Integration of very high-resolution stereo satellite images and airborne or satellite Lidar for Eucalyptus canopy height estimation

Manizheh Rajab Pourrahmati, Baghdadi Nicolas, Ferraço Scolforo Henrique, Alcarde Alvares Clayton, Stape Jose Luiz, Fayad Ibrahim, Le Maire Guerric. 2024. Integration of very high-resolution stereo satellite images and airborne or satellite Lidar for Eucalyptus canopy height estimation. Science of Remote Sensing, 10:100170, 12 p.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2024.100170

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Résumé : Eucalyptus plantations cover extensive areas in tropical regions and require accurate growth monitoring for efficient management. Traditional in-situ measurements, while necessary, are labor-intensive and impractical for large-scale assessments. Very high-resolution satellite stereo imagery is playing an increasingly important role in the estimation of fine Digital Surface Models (DSMs) across landscapes. However, its ability to estimate canopy height models (CHMs) has not been widely investigated. This study investigates the integration of high-resolution satellite stereo imagery from the Pleiades sensor with airborne or satellite Lidar data to estimate canopy height over eucalyptus plantations. Two study sites were selected in Brazil, representing flat and semi-mountainous topographies, Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) and Sao Paulo (SP), respectively. Digital Surface Models generated from Pleiades images (DSMP) were combined with Digital Terrain Models extracted from airborne Lidar data (DTMALS) to create Canopy Height Models (CHMALS). The evaluation of the CHMALS was based on two in situ canopy height measurements (Hmax and Hmean). For the SP site, the CHMALSmax, which is the average height of top 10% pixel values within each plot, correlated well with in situ Hmean, which is the average height of 10 central trees (r = 0.98), showing a bias of 1.4 m, RMSE of 3.1 m, and rRMSE of 18.5%. At the MS site, CHMALSmax demonstrated a bias of 1.9 m, RMSE of 2.3 m, rRMSE of 17.3%, and r correlation of 0.92. Despite a tendency to underestimate heights below 20 m in young tree plantations with open canopy, the results indicate reliable canopy height estimation. The study also investigates the potential of Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) elevation data as an alternative to DTMALS in absence of airborne Lidar data. The resulting CHMGedi is promising but slightly less accurate than Lidar-based CHMs. The best GEDI-based CHM (CHMGedimax) showed a bias and rRMSE of 1.3 m and 20.5% for the SP site, and 2.2 m and 24.9% for the MS site. These findings highlight the potential for integrating Pleiades and Lidar data for efficient and accurate canopy height monitoring in eucalyptus plantations.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : télédétection, imagerie par satellite, Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus grandis, hauteur, imagerie, forêt tropicale, couvert, Eucalyptus urophylla, altitude, plantations

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Brésil, Mato Grosso do Sul, France, Sao Paulo

Mots-clés libres : Pleiades stereo imagery, Airborne lidar, Eucalyptus, Canopy height, GEDI

Agences de financement hors UE : Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement

Projets sur financement : (FRA) Terre, Océan, Surfaces Continentales, Atmosphère

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