A novel spaceborne photon-counting laser altimeter denoising method based on parameter-adaptive density clustering

To tackle the challenge of denoising spaceborne photon-counting laser altimeter point clouds with uneven noise density, this study proposes a denoising method based on adaptive parameter density clustering, which utilizes numerical simulations to achieve self-adaptation of key parameters (neighborho...

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Main Authors: Ren Liu, Xinming Tang, Junfeng Xie, Rujia Ma, Fan Mo, Xiaomeng Yang
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15481603.2024.2326702
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author Ren Liu
Xinming Tang
Junfeng Xie
Rujia Ma
Fan Mo
Xiaomeng Yang
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Xinming Tang
Junfeng Xie
Rujia Ma
Fan Mo
Xiaomeng Yang
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description To tackle the challenge of denoising spaceborne photon-counting laser altimeter point clouds with uneven noise density, this study proposes a denoising method based on adaptive parameter density clustering, which utilizes numerical simulations to achieve self-adaptation of key parameters (neighborhood radius [Formula: see text] and minimum number of points [Formula: see text]). First, taking the directional adaptive ellipse DBSCAN (DAE-DBSCAN) as an example, photons with different background photon count rates ([Formula: see text]) are used to traverse [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] to calculate their optimal values ([Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] with the highest denoising accuracy). Then, a mathematical prediction model of [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] was established. The actual background photon count rates were introduced into the key parameter prediction model to obtain the optimal [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. Finally, a denoising experiment was conducted using the simulated photons and the ATLAS data. The results show that the proposed method had higher accuracy than the constant parameter denoising method, with an [Formula: see text] >0.95. Even for photons of complex mountainous terrain with a high background photon count rate, the denoising accuracy was still higher than 0.9. The proposed method improves the denoising accuracy of photons with different noise densities by adapting density clustering parameters.
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spelling doaj-art-0b2e853ffb894e9f908f015e66e821aa2025-08-20T02:31:26ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGIScience & Remote Sensing1548-16031943-72262024-12-0161110.1080/15481603.2024.2326702A novel spaceborne photon-counting laser altimeter denoising method based on parameter-adaptive density clusteringRen Liu0Xinming Tang1Junfeng Xie2Rujia Ma3Fan Mo4Xiaomeng Yang5Faculty of Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, ChinaLand Satellite Remote Sensing Application Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, ChinaLand Satellite Remote Sensing Application Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, ChinaHangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, ChinaLand Satellite Remote Sensing Application Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, ChinaLand Satellite Remote Sensing Application Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, ChinaTo tackle the challenge of denoising spaceborne photon-counting laser altimeter point clouds with uneven noise density, this study proposes a denoising method based on adaptive parameter density clustering, which utilizes numerical simulations to achieve self-adaptation of key parameters (neighborhood radius [Formula: see text] and minimum number of points [Formula: see text]). First, taking the directional adaptive ellipse DBSCAN (DAE-DBSCAN) as an example, photons with different background photon count rates ([Formula: see text]) are used to traverse [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] to calculate their optimal values ([Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] with the highest denoising accuracy). Then, a mathematical prediction model of [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] was established. The actual background photon count rates were introduced into the key parameter prediction model to obtain the optimal [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. Finally, a denoising experiment was conducted using the simulated photons and the ATLAS data. The results show that the proposed method had higher accuracy than the constant parameter denoising method, with an [Formula: see text] >0.95. Even for photons of complex mountainous terrain with a high background photon count rate, the denoising accuracy was still higher than 0.9. The proposed method improves the denoising accuracy of photons with different noise densities by adapting density clustering parameters.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15481603.2024.2326702ICESat-2photon denoisingDBSCANphoton data simulationparameter adaptive
spellingShingle Ren Liu
Xinming Tang
Junfeng Xie
Rujia Ma
Fan Mo
Xiaomeng Yang
A novel spaceborne photon-counting laser altimeter denoising method based on parameter-adaptive density clustering
GIScience & Remote Sensing
ICESat-2
photon denoising
DBSCAN
photon data simulation
parameter adaptive
title A novel spaceborne photon-counting laser altimeter denoising method based on parameter-adaptive density clustering
title_full A novel spaceborne photon-counting laser altimeter denoising method based on parameter-adaptive density clustering
title_fullStr A novel spaceborne photon-counting laser altimeter denoising method based on parameter-adaptive density clustering
title_full_unstemmed A novel spaceborne photon-counting laser altimeter denoising method based on parameter-adaptive density clustering
title_short A novel spaceborne photon-counting laser altimeter denoising method based on parameter-adaptive density clustering
title_sort novel spaceborne photon counting laser altimeter denoising method based on parameter adaptive density clustering
topic ICESat-2
photon denoising
DBSCAN
photon data simulation
parameter adaptive
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15481603.2024.2326702
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