Use of LOWTRAN-derived atmospheric parameters in synthetic image generation models

Carl Salvaggio; Joseph D. Sirianni; John R. Schott

doi:10.1117/12.161555

15 November 1993 Use of LOWTRAN-derived atmospheric parameters in synthetic image generation models

Carl Salvaggio, Joseph D. Sirianni, John R. Schott

Proceedings Volume 1938, Recent Advances in Sensors, Radiometric Calibration, and Processing of Remotely Sensed Data; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161555
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing laboratory's Image Generation model combines computer aided design, ray tracing techniques, radiometric principles, and thermodynamic models to create synthetic imagery. The model emphasizes rigorous radiometric solutions that account for spectral reflectance effects, angular emissivities, atmospheric transmission and upwelled and downwelled sky radiance. This paper describes enhancements to the radiometric portion of the code that permits inclusion of variations with azimuth of downwelling sky radiance, solution of the radiometric propagation models using specific radiosonde data including adjustments for the time of day, and the incorporation of background effects from objects adjacent to the target. Simulated scenes are presented that show how these enhancements produce imagery that more closely match observed phenomena. In particular, the importance of properly modeled sky radiance is shown both for low altitude oblique imagery where the sky is directly observed and for near nadir imagery where reflected sky radiance is important.

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Carl Salvaggio, Joseph D. Sirianni, and John R. Schott "Use of LOWTRAN-derived atmospheric parameters in synthetic image generation models", Proc. SPIE 1938, Recent Advances in Sensors, Radiometric Calibration, and Processing of Remotely Sensed Data, (15 November 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161555

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