Comparison of the Resampling Methods for Gridded DEM Downscaling

Abstract

In this paper, a comparison and evaluation of three resampling methods for gridded DEM is implemented. The evaluation was based on the results of bilinear resampling, bi-cubic and Kriging resampling methods for an experiment using both degraded and sampled datasets at 20 m and 60 m spatial resolutions. The evaluation of the algorithms was accomplished comprehensively with visual and quantitative assessments. The visual assessment process was based on direct comparison of the same topographic features in different downscaled images, scatterplots and profiles. The quantitative assessment was based on the most commonly used parameters for DEM accuracy assessment such as root mean square errors (RMSEs), linear regression parameters m and b, and correlation coefficient R. Both visual and quantitative assessment revealed greater accuracy of the Kriging over the other two conventional methods.