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2022

Monitoring instabilities by MT-InSAR in a mesa placed town (Arjona, Guadalquivir valley, South Spain)

Autores
Ruiz-Armenteros, AM; Sánchez-Gómez, M; Delgado-Blasco, JM; Bakon, M; Ruiz-Constán, A; Galindo-Zaldívar, J; Lazecky, M; Marchamalo-Sacristán, M; Sousa, JJ;

Publicação
Proceedings of the 5th Joint International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring - JISDM 2022

Abstract
Cities in Spain use to be overgrown around old towns (preroman, roman and medieval) constructed on topographic defensive heights of singular geological features. In the upper Guadalquivir valley, a tabular body of Miocene sediments has been eroded forming mesas where most of its population has been living since middle age. As the towns grew, new neighborhoods settled towards the edges and cliffs of these mesas, in areas with high probabilities of instability. The town of Arjona is a good example of this geological-urbanistic setup, located on the tabular hill formed by clay marls topped by bioclastic limestones that protect it from erosion. Modern buildings from few sectors of the town show important cracks, even the 16th century bell-tower has a 4º inclination indicating problems in the foundations. Multi-temporal SAR interferometry (MT-InSAR) is a powerful technique to derive displacement time series over coherent targets on the Earth associated with geophysical or structural instabilities phenomena. In this work we use MT-InSAR with Sentinel-1 data to reveal that, at present day, the periphery of Arjona is active, being recognized a large landslide in the south side of this mesa town which affects buildings and civil infrastructures. In addition, field work is being carried out to investigate the sources of these instabilities.

2022

Semantic segmentation of 3D car parts using UAV-based images

Autores
Jurado Rodriguez, D; Jurado, JM; Pauda, L; Neto, A; Munoz Salinas, R; Sousa, JJ;

Publicação
COMPUTERS & GRAPHICS-UK

Abstract
Environment understanding in real-world scenarios has gained an increased interest in research and industry. The advances in data capture and processing allow a high-detailed reconstruction from a set of multi-view images by generating meshes and point clouds. Likewise, deep learning architectures along with the broad availability of image datasets bring new opportunities for the segmentation of 3D models into several classes. Among the areas that can benefit from 3D semantic segmentation is the automotive industry. However, there is a lack of labeled 3D models that can be useful for training and use as ground truth in deep learning-based methods. In this work, we propose an automatic procedure for the generation and semantic segmentation of 3D cars that were obtained from the photogrammetric processing of UAV-based imagery. Therefore, sixteen car parts are identified in the point cloud. To this end, a convolutional neural network based on the U-Net architecture combined with an Inception V3 encoder was trained in a publicly available dataset of car parts. Then, the trained model is applied to the UAV-based images and these are mapped on the photogrammetric point clouds. According to the preliminary image-based segmentation, an optimization method is developed to get a full labeled point cloud, taking advantage of the geometric and spatial features of the 3D model. The results demonstrate the method's capabilities for the semantic segmentation of car models. Moreover, the proposed methodology has the potential to be extended or adapted to other applications that benefit from 3D segmented models.

2022

Spatio-Temporal Water Hyacinth Monitoring in the Lower Mondego (Portugal) Using Remote Sensing Data

Autores
Padua, L; Duarte, L; Antao Geraldes, AM; Sousa, JJ; Castro, JP;

Publicação
PLANTS-BASEL

Abstract
Monitoring invasive plant species is a crucial task to assess their presence in affected ecosystems. However, it is a laborious and complex task as it requires vast surface areas, with difficult access, to be surveyed. Remotely sensed data can be a great contribution to such operations, especially for clearly visible and predominant species. In the scope of this study, water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) was monitored in the Lower Mondego region (Portugal). For this purpose, Sentinel-2 satellite data were explored enabling us to follow spatial patterns in three water channels from 2018 to 2021. By applying a straightforward and effective methodology, it was possible to estimate areas that could contain water hyacinth and to obtain the total surface area occupied by this invasive species. The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) was used for this purpose. It was verified that the occupation of this invasive species over the study area exponentially increases from May to October. However, this increase was not verified in 2021, which could be a consequence of the adopted mitigation measures. To provide the results of this study, the methodology was applied through a semi-automatic geographic information system (GIS) application. This tool enables researchers and ecologists to apply the same approach in monitoring water hyacinth or any other invasive plant species in similar or different contexts. This methodology proved to be more effective than machine learning approaches when applied to multispectral data acquired with an unmanned aerial vehicle. In fact, a global accuracy greater than 97% was achieved using the NDVI-based approach, versus 93% when using the machine learning approach (above 93%).

2022

GIS APPLICATION TO DETECT INVASIVE SPECIES IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS

Autores
Duarte, L; Castro, JP; Sousa, JJ; Padua, L;

Publicação
2022 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM (IGARSS 2022)

Abstract
The detection of invasive plant species in aquatic ecosystems is important to help in the control or to mitigate its spread and impacts. Remote sensing (RS) can be explored in this context, helping to monitor this type of plants. This study intends to present a free to use and open-source software application that, through a graphical user interface, can process remote sensed data to monitor the spread of invasive plant species in aquatic environments, enabling a multi-temporal monitoring. Both unmanned aerial vehicle and satellite-based data were used to validate the potential of the proposed application. A site containing water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) was selected as case study. Both RS platforms provided effective data to detect the areas containing water hyacinth. Thus, this tool provides an alternative and user-friendly way to include RS-based data in ecological studies allowing the detection of invasive plants in water channels.

2022

UAV FLIGHT CONFIGURATION IMPACT ON THE ESTIMATION OF DENDROMETRIC PARAMETERS IN OLIVE TREES

Autores
Marques, P; Padua, L; Fernandes Silva, A; Sousa, JJ;

Publicação
2022 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM (IGARSS 2022)

Abstract
The estimation of dendrometric parameters of tree crops is crucial to decision making support for ecological and economic reasons. However, traditional methods for its measurement are time-consuming and laborious. Remote sensing data acquired from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) combined with computer vision and Structure from Motion (SfM) algorithms can provide an easier and reliable solution to estimate those parameters. Nevertheless, various UAV flight settings can influence the quality of parameters derived from these data (e.g., flight height, imagery overlap). Thus, the main goal of this study is to assess the impact of different flight configurations on the detection of olive trees and on height and crown diameter estimation. The results showed that not only the configuration of the flight affects the dendrometric results, but also the topography of the terrain. Automatic tree detection revealed to be insensitive to the different flight configurations, whereas the tree height estimation was strongly affected. Among the analysed flights, the plan in double grid at 60 m of flight altitude and 90% of frontal overlap showed the best performance.

2022

ALMOND ORCHARD MANAGEMENT USING MULTI-TEMPORAL UAV DATA: A PROOF OF CONCEPT

Autores
Guimaraes, N; Padua, L; Sousa, JJ; Bento, A; Couto, P;

Publicação
2022 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM (IGARSS 2022)

Abstract
In the last decade Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) have become a reference tool for agriculture applications. The integration of multispectral sensors that can capture near infrared (NIR) and red edge spectral reflectance allows the creation of vegetation indices, which are fundamental for crop monitoring process. In this study, we propose a methodology to analyze the vegetative state of almond crops using multi-temporal data acquired by a multispectral sensor accoupled to an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The methodology implemented allowed individual tree parameters extraction, such as number of trees, tree height, and tree crown area. This also allowed the acquisition of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) information for each tree. The multi-temporal data showed significant variations in the vegetative state of almond crops.

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