An introduction to image processing at Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, England
Abstract
Data collection and image processing for the generation of photographic products from SEASAT, LANDSAT, NIMBUS TIROS and METEOSAT 2 are described. The harware facilities include a Linoscan 204 D composition device driven by a PRIME 200 computer, and a Plessey IDP 3000 interactive image display system. A disk based system enables the user to apply various processing algorithms to standard format data for display. Algorithms are described including: contrast enhancement by applying a mapping function to a set of pixel intensity values, a destriping algorithm which equates the means and variances of the radiance levels from each detector (LANDSAT), four principal components analysis, edge enhancement, and geometric transformations. Collaborative projects using remote sensing data by other government agencies are also mentioned.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- September 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980STIN...8221565D
- Keywords:
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- Data Acquisition;
- Image Processing;
- Satellite Observation;
- Algorithms;
- Data Reduction;
- Earth Resources;
- Image Enhancement;
- Landsat Satellites;
- Nimbus Satellites;
- Photomapping;
- Satellite-Borne Photography;
- Seasat Satellites;
- Tiros Satellites;
- Instrumentation and Photography