Title
Extraction of Stream Channels in High-Resolution Digital Terrain Images Using Morphology
Abstract
Our paper proposes an approach for the extraction of stream channels from airborne laser swath mapping (ALSM) data. Recent advances in technology have led to high-resolution topographic data acquisition by means of ALSM yielding digital elevation model (DEM) datasets with horizontal resolutions of lm and a vertical accuracy of 0.15 m. We apply morphological operations on an ALSM DEM to detect stream channels. The results are compared with an existing terrain analysis tool known as TauDEM. Tools like TauDEM use morphology over large-scale areas but they often fail in detecting stream networks over small-scale areas. The proposed method uses small-scale morphology to provide complementary results for streamline locations over a small catchment area.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/IGARSS.2006.278
IGARSS
Keywords
Field
DocType
terrain mapping,topographic data acquisition,image processing,image extraction,small-scale morphology,airborne laser swath mapping data,rivers,terrain analysis tool,stream channels,digital elevation models,data acquisition,streamline locations,remote sensing by laser beam,water catchment area,digital elevation model datasets,geophysical signal processing,taudem,morphological operations,high-resolution digital terrain images,high resolution,digital elevation model
Computer vision,Topographic map,Computer science,Remote sensing,Data acquisition,Terrain,Communication channel,Image processing,Digital elevation model,Artificial intelligence,Geophysical signal processing,Terrain analysis
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2153-6996
0-7803-9510-7
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.57
1
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hyun-chong Cho163.48
S. Srinivasan210.57
A. Sedighi310.57
Clint Slatton47918.56