On the Fusion Strategies of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Data for Local Climate Zone Classification

Jakob Gawlikowski, Michael Schmitt, Anna Kruspe, Xiao Xiang Zhu

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Abstract

Local Climate Zone (LCZ) classification is the most commonly used scheme to analyze how local urban morphology affects the climate of local areas. Classification methods are often based on remote sensing data or on a fusion of several data sources. In this study, the effects of different fusion strategies of optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data on the accuracy of LCZ classifications are investigated. The data processing is implemented with a convolutional neural network (CNN), where until a fusion layer, separate data sources are processed separately on branches. Strategies of splitting the data into branches and the effects of different fusion stages are compared, together with approaches based on sums of independent classifiers. For our setting, the stage of fusion does not seem to have a big influence on the accuracy. The results of this study contribute to a better understanding of cooperative usage of multispectral and SAR data.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2081-2084
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781728163741
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Sep 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020 - Virtual, Waikoloa, United States
Duration: 26 Sep 20202 Oct 2020

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Conference

Conference2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Waikoloa
Period26/09/202/10/20

Keywords

  • Data Fusion
  • Fusion Network
  • Local Climate Zone Classification

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