ZiYuan3-03(ZY3-03)satellite was launched on July 25,2020,equipped with China’s second-generation laser altimeter for earth observation.In order to preliminarily evaluate the in-orbit performance of the ZY3-03 laser a...ZiYuan3-03(ZY3-03)satellite was launched on July 25,2020,equipped with China’s second-generation laser altimeter for earth observation.In order to preliminarily evaluate the in-orbit performance of the ZY3-03 laser altimeter,the pointing bias calibration based on terrain matching method was adopted.Three tracks of laser data were employed for the ZY3-03 laser altimeter calibration test.Three groups of pointing parameters were obtained respectively,and the mean value of pointing is considered as the optimal calibration result.After calibration,ZY3-03 laser pointing accuracy is greatly improved by the method,and its pointing accuracy is approximately 12.7 arcsec.The first-track laser data on the Black Sea surface is used to evaluate the relative elevation accuracy of ZY3-03 laser altimeter after pointing bias calibration,which is improved from 0.33 m to 0.19 m after calibration.Meanwhile,the absolute elevation accuracy of ZY3-03 laser altimeter after pointing bias calibration is evaluated by the Ground Control Points(GCPs)measured by RTK(Real-Time Kinematic),which is better than 0.5 m in the flat terrain.展开更多
Ice shelf breakups account for most mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet as the consequence of the propagation of crevasses(or rift)in response to stress.Thus there is a pressing need for detecting crevasses’locati...Ice shelf breakups account for most mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet as the consequence of the propagation of crevasses(or rift)in response to stress.Thus there is a pressing need for detecting crevasses’location and depth,to understand the mechanism of calving processes.This paper presents a method of crevasse detection using the ICESat-1/GLAS data.A case study was taken at the Amery Ice Shelf of Antarctica to verify the accuracy of geo-location and depth of crevasses detected.Moreover,based on the limited crevasse points,we developed a method to detect the peak stress points which can be used to track the location of the crack tips and to identify the possible high-risk area where an ice shelf begins to break up.The spatial and temporal distribution of crevasse depth and the spatial distribution of peak stress points of the Amery Ice Shelf were analyzed through 132 tracks in 16 campaign periods of ICESat-1/GLAS between 2003 and 2008.The results showed that the depth of the detected crevasse points ranged from 2 to 31.7 m,which were above the sea level;the crevasse that advected downstream to the front edge of an ice shelf has little possibility to directly result in breakups because the crevasse depth did not show any increasing trend over time;the local stress concentration is distributed mainly in the suture zones on the ice shelves.展开更多
The design and operation of the Laser Altimeter of CE-1 Payloads System are presented in this paper.The paper includes the design of the system and spacecraft-level laser,the description of the emitting-system and rec...The design and operation of the Laser Altimeter of CE-1 Payloads System are presented in this paper.The paper includes the design of the system and spacecraft-level laser,the description of the emitting-system and receiving system,and the testing of the laser altimeter.The CE-1 laser altimeter is the first Chinese deep-space probe using a laser.It has one beam and operates at 1 Hz,with a nominal accuracy of 5 m.The laser altimeter has operated successfully in lunar orbit since November 28,2007.It has obtained 9120 thousand data values about the lunar altitude.展开更多
Block Adjustment(BA)is one of the essential techniques for producing high-precision geospatial 3D data products with optical stereo satellite imagery.For block adjustment with few ground-control points or without grou...Block Adjustment(BA)is one of the essential techniques for producing high-precision geospatial 3D data products with optical stereo satellite imagery.For block adjustment with few ground-control points or without ground control,the vertical error of the model is the decisive factor that constrains the accuracy of 3D data products.The elevation data obtained by spaceborne laser altimeter have the advantages of short update periods,high positioning precision,and low acquisition cost,providing sufficient