Evaluation of atmospheric correction using pseudo-invariant features from bi-temporal hyperspectral images
Abstract
Atmospheric correction of hyperspectral image data is frequently a requirement for using remote sensing to understand and quantify various phenomena that take place on the Earth. This is particularly true when the analysis requires the use of spectral reflectance. Although sophisticated models for atmospheric correction exist, evaluating the performance of these models is non-trivial. In this study, two atmospheric correction programs, FLAASH (based on MODTRAN 4), and TAFKAA_6S (based on 6S), were applied to a pair of images of the same area but collected six weeks apart. The results of the two atmospheric correction procedures are analyzed based on the expected stability of pseudo-invariant features (PIFs). Although both procedures performed rather well in terms of removing atmospheric absorption features in the infrared region, the analysis identified some anomalous behaviors as well, the most important of which appears to be related to the bidirectional reflectance distribution of the forest pixels selected as PIFs.
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