Bulletin of Surveying and Mapping ›› 2021, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (11): 101-105.doi: 10.13474/j.cnki.11-2246.2021.347

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Ground error analysis of DTM extracted by airborne LiDAR in subtropical forest

WU Xiaotian1, LI Huizhu1, RUAN Fang1, FENG Haoning2, CHEN Mingqiang3, WANG Changwei2, WANG Bin4   

  1. 1. Land and Resources Technology Center of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510075, China;
    2. College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China;
    3. Guangzhou Jiantong Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation Technology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510663, China;
    4. Institute of Land Resource Surveying and Mapping of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510550, China
  • Received:2020-11-02 Revised:2021-04-12 Online:2021-11-25 Published:2021-12-02

Abstract: LiDAR is one of the main measurement techniques used nowadays for the derivation of DTM. Ground errors have a significant influence on the accuracy of DTM generated by LiDAR. In particular, due to the complex under-forest vegetation structure of the subtropical forest, the DTM will be more complicated. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the influence of ground errors on the under forest DTM generated by LiDAR. Taking Zengcheng Teaching and Research Base of South China Agricultural University as the study area, the paper discusses the influence of ground error on the accuracy of under forest DTM generated by airborne LiDAR data from forest canopy density and slope. The results show that the elevation RMSE will increase with canopy closure increasing while the elevation RMSE does not change significantly with the slope rising. However, the slope of 15 degrees is the watershed of the elevation RMSE. When the slope exceeds to 15 degrees, the elevation RMSE will rise rapidly. In general, the influence of canopy closure is more apparent on the accuracy of DTM generated by LiDAR.

Key words: LiDAR, DTM, subtropical forest, accuracy

CLC Number: