Title
Multichannel Interconnection Decomposition for Hyperspectral LiDAR Waveforms Detected From Over 500 m
Abstract
The full-waveform hyperspectral light detection and ranging (FWHSL) data have been widely used in surface topography, vegetation detection, and 3-D urban terrain modeling, capable of revealing the spatial distribution of a target and more detailed spectral information in the vertical direction. However, the echo signals of a target would significantly vary between different spectral channels due to the reflectance characteristics and the uneven energy distribution of supercontinuum laser source. Especially, band channels with weak reflectance over a long distance would affect the extraction accuracy of waveform parameters, which are essential for retrieving the spatial and spectral information of targets. This article proposes a multichannel interconnection decomposition method to improve the extraction accuracy of distance and spectral information at each pulse using hyperspectral waveform data. Two experiments were conducted to verify the performance of long-distance detection of targets using FWHSL. The first experiment detected a standard whiteboard, a green leaf, and a yellow leaf at roughly 518 m. Results demonstrated a considerable improvement in ranging precision and spectral detection using the proposed method compared with using the optimal channel with the best data quality. The second experiment simultaneously detected two adjacent targets at a distance of approximately 518 m. Results presented clear superiority of adding waveform channels in terms of discovering overlapping components and retrieving accurate waveform parameters. The success rate of extracting two targets 60 cm apart was greatly increased from 47% to 73% through the multichannel interconnection waveform decomposition (MIWD) method.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.1109/TGRS.2021.3108160
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Laser radar, Lasers, Optical pulses, Hyperspectral imaging, Distance measurement, Optical scattering, Optical refraction, Full-waveform light detection and ranging (LiDAR), hyperspectral LiDAR, ranging, spectral detection, waveform decomposition
Journal
60
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0196-2892
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Binhui Wang100.68
Shalei Song200.68
Shuo Shi3106.43
Zhenwei Chen411.64
Faquan Li513.33
Decheng Wu600.68
Dong Liu702.03
Wei Gong810432.67