Simulation and analysis of full-waveform laser data of urban objects

The analysis of data derived by full-waveform laser scanning systemsis of great interest. In this study, we use a simulated surface responseto estimate the slope of a plane surface by full-waveform analysis.For analysis the transmitted waveform of the emitted pulse is usedto estimate the received waveform of the backscattered pulse fora known surface. We simulated a plane surface with different slopes.Typical spatial beam distributions are considered for modeling, namelyGaussian and uniform. The surface response is determined and thecorresponding received waveform is calculated. The normalized cross-correlationfunction in between the estimated and the measured waveform is usedto determine the slope of the surface. The similarity of the estimatedand the measured received waveform is compared and discussed.     «

The analysis of data derived by full-waveform laser scanning systemsis of great interest. In this study, we use a simulated surface responseto estimate the slope of a plane surface by full-waveform analysis.For analysis the transmitted waveform of the emitted pulse is usedto estimate the received waveform of the backscattered pulse fora known surface. We simulated a plane surface with different slopes.Typical spatial beam distributions are considered for modeling, namelyGaussian and uniform. The...     »