Retrieval of Substrate Bearing Strength from Hyperspectral Imagery during the Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR'07) Multi-Sensor Campaign

Authors

Charles M. Bachmann, U.S. Naval Research LaboratoryFollow
C Reid Nichols, Marine Information Resources Corporation
Marcos J. Montes, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Rong-Rong Li, U.S. Naval Research LaboratoryFollow
Patrick Woodward, Marine Information Resources Corporation
Robert A. Fusina, U.S. Naval Research LaboratoryFollow
Wei Chen, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Vimal Mishra, Purdue University
Wonkook Kim, Purdue University
James Monty, Purdue University
Kevin McIlhany, U.S. Naval Academy
Ken Kessler, Kessler Soils Engineering
Daniel Korwan, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
W David Miller, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Ellen Bennert, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Geoff Smith, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
David Gillis, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Jon Sellars, NOAA
Christopher Parrish, University of New Hampshire, Durham
A. Schwarzschild, University of Virginia - Main Campus
Barry Truitt, The Nature Conservancy

Abstract

Hyperspectral imagery (HSI) derived from remote sensing can delineate surface properties of substrates such as type, moisture, and grain size. These are critical parameters that determine the substrate bearing strength. Although HSI only sees the surface layer, statistics can be derived that relate surface properties to the likely bearing strength of soils in particular regions. This information can be used to provide an initial map estimate on large scales of potential bearing strength. We describe an initial validation study at the Virginia Coast Reserve relating airborne HSI to in situ spectral and geotechnical measurements through a spectral-geotechnical lookup table (LUT).

Department

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

Publication Date

5-5-2010

Volume

33, Issue 2-3

Journal Title

Marine Geodesy

Pages

101-116

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1080/01490419.2010.492278

Document Type

Journal Article

Recommended Citation

C. M. Bachmann et al., "Retrieval of substrate bearing strength from Hyperspectral imagery during the Virginia Coast reserve (VCR’07) multi-sensor campaign," Marine Geodesy, vol. 33, no. 2-3, pp. 101–116, Jul. 2010.