NRL Hyperspectral Imagery Trafficability Tool (HITT): Software andSpectral-Geotechnical Look-up Tables for Estimation and Mapping of Soil Bearing Strength from Hyperspectral Imagery

Abstract

This report provides details of a new hyperspectral exploitation tool for developing trafficability special maps from hyperspectral imagery. This new tool, known as the NRL Hyperspectral Imagery Trafficability Tool (HITT), is packaged as a plug-in to the commercial software package ENVI/IDL. HITT is one of several tools being developed and validated by NRL to support coastal characterization from spectral region imagery. This report provides a step-by-step description of the operation of HITT, working through specific examples that begin with a hyperspectral data cube and end with a special map of estimated trafficability in a coastal region. The basis of this new product is a set of spectral-geotechnical libraries and models developed during remote sensing and calibration/validation campaigns conducted by NRL and collaborating institutions in four different coastal types.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 28, 2012
Accession Number
ADA569187

Entities

People

  • Charles M. Bachmann
  • Marcos J. Montes
  • Robert A. Fusina

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bearing Strength
  • Calibration
  • Computer Programs
  • Grain Size
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Gray Scale
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Hyperspectral Imagery
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Operating Systems
  • Optical Properties
  • Reflectance
  • Remote Sensing
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Surface Properties
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Database Systems and Applications