Supraglacial Lake Depth Retrieval from ICESat-2 and Multispectral Imagery Datasets
Supraglacial lakes play an important role in the surface mass balance of ice sheets. With global warming, supraglacial lakes may become more extensive on ice sheet surfaces than they currently are. Therefore, accurate estimation of the volume of supraglacial lakes is important for characterizing the...
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| author | Quan Zhou Qi Liang Wanxin Xiao Teng Li Lei Zheng Xiao Cheng |
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| description | Supraglacial lakes play an important role in the surface mass balance of ice sheets. With global warming, supraglacial lakes may become more extensive on ice sheet surfaces than they currently are. Therefore, accurate estimation of the volume of supraglacial lakes is important for characterizing their impact on ice sheets. In this study, we present a machine learning-based method for estimating the depth of supraglacial lakes through the combination of ICESat-2 ATL03 data with multispectral imagery. We tested this method via Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 imagery and evaluated the accuracy of the algorithm on 7 test lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Our results show that machine learning-based algorithms achieve better accuracy than traditional regression or physics-based methods do, especially for deeper lakes. The best accuracy was achieved when extreme gradient boosting was applied to a Sentinel-2 L1C image, with root mean square error, mean absolute error, and median absolute error values of 0.54 m, 0.43 m, and 0.36 m, respectively. Furthermore, we evaluated the effects of atmospheric corrections of multispectral imagery in the retrieval of supraglacial lake depth. On the basis of our results, we recommend the direct use of top-of-atmosphere reflectance products in mapping supraglacial lake bathymetry because of the low performance of atmospheric corrections for water and snow/ice in both the Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 datasets. This study is expected to provide a more efficient method for estimating the depth of supraglacial lakes and laying the foundation for accurately quantifying meltwater volumes over large surface areas in subsequent studies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d9f0e9d0f69f47b6abb6ee3be7157ffd2025-02-04T08:00:29ZengAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Journal of Remote Sensing2694-15892025-01-01510.34133/remotesensing.0416Supraglacial Lake Depth Retrieval from ICESat-2 and Multispectral Imagery DatasetsQuan Zhou0Qi Liang1Wanxin Xiao2Teng Li3Lei Zheng4Xiao Cheng5School of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082, China.School of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082, China.School of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082, China.School of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082, China.School of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082, China.School of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082, China.Supraglacial lakes play an important role in the surface mass balance of ice sheets. With global warming, supraglacial lakes may become more extensive on ice sheet surfaces than they currently are. Therefore, accurate estimation of the volume of supraglacial lakes is important for characterizing their impact on ice sheets. In this study, we present a machine learning-based method for estimating the depth of supraglacial lakes through the combination of ICESat-2 ATL03 data with multispectral imagery. We tested this method via Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 imagery and evaluated the accuracy of the algorithm on 7 test lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Our results show that machine learning-based algorithms achieve better accuracy than traditional regression or physics-based methods do, especially for deeper lakes. The best accuracy was achieved when extreme gradient boosting was applied to a Sentinel-2 L1C image, with root mean square error, mean absolute error, and median absolute error values of 0.54 m, 0.43 m, and 0.36 m, respectively. Furthermore, we evaluated the effects of atmospheric corrections of multispectral imagery in the retrieval of supraglacial lake depth. On the basis of our results, we recommend the direct use of top-of-atmosphere reflectance products in mapping supraglacial lake bathymetry because of the low performance of atmospheric corrections for water and snow/ice in both the Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 datasets. This study is expected to provide a more efficient method for estimating the depth of supraglacial lakes and laying the foundation for accurately quantifying meltwater volumes over large surface areas in subsequent studies.https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/remotesensing.0416 |
| spellingShingle | Quan Zhou Qi Liang Wanxin Xiao Teng Li Lei Zheng Xiao Cheng Supraglacial Lake Depth Retrieval from ICESat-2 and Multispectral Imagery Datasets Journal of Remote Sensing |
| title | Supraglacial Lake Depth Retrieval from ICESat-2 and Multispectral Imagery Datasets |
| title_full | Supraglacial Lake Depth Retrieval from ICESat-2 and Multispectral Imagery Datasets |
| title_fullStr | Supraglacial Lake Depth Retrieval from ICESat-2 and Multispectral Imagery Datasets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Supraglacial Lake Depth Retrieval from ICESat-2 and Multispectral Imagery Datasets |
| title_short | Supraglacial Lake Depth Retrieval from ICESat-2 and Multispectral Imagery Datasets |
| title_sort | supraglacial lake depth retrieval from icesat 2 and multispectral imagery datasets |
| url | https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/remotesensing.0416 |
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