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Shallow Water Bathymetry Inversion Using Hybrid Multi-band Composites Resulted from Integration of Drone-based RGB and Multispectral Imagery

Version 1 : Received: 22 December 2021 / Approved: 24 December 2021 / Online: 24 December 2021 (23:48:39 CET)
Version 2 : Received: 5 January 2022 / Approved: 6 January 2022 / Online: 6 January 2022 (12:28:26 CET)

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Alevizos, E.; Oikonomou, D.; Argyriou, A.V.; Alexakis, D.D. Fusion of Drone-Based RGB and Multi-Spectral Imagery for Shallow Water Bathymetry Inversion. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 1127. Alevizos, E.; Oikonomou, D.; Argyriou, A.V.; Alexakis, D.D. Fusion of Drone-Based RGB and Multi-Spectral Imagery for Shallow Water Bathymetry Inversion. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 1127.

Abstract

Shallow bathymetry inversion algorithms have long been applied in various types of remote sensing imagery with relative success. However, this approach requires that imagery with increased radiometric resolution in the visible spectrum is available. The recent developments in drones and camera sensors allow for testing current inversion techniques on new types of datasets. This study explores the bathymetric mapping capabilities of fused RGB and multispectral imagery, as an alternative to costly hyperspectral sensors. Combining drone-based RGB and multispectral imagery into a single cube dataset, provides the necessary radiometric detail for shallow bathymetry inversion applications. This technique is based on commercial and open-source software and does not require input of reference depth measurements in contrast to other approaches. The robustness of this method was tested on three different coastal sites with contrasting seafloor types. The use of suitable end-member spectra which are representative of the seafloor types of the study area and the sun zenith angle are important parameters in model tuning. The results of this study show good correlation (R2>0.7) and less than half a meter error when they are compared with sonar depth data. Consequently, integration of various drone-based imagery may be applied for producing centimetre resolution bathymetry maps at low cost for small-scale shallow areas.

Keywords

drones; UAV; bathymetry; shallow water; multispectral; inversion

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Oceanography

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Received: 6 January 2022
Commenter: Evangelos Alevizos
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Comment: Figures added. Initial version included only figure captions.
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