Multispectral Terrain Background Simulation Techniques For Use In Airborne Sensor Evaluation

Michael Weinberg; Ronald Wohlers; John Conant; Edward Powers

doi:10.1117/12.968472

24 August 1988 Multispectral Terrain Background Simulation Techniques For Use In Airborne Sensor Evaluation

Michael Weinberg, Ronald Wohlers, John Conant, Edward Powers

Proceedings Volume 0933, Multispectral Image Processing and Enhancement; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.968472
Event: 1988 Technical Symposium on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1988, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A background simulation code developed at Aerodyne Research, Inc., called AERIE is designed to reflect the major sources of clutter that are of concern to staring and scanning sensors of the type being considered for various airborne threat warning (both aircraft and missiles) sensors. The code is a first principles model that could be used to produce a consistent image of the terrain for various spectral bands, i.e., provide the proper scene correlation both spectrally and spatially. The code utilizes both topographic and cultural features to model terrain, typically from DMA data, with a statistical overlay of the critical underlying surface properties (reflectance, emittance, and thermal factors) to simulate the resulting texture in the scene. Strong solar scattering from water surfaces is included with allowance for wind driven surface roughness. Clouds can be superimposed on the scene using physical cloud models and an analytical representation of the reflectivity obtained from scattering off spherical particles. The scene generator is augmented by collateral codes that allow for the generation of images at finer resolution. These codes provide interpolation of the basic DMA databases using fractal procedures that preserve the high frequency power spectral density behavior of the original scene. Scenes are presented illustrating variations in altitude, radiance, resolution, material, thermal factors, and emissivities. The basic models utilized for simulation of the various scene components and various "engineering level" approximations are incorporated to reduce the computational complexity of the simulation.

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Michael Weinberg, Ronald Wohlers, John Conant, and Edward Powers "Multispectral Terrain Background Simulation Techniques For Use In Airborne Sensor Evaluation", Proc. SPIE 0933, Multispectral Image Processing and Enhancement, (24 August 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.968472

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