VERTICAL ACCURACY ASSESSMENT OF THE PROCESSED SRTM DATA FOR THE BRAZILIAN TERRITORY

This research aims to determine the vertical accuracy of the Interferometric Digital Elevation Model (DEM) obtained from the processed Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) data. The research compared the SRTM-GL1 (Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission-Global 1) with 30-meter resolution and the follo...

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Autores: Orlandi, Alex Gois, Júnior, Osmar Abílio de Carvalho, Guimarães, Renato Fontes, Bias, Edilson de Souza, Corrêa, Douglas Corbari, Gomes, Roberto Arnaldo Trancoso
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
Repositorio:Boletim de Ciências Geodésicas
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/72077
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ufpr.br/bcg/article/view/72077
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:SRTM mission
vertical accuracy
interferometry
digital elevation model.
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Sumario:This research aims to determine the vertical accuracy of the Interferometric Digital Elevation Model (DEM) obtained from the processed Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) data. The research compared the SRTM-GL1 (Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission-Global 1) with 30-meter resolution and the following 90-meter resolution models: (a) EMBRAPA; (b) Hydrological data and maps based on Shuttle Elevation Derivatives at multiple Scales (HydroSHEDS) (HydroSHEDS), provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS); (c) Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research-Consortium for Spatial Information (CGIAR-CSI); and (d) Jonathan de Ferranti. The accuracy analysis considered the diverse Brazilian regions, adopting 1,087 field points from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) trackers or topography methods. The Jonathan de Ferranti model achieved the best accuracy with RMSE of 9.61m among the 90-meter resolution models. Most SRTM models at 1:100,000 scale reached Grade A of the Cartographic Accuracy Standard. However, the accuracy at the 1: 50,000 scale did not achieve the same performance. SRTM errors are linearly related to slope and the most significant errors always occur in forest areas. The 30-meter resolution SRTM showed an accuracy of around 10% better (RMSE of 8.52m) than the model of Jonathan de Ferranti with 90-meter resolution (RMSE of 9.61m).