Evaluation of the improved linear emissivity constraint temperature and emissivity separation method by using the simulated hyperspectral thermal infrared data

Hua Wu; Zhao-Liang Li; Bo-Hui Tang; Rong-Lin Tang

doi:10.1117/12.2210940

9 December 2015 Evaluation of the improved linear emissivity constraint temperature and emissivity separation method by using the simulated hyperspectral thermal infrared data

Hua Wu, Zhao-Liang Li, Bo-Hui Tang, Rong-Lin Tang

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Proceedings Volume 9808, International Conference on Intelligent Earth Observing and Applications 2015; 98082L (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2210940
Event: International Conference on Intelligent Earth Observing and Applications, 2015, Guilin, China

Abstract

In this study, an improved linear emissivity constraint temperature and emissivity separation (I-LECTES) method was first proposed to overcome the discontinuities problem of the retrieved land surface emissivities (LSEs) in the former linear emissivity constraint temperature and emissivity separation (LECTES) method. Consequently, the hyperspectral thermal infrared data were carefully simulated according to the configuration of Designs & Prototypes microFTIR Model 102, and were used to evaluate the performance of the I-LECTES method. Meanwhile, the I-LECTES method was also compared with the LECTES method. Different the atmosphere and surface circumstances were considered, as well as the different levels of noise equivalent temperature difference (NEΔT). The results showed that the proposed I-LECTES method is of a better accuracy compared with the LECTES method and has the characteristic of keeping the retrieved LSEs continuous, which sounds more reasonable. Because the noises in the ground measured radiance may have more effects on the accuracies of land surface temperature (LST) and LSEs than those in the atmospheric downwelling radiance, the noise in the ground measured radiance should be removed as much as possible to improve the accuracies of retrieved LST and LSEs. Furthermore, taken into account the lower retrieval accuracies for the cold and dry atmosphere, both the I-LECTES method and the LECTES method should be taken a full consideration. The proposed method is regarded to be promising because of its holding continuity and noise-immune.

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Hua Wu, Zhao-Liang Li, Bo-Hui Tang, and Rong-Lin Tang "Evaluation of the improved linear emissivity constraint temperature and emissivity separation method by using the simulated hyperspectral thermal infrared data", Proc. SPIE 9808, International Conference on Intelligent Earth Observing and Applications 2015, 98082L (9 December 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2210940

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