Aiming to deal with the difficult issues of terrain data model simplification and crack disposal,the paper proposed an improved level of detail(LOD)terrain rendering algorithm,in which a variation coefficient of eleva...Aiming to deal with the difficult issues of terrain data model simplification and crack disposal,the paper proposed an improved level of detail(LOD)terrain rendering algorithm,in which a variation coefficient of elevation is introduced to express the undulation of topography.Then the coefficient is used to construct a node evaluation function in the terrain data model simplification step.Furthermore,an edge reduction strategy is combined with the improved restrictive quadtree segmentation to handle the crack problem.The experiment results demonstrated that the proposed method can reduce the amount of rendering triangles and enhance the rendering speed on the premise of ensuring the rendering effect compared with a traditional LOD algorithm.展开更多
Rock glaciers are typical periglacial landforms with tongue or lobate morphological shapes and characterized by the distinct front,lateral margins,and often by ridge-and-furrow surface topography textures as well as k...Rock glaciers are typical periglacial landforms with tongue or lobate morphological shapes and characterized by the distinct front,lateral margins,and often by ridge-and-furrow surface topography textures as well as kinematic characteristics,widely distributed in alpine environments.Multitemporal Synthetic aperture radar interferometry(MT-InSAR),is a remote sensing technique with demonstrated effectiveness for detecting landform kinematics.However,its application to rock glaciers is challenged by temporal decorrelation and atmospheric phase noises due to complex topography and snow cover.We designed a quadtree segmentation and parallel computing-based MT-InSAR method to improve the quality and efficiency of deformation measurement of rock glaciers.We applied the method to a rock glacier inventory of the Nyainqentanglha Range,China,derived from high-resolution Gaofen-2 images,to quantify the activity rate of each rock glacier.Results showed that 32.1%(6,389)of the identified rock glaciers exhibited slope-parallel deformation rates exceeding 100 mm/y.The activities of the rock glaciers exhibited strong correlations with their distance to glaciers,precipitation,freeze-thaw magnitude,and permafrost occurrence probability.The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the developed segmentation-parallel MT-InSAR method for monitoring rock glacier deformation over a large region.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61363075)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(863 Program)(2012AA12A308)the Yue Qi Young Scholars Program of China University of Mining&Technology,Beijing(800015Z1117)
文摘Aiming to deal with the difficult issues of terrain data model simplification and crack disposal,the paper proposed an improved level of detail(LOD)terrain rendering algorithm,in which a variation coefficient of elevation is introduced to express the undulation of topography.Then the coefficient is used to construct a node evaluation function in the terrain data model simplification step.Furthermore,an edge reduction strategy is combined with the improved restrictive quadtree segmentation to handle the crack problem.The experiment results demonstrated that the proposed method can reduce the amount of rendering triangles and enhance the rendering speed on the premise of ensuring the rendering effect compared with a traditional LOD algorithm.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant number 4217011817]State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System Environment and Resources(TPESER)Youth Innovation Key Program[grant number TPESER-QNCX2022ZD-04].
文摘Rock glaciers are typical periglacial landforms with tongue or lobate morphological shapes and characterized by the distinct front,lateral margins,and often by ridge-and-furrow surface topography textures as well as kinematic characteristics,widely distributed in alpine environments.Multitemporal Synthetic aperture radar interferometry(MT-InSAR),is a remote sensing technique with demonstrated effectiveness for detecting landform kinematics.However,its application to rock glaciers is challenged by temporal decorrelation and atmospheric phase noises due to complex topography and snow cover.We designed a quadtree segmentation and parallel computing-based MT-InSAR method to improve the quality and efficiency of deformation measurement of rock glaciers.We applied the method to a rock glacier inventory of the Nyainqentanglha Range,China,derived from high-resolution Gaofen-2 images,to quantify the activity rate of each rock glacier.Results showed that 32.1%(6,389)of the identified rock glaciers exhibited slope-parallel deformation rates exceeding 100 mm/y.The activities of the rock glaciers exhibited strong correlations with their distance to glaciers,precipitation,freeze-thaw magnitude,and permafrost occurrence probability.The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the developed segmentation-parallel MT-InSAR method for monitoring rock glacier deformation over a large region.