Precise geometric correction for NOAA and GMS images considering elevation effects using GCP template matching and affine transform

Mikio Takagi

doi:10.1117/12.514457

5 February 2004 Precise geometric correction for NOAA and GMS images considering elevation effects using GCP template matching and affine transform

Mikio Takagi

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Proceedings Volume 5238, Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing IX; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.514457
Event: Remote Sensing, 2003, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

This paper describes a precise geometric correction method considering elevation effects for NOAA/AVHRR of GMS images, which is mandatory for long-term global environmental monitoring studies. First, using the so-called systematic geometric correction, the correspondences of sub-sampled image pixels to their map coordinates are calculated. And, the correspondences of sub-sampled map locations, which are the corner points of blocks, to image pixels are calculated to speed up the inverse transform to find for a pixel on the map coordinates to the corresponding pixel in the image coordinates using the bilinear interpolation of the four corner points of a block. For precise geometric correction, the residual errors of the systematic correction are measured using many GCP templates. GCP templates in the map coordinates are provide using DCW. Templates in the image coordinates are generated using the bilinear Interpolation. Also, the templates of high elevation areas are modified to include the elevation effects, using the height from GTOPO30 and satellite sensor geometry. Then, the residual errors are acquired by template matching and affine transform coefficients are calculated to remove the residual errors. And if the difference between the average error and each GCP is more than one pixel, these GCP’s are removed and new affine transform coefficients are recalculated iteratively until all errors reach within one pixel. Then, mapping of each pixel is done using the correspondence of four corner block points and image coordinates modified by affine transform, but for high elevation areas blocks are divided into pixels according to their elevation. The accuracy of within one pixel; i.e. 0.01 degree for NOAA/AVHRR and GMS/VIS and 0.04 degrees for GMS/IR is obtained for NOAA images received at Tokyo and the stitched ones received at Tokyo and Bangkok and also GMS full disk images.

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Mikio Takagi "Precise geometric correction for NOAA and GMS images considering elevation effects using GCP template matching and affine transform", Proc. SPIE 5238, Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing IX, (5 February 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.514457

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