UAV-based LiDAR Bathymetry at an Alpine Mountain Lake

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Abstract

LiDAR bathymetry provides an efficient and comprehensive way to capture the topography of water bodies in shallow water areas. However, the penetration depth of this measurement method into the water column is limited by the medium water and water turbidity, resulting in a limited detectability of the bottom topography in deeper waters. An increase of the analyzable water depth is possible by the use of extended evaluation methods, in detail full-waveform stacking methods. So far, however, this has only been investigated for water depths of up to 3.50 m due to water turbidity. In this article, the potential of these extended data processing methods is investigated on an alpine mountain lake with low water turbidity and thus high analyzable water depth. Compared to the standard data processing, the penetration depth could be significantly increased by 58 %. In addition, methods for depth-resolved water turbidity parameter determination on the basis of LiDAR bathymetry data were successfully tested.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)341 - 348
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
VolumeXLVIII-2-2024
Issue numberXLVIII-2-2024
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2024
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title2024 ISPRS Technical Commission II (TCII) Symposium
SubtitleThe role of photogrammetry for a sustainable world
Duration11 - 14 June 2024
Website
Degree of recognitionInternational event
LocationFlamingo Las Vegas Hotel
CityLas Vegas
CountryUnited States of America

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-7662-8572/work/161889002
Mendeley 34886b5e-be07-3f9c-8594-a644a2b6bd43
Scopus 85197352300

Keywords

Keywords

  • UAV-based LiDAR bathymetry, 3D water turbidity fields, full-waveform stacking