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| G13: | Airborne Geodetic Imaging: Advances in Instrumentation and Methods |
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Geodesy
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| CoSponsor: |
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Earth and Space Science Informatics Global Environmental Change |
| Convener: |
William Eugene Carter University of Florida Dept. Civil and Coastal Engineering 365 Weil Hall Gainesville, FL, USA 3523925003 bcarter@ce.ufl.edu Ramesh L Shrestha University of Florida Dept. Civil and Coastal Engineering 365 Weil Hall Gainesville, FL, USA 3523924999 rshre@ce.ufl.edu Mahta Moghaddam University of Michigan USA mmoghadd@eecs.umich.edu |
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| Description: | Modern airborne geodetic imaging sensors, including airborne laser swath mapping (ALSM), interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR, UAV SAR), multi-band digital photography, and hyperspectral imaging make it possible to collect high resolution (few meters down to sub-meter scales) topographic data over areas of hundreds to thousands of square kilometers, in time periods of hours. The resolution of these geodetic images is sufficient for developing and testing theories pertaining to land surface processes, and are increasingly being used for such other applications as surface-water hydrology, bathymetric mapping, landscape ecology, mapping of wildlife habitats, and forestry research and management. The focus of this session will be on recent advances in geodetic imaging technologies and methods, and more specifically on advances in the state-of-the-art of the instrumentation, operating procedures, processing, and filtering of observations to achieve the highest resolution and accuracy. Also of interest will be presentations focusing on possible improvements to the information content that might be achieved by combining observations from different geodetic imaging sensors (particularly of different resolutions), and combining geodetic imaging data with other types of observations. Presentations reporting scientific results obtained using geodetic images will be welcome, but the emphasis should be on the geodetic aspects of the research as opposed to discoveries more appropriate for presentation in sessions organized under other disciplines. |