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- Title
Data Fusion for Satellite-Derived Earth Surface: The 2021 Topographic Map of Etna Volcano.
- Authors
Ganci, Gaetana; Cappello, Annalisa; Neri, Marco
- Abstract
We present a new automatic procedure for updating digital topographic data from multi-source satellite imagery, which consists in the production of Digital Surface Models (DSMs) from high resolution optical satellite images, followed by a context-aware fusion that exploits the complementary characteristics of the multi-source DSMs. The fused DSM minimizes blunders and artifacts due to occlusions (e.g., the presence of clouds, snow or ash plumes) in the source images, resulting in improved accuracy and quality versus those that are not merged. The procedure has been tested to produce the 2021 digital topography of Mt Etna, whose summit area is constantly changing and shows the new peak of 3347 m on the north rim of the South East Crater. We also employ the 2021 DSM to measure the volcanic deposits emplaced in the last five years, finding about 120 million cubic meters, with a yearly average volume of about 24 million cubic meters in agreement with the large eruptive rates registered at Mt Etna since the nineteen seventies. The flexibility and modularity of the presented procedure make it easily exportable to other environmental contexts, allowing for a fast and frequent reconstruction of topographic surfaces even in extreme environments.
- Subjects
ETNA, Mount (Italy); MULTISENSOR data fusion; TOPOGRAPHIC maps; SURFACE of the earth; EXTREME environments; DIGITAL elevation models; REMOTE-sensing images; VOLCANIC eruptions; EXPLOSIVE volcanic eruptions
- Publication
Remote Sensing, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 1, p198
- ISSN
2072-4292
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/rs15010198