LiDAR Measurements and Applications in Coastal and Continental Waters

Jean-Stéphane Bailly (1, 2) , Martin Alejandro Montes-Hugo , Yves Pastol (3) , Nicolas Baghdadi (4)

1 UMR LISAH - Laboratoire d'étude des Interactions Sol - Agrosystème - Hydrosystème
2 AgroParisTech
3 SHOM - Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine
4 UMR TETIS - Territoires, Environnement, Télédétection et Information Spatiale

The first LiDAR systems applied to aquatic environments were developed for underwater imaging by the \{US\} navy, This pioneer LiDAR system was developed by Radio Corporation of America (RCA) for conducting moreefficient military operations and improving the safety of divers. This primitive LiDAR was characterized by a blue-green laser with a laser pulse a pulse repetition smaller than 0.01 Hz. In the late 60s, LiDAR technologies underwent major progress due to the development of scanners and advanced photodetectors (Avalanche Photo Diode (APD) or Photomultiplier Tubes (PMT) type). It was during this period that detection of submerged targets based on LiDAR systems was first attempted. This capability was originally evaluated in the United States, Canada, Australia and Sweden and was later exapanded to other countries such as China and the Soviet Union.

Mots clés: spectral-resolution lidar; airborne lidar; oceanographic lidar; wave-forms; atmospheric aerosols; polarization lidar; scattering layers; depth measurement; river bathymetry; spaceborne lidar

Domaines: Milieux et Changements globaux; Machine Learning [stat.ML]; Optique / photonique; Géomorphologie

Jean-Stéphane Bailly, Martin Alejandro Montes-Hugo, Yves Pastol, Nicolas Baghdadi. LiDAR Measurements and Applications in Coastal and Continental Waters. Nicolas Baghdadi and Mehrez Zribi. Land Surface Remote Sensing in Urban and Coastal Areas, Elsevier, pp.185-230, 2016, 978-1-78548-160-4. ⟨10.1016/B978-1-78548-160-4.50005-4⟩. ⟨hal-01376952⟩