Enhancing online waveform processing by adding new point attributes

Martin Pfennigbauer; Clifford Wolf; Andreas Ullrich

doi:10.1117/12.2015733

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20 May 2013 Enhancing online waveform processing by adding new point attributes

Martin Pfennigbauer, Clifford Wolf, Andreas Ullrich

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Proceedings Volume 8731, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XVIII; 873104 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2015733
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

RIEGL LIDAR instruments based on echo digitization and on-line waveform processing provide valuable attributes to every detected target: calibrated amplitude, calibrated estimated target reflectance, and echo pulse deviation. Additional attributes could be provided by employing enhanced algorithms. In hydrography an estimate for the backscattering coefficient of a water column, for topographic targets an estimate of the angle of incidence of the laser beam on flat targets can be determined. We present data sets based on on-line waveform processing of RIEGL's V-Line and assess the possibility of deriving additional attributes by performing more sophisticated analysis of the waveform.

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Martin Pfennigbauer, Clifford Wolf, and Andreas Ullrich "Enhancing online waveform processing by adding new point attributes", Proc. SPIE 8731, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XVIII, 873104 (20 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2015733

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