Snow depth mapping from stereo satellite imagery in mountainous terrain: evaluation using airborne laser-scanning data
International audience Accurate knowledge of snow depth distributions in mountain catchments is critical for applications in hy-drology and ecology. Recently, a method was proposed to map snow depth at meter-scale resolution from very-high-resolution stereo satellite imagery (e.g., Pléiades) with an...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-02997090v1 2023-05-15T18:32:15+02:00 Snow depth mapping from stereo satellite imagery in mountainous terrain: evaluation using airborne laser-scanning data Deschamps-Berger, César Gascoin, Simon Berthier, Etienne Deems, Jeffrey Gutmann, Ethan Dehecq, Amaury Shean, David Dumont, Marie Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère (CESBIO) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2020-09-10 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02997090 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02997090/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02997090/file/tc-14-2925-2020.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2925-2020 en eng HAL CCSD Copernicus info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5194/tc-14-2925-2020 hal-02997090 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02997090 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02997090/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02997090/file/tc-14-2925-2020.pdf doi:10.5194/tc-14-2925-2020 WOS: 000571465800001 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1994-0424 EISSN: 1994-0416 The Cryosphere https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02997090 The Cryosphere, Copernicus 2020, 14 (9), pp.2925 - 2940. ⟨10.5194/tc-14-2925-2020⟩ [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces environment info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2020 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2925-2020 2021-05-15T22:34:55Z International audience Accurate knowledge of snow depth distributions in mountain catchments is critical for applications in hy-drology and ecology. Recently, a method was proposed to map snow depth at meter-scale resolution from very-high-resolution stereo satellite imagery (e.g., Pléiades) with an accuracy close to 0.5 m. However, the validation was limited to probe measurements and unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry, which sampled a limited fraction of the to-pographic and snow depth variability. We improve upon this evaluation using accurate maps of the snow depth derived from Airborne Snow Observatory laser-scanning measurements in the Tuolumne river basin, USA. We find a good agreement between both datasets over a snow-covered area of 138 km 2 on a 3 m grid, with a positive bias for a Pléiades snow depth of 0.08 m, a root mean square error of 0.80 m and a normalized median absolute deviation (NMAD) of 0.69 m. Satellite data capture the relationship between snow depth and elevation at the catchment scale and also small-scale features like snow drifts and avalanche deposits at a typical scale of tens of meters. The random error at the pixel level is lower in snow-free areas than in snow-covered areas, but it is reduced by a factor of 2 (NMAD of approximately 0.40 m for snow depth) when averaged to a 36 m grid. We conclude that satellite photogrammetry stands out as a convenient method to estimate the spatial distribution of snow depth in high mountain catchments. Article in Journal/Newspaper The Cryosphere Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) The Cryosphere 14 9 2925 2940 |
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[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces environment Deschamps-Berger, César Gascoin, Simon Berthier, Etienne Deems, Jeffrey Gutmann, Ethan Dehecq, Amaury Shean, David Dumont, Marie Snow depth mapping from stereo satellite imagery in mountainous terrain: evaluation using airborne laser-scanning data |
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International audience Accurate knowledge of snow depth distributions in mountain catchments is critical for applications in hy-drology and ecology. Recently, a method was proposed to map snow depth at meter-scale resolution from very-high-resolution stereo satellite imagery (e.g., Pléiades) with an accuracy close to 0.5 m. However, the validation was limited to probe measurements and unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry, which sampled a limited fraction of the to-pographic and snow depth variability. We improve upon this evaluation using accurate maps of the snow depth derived from Airborne Snow Observatory laser-scanning measurements in the Tuolumne river basin, USA. We find a good agreement between both datasets over a snow-covered area of 138 km 2 on a 3 m grid, with a positive bias for a Pléiades snow depth of 0.08 m, a root mean square error of 0.80 m and a normalized median absolute deviation (NMAD) of 0.69 m. Satellite data capture the relationship between snow depth and elevation at the catchment scale and also small-scale features like snow drifts and avalanche deposits at a typical scale of tens of meters. The random error at the pixel level is lower in snow-free areas than in snow-covered areas, but it is reduced by a factor of 2 (NMAD of approximately 0.40 m for snow depth) when averaged to a 36 m grid. We conclude that satellite photogrammetry stands out as a convenient method to estimate the spatial distribution of snow depth in high mountain catchments. |
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Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère (CESBIO) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Deschamps-Berger, César Gascoin, Simon Berthier, Etienne Deems, Jeffrey Gutmann, Ethan Dehecq, Amaury Shean, David Dumont, Marie |
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Snow depth mapping from stereo satellite imagery in mountainous terrain: evaluation using airborne laser-scanning data |
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Snow depth mapping from stereo satellite imagery in mountainous terrain: evaluation using airborne laser-scanning data |
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Snow depth mapping from stereo satellite imagery in mountainous terrain: evaluation using airborne laser-scanning data |
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Snow depth mapping from stereo satellite imagery in mountainous terrain: evaluation using airborne laser-scanning data |
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Snow depth mapping from stereo satellite imagery in mountainous terrain: evaluation using airborne laser-scanning data |
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snow depth mapping from stereo satellite imagery in mountainous terrain: evaluation using airborne laser-scanning data |
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