A method for downscaling MODIS land channels to 250-m spatial resolution using adaptive regression and normalization

Alexander P. Trishchenko; Yi Luo; Konstantin V. Khlopenkov

doi:10.1117/12.689157

3 October 2006 A method for downscaling MODIS land channels to 250-m spatial resolution using adaptive regression and normalization

Alexander P. Trishchenko, Yi Luo, Konstantin V. Khlopenkov

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Proceedings Volume 6366, Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology VI; 636607 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.689157
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2006, Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

A method is proposed to derive spatially enhanced imagery for all seven Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land spectral bands at 250 m spatial resolution. Originally, only bands B1 and B2 [visible (VIS) at 0.65 μm, and near-infrared (NIR) at 0.85 μm] are available from MODIS at 250 m spatial resolution. The remaining five land channels (bands B3 to B7) are observed at 500 m resolution. The adaptive regression is constructed for each individual MODIS L1B granule of 500 m spatial resolution by splitting the area into smaller blocks and generating nonlinear regression between bands B3 to B7 and B1, B2 and NDVI. Once a set of regression coefficients is generated based on 500 m image, it is then applied to 250 m data containing only channels B1 and B2 to produce five intermediate synthetic channels (B3 to B7) at 250 m spatial resolution. The final step involves normalizing the generated 250 m images to original 500 m images to preserve radiometric consistency. It is achieved in two stages and ensures that downscaled results are unbiased relative to original observations. The developed method was applied to generate Canada-wide clear-sky composites containing all seven MODIS land spectral channels at 250 m spatial resolution over the area of North America 5700 km by 4800 km.

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Alexander P. Trishchenko, Yi Luo, and Konstantin V. Khlopenkov "A method for downscaling MODIS land channels to 250-m spatial resolution using adaptive regression and normalization", Proc. SPIE 6366, Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology VI, 636607 (3 October 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.689157

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