1. ANADEM: A Digital Terrain Model for South America.
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Laipelt, Leonardo, Comini de Andrade, Bruno, Collischonn, Walter, de Amorim Teixeira, Alexandre, Paiva, Rodrigo Cauduro Dias de, and Ruhoff, Anderson
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DIGITAL elevation models ,MACHINE learning ,OPTICAL radar ,MULTISPECTRAL imaging ,REMOTE-sensing images ,REMOTE sensing - Abstract
Digital elevation models (DEMs) have a wide range of applications and play a crucial role in many studies. Numerous public DEMs, frequently acquired using radar and optical satellite imagery, are currently available; however, DEM datasets tend to exhibit elevation values influenced by vegetation height and coverage, compromising the accuracy of models in representing terrain elevation. In this study, we developed a digital terrain model for South America using a novel methodology to remove vegetation bias in the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (COPDEM) model using machine learning, Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) elevation data, and multispectral remote sensing products. Our results indicate considerable improvements compared to COPDEM in representing terrain elevation, reducing average errors (BIAS) from 9.6 m to 1.5 m. Furthermore, we evaluated our product (ANADEM) by comparison with other global DEMs, obtaining more accurate results for different conditions of vegetation fraction cover and land use. As a publicly available and open-source dataset, ANADEM will play a crucial role in advancing studies that demand accurate terrain elevation representations at large scales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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