Simultaneous Processing of Visible and Long-Wave Infrared Satellite Imagery

Abstract

One of the challenges of imaging satellites in the daytime is that the sun is generally behind the satellite from the observers point of view. This means that much of the satellite structure can be in shadow at any given time. The Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) observatorys 3.6 meter telescope has the capability of recording data simultaneously in two bands of long-wave infrared (LWIR) as well as visible. This presents the possibility of performing joint processing of the infrared and visible imagery, which is appealing because the thermal imagery will not have any shadows. We describe exploitation strategies for this type of data, show the results of joint processing, and compare with single-band images.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 19, 2015
Accession Number
AD1001980

Entities

People

  • Brandoch Calef
  • Daniel Thomspon
  • David Witte
  • Michael Werth
  • Stacie Williams

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Change Detection
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Processing
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Frequency
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Long-Wavelength Infrared Radiation
  • Military Research
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Telescopes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects