• Remote Sensing Technology and Application
  • Vol. 39, Issue 4, 859 (2024)
Denghui FAN, Liwei LI, Qian SHEN, Hao ZHANG, and Gang CHENG
Author Affiliations
  • School of Surveying and Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo454000, China
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    DOI: 10.11873/j.issn.1004-0323.2024.4.0859 Cite this Article
    Denghui FAN, Liwei LI, Qian SHEN, Hao ZHANG, Gang CHENG. Relative Radiometric Normalization Method of High-resolution Optical Satellite Image based on An Improved IR-MAD Algorithm[J]. Remote Sensing Technology and Application, 2024, 39(4): 859 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Relative radiometric normalization is one of the main means of producing surface reflectance products from high-definition optical satellite images, the relative radiometric normalization method based on Iteratively Reweighted multivariate alteration detection is currently the most widely used method for high-resolution optical satellite image. However, the classical IR-MAD method is only applicable when there is little change in features between the reference image and the image to be corrected, and the method fails when there is a large change in features. In this paper, an improved IR-MAD algorithm is proposed by introducing a pseudo-invariant region constraint mechanism. The main idea is to use a Gaussian mixture model to extract the invariant regions between images, thus improving the quality of the pseudo-invariant points, so that effective radiometric normalization results can still be output when the feature changes a lot. The experiment was conducted using three representative sets of images, with GF-2 as the image to be corrected and Sentinel-2 as the reference image. The results show that compared to the classical IR-MAD method,(1) The pseudo-invariant points extracted by our method are mainly concentrated in the invariant regions, and the spatial distribution is more reasonable; (2) In dataset 1 representing general changes, the average coefficient of determination of our method is increased by 8.8%, while in dataset 2 and 3 representing strong changes, the average coefficient of determination of our method is 95% and 89%, respectively, while the traditional method is lower than 50% or even negative; (3) The spectral reflectance information of typical features in the processed image by our method is closer to the reference image. Therefore, our method provides a new and effective approach for relative radiometric normalization of high-resolution optical satellite images in complex situations.
    Denghui FAN, Liwei LI, Qian SHEN, Hao ZHANG, Gang CHENG. Relative Radiometric Normalization Method of High-resolution Optical Satellite Image based on An Improved IR-MAD Algorithm[J]. Remote Sensing Technology and Application, 2024, 39(4): 859
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