data support for improving the elevation accuracy of stereo models through the combined BA.This paper proposes a geometric positioning model based on the integration of Optical Satellite Stereo Imagery(OSSI)and spaceborne laser altimeter data.Firstly,we elaborate the principle and necessity of this work through a literature review of existing methods.Then,the framework of our geo-positioning models.Secondly,four key technologies of the proposed model are expounded in order,including the acquisition and management of global Laser Control Points,the association of LCPs and OSSI,the block adjustment model combining LCPs with OSSI,and the accuracy estimation and quality control of the combined BA.Next,the combined BA experiment using Ziyuan-3(ZY-3)OSSI and ICESat-2 laser data was carried out at the testing site in Shandong Province,China.Experimental results prove that our method can automatically select LCPs with high accuracy.The elevation deviation of the combined BA eventually achieved the Mean Error(ME)of 0.06 m and the Root Mean Square Error(RMSE)of 1.18 m,much lower than the ME of 13.20 m and the RMSE of 3.88 m before the block adjustment.A further research direction will be how to perform more adequate accuracy analysis and quality control using massive laser points as checkpoints.展开更多
The influence of the single photon laser altimeter range-gate width on the detection probability and ranging accuracy is discussed and analyzed,according to the LiDAR equation,single photon detection equation and the ...The influence of the single photon laser altimeter range-gate width on the detection probability and ranging accuracy is discussed and analyzed,according to the LiDAR equation,single photon detection equation and the Monte Carlo method to simulate the experiment.The simulated results show that the probability of detection is not affected by the range gate,while the probability of false alarm is relative to the gate width.When the gate width is 100 ns,the ranging accuracy can accord with the requirements of satellite laser altimeter.But when the range gate width exceeds 400 ns,ranging accuracy will decline sharply.The noise ratio will be more as long as the range gate to get larger,so the refined filtering algorithm during the data processing is important to extract the useful photons effectively.In order to ensure repeated observation of the same point for 25 times,we deduce the quantitative relation between the footprint size,footprint,and frequency repetition according to the parameters of ICESat-2.The related conclusions can provide some references for the design and the development of the domestic single photon laser altimetry satellite.展开更多
基金Research and Development of Forest Resources Dynamic Monitoring and Forest Volume Estimation with LiDAR Data(No.2020YFE0200800)High Resolution Remote Sensing,Surveying and Mapping Application Program(No.42-Y30B04-9001-19/21)+4 种基金Active and Passive Composite Mapping and Application Technology with Visible,Infrared and Laser Sensors(No.D040106)Multi-beam Terrain Detection Laser and Its Application Technology(No.D040105)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41571440,41771360,41971426)Class B Project of Beijing Science and Technology Association Jinqiao Project Seed Fund(No.ZZ19013)Innovative Youth Talents Program,MNR(No.12110600000018003930)。
文摘ZiYuan3-03(ZY3-03)satellite was launched on July 25,2020,equipped with China’s second-generation laser altimeter for earth observation.In order to preliminarily evaluate the in-orbit performance of the ZY3-03 laser altimeter,the pointing bias calibration based on terrain matching method was adopted.Three tracks of laser data were employed for the ZY3-03 laser altimeter calibration test.Three groups of pointing parameters were obtained respectively,and the mean value of pointing is considered as the optimal calibration result.After calibration,ZY3-03 laser pointing accuracy is greatly improved by the method,and its pointing accuracy is approximately 12.7 arcsec.The first-track laser data on the Black Sea surface is used to evaluate the relative elevation accuracy of ZY3-03 laser altimeter after pointing bias calibration,which is improved from 0.33 m to 0.19 m after calibration.Meanwhile,the absolute elevation accuracy of ZY3-03 laser altimeter after pointing bias calibration is evaluated by the Ground Control Points(GCPs)measured by RTK(Real-Time Kinematic),which is better than 0.5 m in the flat terrain.
