Airborne Imaging Spectrometer-2: Radiometric Spectral Characteristics And Comparison Of Ways To Compensate For The Atmosphere

James E. Conel; Robert O. Green; Gregg Vane; Carol J. Bruegge; Ronald E. Alley; Brian J. Curtiss

doi:10.1117/12.942294

1 January 1987 Airborne Imaging Spectrometer-2: Radiometric Spectral Characteristics And Comparison Of Ways To Compensate For The Atmosphere

James E. Conel, Robert O. Green, Gregg Vane, Carol J. Bruegge, Ronald E. Alley, Brian J. Curtiss

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Proceedings Volume 0834, Imaging Spectroscopy II; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942294
Event: 31st Annual Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A field experiment and its results involving AIS-2 data for Rogers Lake, CA are described. The radiometry and spectral calibration of the instrument are critically examined in light of laboratory and field measurements. Three methods of compensating for the atmosphere in the search for ground reflectance are compared. We find, preliminarily, that the laboratory-determined responsivities are 30 to 50% less than expected for conditions of the flight for both short-and long-wavelength observations. The spectral sampling interval is 20 to 30 nm. The combined system-atmosphere-surface signal-to-noise ratio, as indexed by the mean response divided by the standard deviation for selected areas, lies between 40 and 110, depending upon how scene averages are taken, and is 30% less for flight conditions than for the laboratory. Atmospheric and surface variations may contribute to this difference. It is not possible to isolate instrument performance from the present data. As for methods of data reduction, the so-called scene average or log-residual method fails to recover any feature present in the surface reflectance, probably because of the extreme homogeneity of the scene. The empirical line method returns predicted surface reflectances that are systematically high but within a few percent of actual observed values using either calibrated or uncalibrated data. LOWTRAN-6, acting as an approximate theoretical model of the atmosphere for these exercises, predicts reflectance values 30 to 50% below the measured ones, based on the lower than expected radiances under solar illumination given by the instrument. This emphasizes the importance of accurate radiometric calibration in the study of surface or atmospheric properties.

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James E. Conel, Robert O. Green, Gregg Vane, Carol J. Bruegge, Ronald E. Alley, and Brian J. Curtiss "Airborne Imaging Spectrometer-2: Radiometric Spectral Characteristics And Comparison Of Ways To Compensate For The Atmosphere", Proc. SPIE 0834, Imaging Spectroscopy II, (1 January 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942294

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