Fusion of radar and optical data for mapping and monitoring of water bodies

Agnieszka Jenerowicz; Katarzyn Siok

doi:10.1117/12.2278365

2 November 2017 Fusion of radar and optical data for mapping and monitoring of water bodies

Agnieszka Jenerowicz, Katarzyn Siok

Proceedings Volume 10421, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XIX; 1042126 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2278365
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2017, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

Remote sensing techniques owe their great popularity to the possibility to obtain of rapid, accurate and information over large areas with optimal time, spatial and spectral resolutions. The main areas of interest for remote sensing research had always been concerned with environmental studies, especially water bodies monitoring. Many methods that are using visible and near- an infrared band of the electromagnetic spectrum had been already developed to detect surface water reservoirs. Moreover, the usage of an image obtained in visible and infrared spectrum allows quality monitoring of water bodies. Nevertheless, retrieval of water boundaries and mapping surface water reservoirs with optical sensors is still quite demanding. Therefore, the microwave data could be the perfect complement to data obtained with passive optical sensors to detect and monitor aquatic environment especially surface water bodies. This research presents the methodology to detect water bodies with open- source satellite imagery acquired with both optical and microwave sensors. The SAR Sentinel- 1 and multispectral Sentinel- 2 imagery were used to detect and monitor chosen reservoirs in Poland. In the research Level, 1 Sentinel- 2 data and Level 1 SAR images were used. SAR data were mainly used for mapping water bodies. Next, the results of water boundaries extraction with Sentinel-1 data were compared to results obtained after application of modified spectral indices for Sentinel- 2 data. The multispectral optical data can be used in the future for the evaluation of the quality of the reservoirs. Preliminary results obtained in the research had shown, that the fusion of data obtained with optical and microwave sensors allow for the complex detection of water bodies and could be used in the future quality monitoring of water reservoirs.

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Agnieszka Jenerowicz and Katarzyn Siok "Fusion of radar and optical data for mapping and monitoring of water bodies", Proc. SPIE 10421, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XIX, 1042126 (2 November 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2278365

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