arXiv:2601.11794cs.LGcs.CV2026-01

用物理约束提升无人机火灾传感数据质量,小样本下仍有效

Physics-Constrained Denoising Autoencoders for Data-Scarce Wildfire UAV Sensing

  • 将物理规律嵌入网络结构,直接保证输出合理
  • 仅用7894个数据点,噪声降低90.7%,无负值输出
  • 轻量模型适合边缘设备,训练快且抗过拟合

火灾监测需高分辨率大气数据,但低成本无人机传感器存在基线漂移、交叉敏感和响应延迟,影响浓度估计。传统深度学习去噪需大量数据,难以获取。本文提出PC²DAE,一种融合物理约束的去噪自编码器,通过软plus激活实现非负浓度输出,并引入物理合理的时序平滑,确保输出在构造上物理可行。采用分层解码头分别处理黑碳、气体和CO₂传感器数据,提供两种变体:适用于边缘部署的轻量版(21k参数)和离线处理的宽版(204k参数)。在加拿大萨斯喀彻温省预定燃烧实验中,使用7,894个同步1Hz采样数据(约2.2小时飞行数据)评估,远低于典型深度学习需求。PC²DAE-Lean实现67.3%平滑度提升与90.7%高频噪声减少,零物理违规。五种基线模型(LSTM-AE、U-Net、Transformer、CBDAE、DeSpaWN)产生15–23%负值输出。轻量版优于宽版(+5.6%平滑度),表明强归纳偏置在小样本下抑制过拟合。训练在消费级硬件上少于65秒完成。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Wildfire monitoring requires high-resolution atmospheric measurements, yet low-cost sensors on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) exhibit baseline drift, cross-sensitivity, and response lag that corrupt concentration estimates. Traditional deep learning denoising approaches demand large datasets impractical to obtain from limited UAV flight campaigns. We present PC$^2$DAE, a physics-informed denoising autoencoder that addresses data scarcity by embedding physical constraints directly into the network architecture. Non-negative concentration estimates are enforced via softplus activations and physically plausible temporal smoothing, ensuring outputs are physically admissible by construction rather than relying on loss function penalties. The architecture employs hierarchical decoder heads for Black Carbon, Gas, and CO$_2$ sensor families, with two variants: PC$^2$DAE-Lean (21k parameters) for edge deployment and PC$^2$DAE-Wide (204k parameters) for offline processing. We evaluate on 7,894 synchronized 1 Hz samples collected from UAV flights during prescribed burns in Saskatchewan, Canada (approximately 2.2 hours of flight data), two orders of magnitude below typical deep learning requirements. PC$^2$DAE-Lean achieves 67.3\% smoothness improvement and 90.7\% high-frequency noise reduction with zero physics violations. Five baselines (LSTM-AE, U-Net, Transformer, CBDAE, DeSpaWN) produce 15--23\% negative outputs. The lean variant outperforms wide (+5.6\% smoothness), suggesting reduced capacity with strong inductive bias prevents overfitting in data-scarce regimes. Training completes in under 65 seconds on consumer hardware.

无人机传感物理约束数据稀缺去噪

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