Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2020, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (3): 386-395.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2020.20190188

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A method of multi-stage bathymetric profile analysis combined uncertainty and its application

LIU Zhihao1,2,3, ZHAO Dineng2,3, WU Ziyin2,3, YANG Fanlin1, WANG Mingwei1,2,3, ZHOU Jieqiong2,3   

  1. 1. College of Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China;
    2. Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China;
    3. Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China
  • Received:2019-05-13 Revised:2019-08-16 Published:2020-03-24
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41906069;41830540;41606057);The Project of State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography (No. SOEDZZ1802);The Fundamental Project of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology of People's Republic of China (No. 2013FY112900);The National Program on Global Change and Air-Sea Interaction Special Project (No. GASI-EOGE-01);The Key Project of Special Research Fund for Basic Scientific Research in Public Welfare Research Institutes (No. JZ1902)

Abstract: Single-beam sounding technology is widely used in hydrographic survey in coastal and estuary areas. However, due to dynamic marine environment, it is difficult to obtain the depth at the same location in different periods, which makes it difficult to accurately compare and analyze the rapidly changing seabed topography. In order to solve this technical problem, this paper proposes a method of multi-stage bathymetric profile analysis combined uncertainty. Bathymetric profiles in different periods are constructed by steps including initial sounding uncertainty calculation, bathymetric and uncertainty transmission, Kalman filter, etc. Then, the profiles are compared and the topographic evolution is analyzed based on hypothesis testing. The method is verified by two-stage single-beam data measured in estuary area. The result shows that the method can obtain bathymetric profiles effectively comparison with actual profiles, and accurately evaluate topography with abrupt changes, which is of practical value for the analysis of rapidly changing subaqueous topography in estuaries, especially for navigational channels.

Key words: single-beam sounding, bathymetric profile, uncertainty, topographic evolution, hypothesis testing

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