基金supported by the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration,Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.105560GK)National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2012CB957704)+1 种基金National High-tech R&D Program of China(Grant Nos.2008AA121702 and 2008AA09Z117)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41176163 and 41106157)
文摘Ice shelf breakups account for most mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet as the consequence of the propagation of crevasses(or rift)in response to stress.Thus there is a pressing need for detecting crevasses’location and depth,to understand the mechanism of calving processes.This paper presents a method of crevasse detection using the ICESat-1/GLAS data.A case study was taken at the Amery Ice Shelf of Antarctica to verify the accuracy of geo-location and depth of crevasses detected.Moreover,based on the limited crevasse points,we developed a method to detect the peak stress points which can be used to track the location of the crack tips and to identify the possible high-risk area where an ice shelf begins to break up.The spatial and temporal distribution of crevasse depth and the spatial distribution of peak stress points of the Amery Ice Shelf were analyzed through 132 tracks in 16 campaign periods of ICESat-1/GLAS between 2003 and 2008.The results showed that the depth of the detected crevasse points ranged from 2 to 31.7 m,which were above the sea level;the crevasse that advected downstream to the front edge of an ice shelf has little possibility to directly result in breakups because the crevasse depth did not show any increasing trend over time;the local stress concentration is distributed mainly in the suture zones on the ice shelves.
文摘The design and operation of the Laser Altimeter of CE-1 Payloads System are presented in this paper.The paper includes the design of the system and spacecraft-level laser,the description of the emitting-system and receiving system,and the testing of the laser altimeter.The CE-1 laser altimeter is the first Chinese deep-space probe using a laser.It has one beam and operates at 1 Hz,with a nominal accuracy of 5 m.The laser altimeter has operated successfully in lunar orbit since November 28,2007.It has obtained 9120 thousand data values about the lunar altitude.
基金supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars[grant number 61825103]the Fundamental Research Funds for The Central Universities[grant number 2042022kf1002].
文摘Block Adjustment(BA)is one of the essential techniques for producing high-precision geospatial 3D data products with optical stereo satellite imagery.For block adjustment with few ground-control points or without ground control,the vertical error of the model is the decisive factor that constrains the accuracy of 3D data products.The elevation data obtained by spaceborne laser altimeter have the advantages of short update periods,high positioning precision,and low acquisition cost,providing sufficient data support for improving the elevation accuracy of stereo models through the combined BA.This paper proposes a geometric positioning model based on the integration of Optical Satellite Stereo Imagery(OSSI)and spaceborne laser altimeter data.Firstly,we elaborate the principle and necessity of this work through a literature review of existing methods.Then,the framework of our geo-positioning models.Secondly,four key technologies of the proposed model are expounded in order,including the acquisition and management of global Laser Control Points,the association of LCPs and OSSI,the block adjustment model combining LCPs with OSSI,and the accuracy estimation and quality control of the combined BA.Next,the combined BA experiment using Ziyuan-3(ZY-3)OSSI and ICESat-2 laser data was carried out at the testing site in Shandong Province,China.Experimental results prove that our method can automatically select LCPs with high accuracy.The elevation deviation of the combined BA eventually achieved the Mean Error(ME)of 0.06 m and the Root Mean Square Error(RMSE)of 1.18 m,much lower than the ME of 13.20 m and the RMSE of 3.88 m before the block adjustment.A further research direction will be how to perform more adequate accuracy analysis and quality control using massive laser points as checkpoints.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41871382)Open Foundation of the Key Laboratory of Space Active Opto-electronics Technologyand Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.2018-ZDKF-1)。
文摘The influence of the single photon laser altimeter range-gate width on the detection probability and ranging accuracy is discussed and analyzed,according to the LiDAR equation,single photon detection equation and the Monte Carlo method to simulate the experiment.The simulated results show that the probability of detection is not affected by the range gate,while the probability of false alarm is relative to the gate width.When the gate width is 100 ns,the ranging accuracy can accord with the requirements of satellite laser altimeter.But when the range gate width exceeds 400 ns,ranging accuracy will decline sharply.The noise ratio will be more as long as the range gate to get larger,so the refined filtering algorithm during the data processing is important to extract the useful photons effectively.In order to ensure repeated observation of the same point for 25 times,we deduce the quantitative relation between the footprint size,footprint,and frequency repetition according to the parameters of ICESat-2.The related conclusions can provide some references for the design and the development of the domestic single photon laser altimetry satellite.
