Exploiting MODTRAN radiation transport for atmospheric correction: The FLAASH algorithm

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2002

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 798-803

  Berk, A ^a   Adler Golden, S M ^a   Ratkowski, A J ^b   Felde, G W ^b   Anderson, G P ^b   Hoke, M L ^b   Cooley, T ^b   Chetwynd, J H ^b   Gardner, J A ^b,c   Matthew, M W ^a   Bernstein, L S ^a   Acharya, P K ^a   Miller, D ^d   Lewis, P ^e  

^a SPECTRAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d SITAC   (United States)

^e NIMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric Correction; FLAASH; Hyperspectral Imagery; MODTRAN; Radiative Transfer; Remote Sensing

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION FUSION; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPENSATION; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; FLAASH; HYPER-SPECTRAL IMAGERIES; MODTRAN; TARGET DETECTION ALGORITHM; TERRAIN CATEGORIZATION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84901402015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIF.2002.1020888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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