in image mode with a learned prompt generation strategy, while fine-tuning is restricted to the prompt encoder and mask decoder. In addition, the internal Intersection over Union (IoU) prediction head is utilized as a confidence estimator to assess segmentation reliability. Experimental results demonstrate that the adapted model achieves stable segmentation under moderate environmental variability, while degrading under severe visibility loss. This stability is consistent across model scales and input resolutions. The confidence estimation further provides a meaningful signal for identifying uncertain predictions, supporting reliability-aware processing in downstream workflows.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelXXV ISPRS Congress 2026 “From Imagery to Understanding”, Commission III
Seiten205–212
Seitenumfang8
Band49
AuflageB3-2026
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 30 Juli 2026
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Publikationsreihe

ReiheInternational Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
BandXLIX-B3-2026
ISSN1682-1750

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-6069-0766/work/222762586
ORCID /0009-0002-0320-2508/work/222763863
Scopus 105047237567

Schlagworte

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

  • Information systems - Automation pipeline, Foundation Model, Glacier segmentation, Mask quality estimation, Segment Anything Model 2 (SAM2)
  • Geografie, Planung und Entwicklung - Automation pipeline, Foundation Model, Glacier segmentation, Mask quality estimation, Segment Anything Model 2 (SAM2)

Schlagwörter

  • Automation pipeline, Foundation Model, Glacier segmentation, Mask quality estimation, Segment Anything Model 2 (SAM2)