Fusion of SHOALS bathymetric lidar and passive spectral data for shallow water rapid environmental assessment

Author

Tuell, G.H. ; Ramnath, V. ; Park, J.Y. ; Feygels, V. ; Aitken, J. ; Kopelivich, Y.

Author_Institution

Optech Int., Kiln, MS, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

20-23 June 2005

Firstpage

1046

Abstract

The simultaneous estimation of seafloor and water column information from a combination of bathymetric lidar and passive spectral data represents an evolution in shallow water mapping. Here, we demonstrate recent progress on the use of SHOALS waveforms and depths to constrain inversion algorithms for passive spectral data. We use these inversions within a data fusion paradigm to achieve 3-dimensional benthic mapping, while simultaneously describing horizontal spatial variations in water column optical parameters.

Keywords

bathymetry; data assimilation; oceanographic techniques; optical radar; sensor fusion; 3D benthic mapping; SHOALS bathymetric lidar; data fusion; inversion algorithm; passive spectral data; seafloor information; shallow water mapping; shallow water rapid environmental assessment; water column information; water column optical parameter; Digital cameras; High-resolution imaging; Hyperspectral imaging; Image resolution; Laser radar; Oceanographic techniques; Sea floor; Sea measurements; Spatial resolution; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Oceans 2005 - Europe

Conference_Location

Brest, France

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9103-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANSE.2005.1513202

Filename

1513202