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HHU24SWDSCS: a shallow-water depth model over island areas in the South China Sea retrieved from satellite-derived bathymetry
School of Geomatics Science and Technology, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
Hongkai Shi
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School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 211100, China
Dongzhen Jia
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School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 211100, China
Ole Baltazar Andersen
DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, 2800, Denmark
Xiufeng He
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 211100, China
Zhicai Luo
MOE Key Laboratory of Fundamental Physical Quantities Measurement, School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
Yu Li
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 211100, China
Shiyuan Chen
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 211100, China
Xiaohuan Si
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 211100, China
Sisu Diao
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 211100, China
Yihuang Shi
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 211100, China
Yanglin Chen
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 211100, China
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We developed a high-quality and cost-effective shallow-water depth model for >120 islands in the South China Sea, using ICESat-2 and Sentinel-2 satellite data. This model maps water depths with an accuracy of ~1 m. Our findings highlight the limitations of existing global bathymetry models in shallow regions. Our model exhibited superior performance in capturing fine-scale bathymetric features with unprecedented spatial resolution, providing essential data for marine applications.
We developed a high-quality and cost-effective shallow-water depth model for >120 islands in the...
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