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Title: Radiometric and geometric analysis of hyperspectral imagery acquired from an unmanned aerial vehicle

Journal Article · · Remote Sensing
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/rs4092736· OSTI ID:1053204
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  1. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
  2. Idaho State Univ., Boise, ID (United States)

During the summer of 2010, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) hyperspectral in-flight calibration and characterization experiment of the Resonon PIKA II imaging spectrometer was conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) UAV Research Park. The purpose of the experiment was to validate the radiometric calibration of the spectrometer and determine the georegistration accuracy achievable from the on-board global positioning system (GPS) and inertial navigation sensors (INS) under operational conditions. In order for low-cost hyperspectral systems to compete with larger systems flown on manned aircraft, they must be able to collect data suitable for quantitative scientific analysis. The results of the in-flight calibration experiment indicate an absolute average agreement of 96.3%, 93.7% and 85.7% for calibration tarps of 56%, 24%, and 2.5% reflectivity, respectively. The achieved planimetric accuracy was 4.6 meters (based on RMSE).

Research Organization:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC07-05ID14517
OSTI ID:
1053204
Report Number(s):
INL/JOU-12-24795; PII: rs4092736
Journal Information:
Remote Sensing, Vol. 4, Issue 12; ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher:
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Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 126 works
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