Current status of the acquisition and processing of airborne laser sounding data
CUI Ziwei1,2(), XU Wenxue2(), LIU Yanxiong2, GUO Yadong2, MENG Xiangqian1, JIANG Zhengkun2
1. College of Ocean Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China 2. First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China
As an essential branch of surveying and mapping science, underwater topographic surveys are closely related to human operations in oceans and lakes. For underwater topography detection in shallow-water areas, conventional acoustic methods face the hull stranding risk, and passive optical methods have low survey accuracy. The airborne laser sounding is a novel means for bathymetric surveys in shallow-water areas, and its application in offshore areas can fill the gap of underwater topography data in shallow-water areas. This study presents a brief introduction to the composition and principle of the airborne laser sounding system, followed by a description of laser sounding data acquisition. Furthermore, this study highlights the critical processing technologies for airborne laser sounding data, including waveform data processing, error correction, and point cloud data processing. Finally, this study summarizes the technical difficulties and developmental trends of airborne laser sounding.
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