Image Quality Assessment for the Infrared Multi-Spectral Scanner of the Chinese-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite[J]. Journal of Image and Graphics, 2002, 7(6): 581. DOI: 10.11834/jig.200206196.
Image Quality Assessment for the Infrared Multi-Spectral Scanner of the Chinese-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite
Engineering analyses to assess image data quality are described and results are presented for the infrared multispectral scanner(IRMSS) of No.1 Chinese-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS-1)
which was launched on October 14
1999. Data from CBERS-1 IRMSS and Thematic Map are compared. Based on the zero-level image acquired by CBARS-1 IRMSS on March 23
2000
pre-processing was carried out
including radiation correction
noise cleanness
etc. Then a comprehensive assessment was conducted by five criterions such as signal/noise ratio (SNR)
spatial resolution
contrast
radiometric precision and clarity. In comparison with TM. Bands 8 and 9 of CBERS-IRMSS had better clarity
Bands 6 and 7 had better contrast
Band 8 had better radiance precision. However
TM was found to produce image with much better SNR and spatial resolution. In addition
by image enhancement processing such as data fusion
the image quality can be improved greatly
and will be widely used in many fields such as resource survey and city plan.