Abstract
The Glimmer Imager on board the Sustainable Development Science Satellite 1 (SDGSAT-1) is capable of providing high-resolution nighttime light images. However, the presence of stripe noise and dark current noise in L4A images affects the authenticity of image information, thus limiting its scientific applications. This study proposes a panchromatic guidance denoising algorithm to enhance the quality of nighttime light images based on the spectral consistency properties between the panchromatic and RGB channels. This algorithm utilizes two low-noise panchromatic bands to obtain a denoised light area and subsequently removes a significant amount of noise from non-light areas in the RGB bands based on this light area. Our results indicate that this algorithm can effectively remove noise from SDGSAT-1 nighttime light images, achieving a noise removal rate greater than 99.8% in the selected dark ocean area. It also preserves more reasonable radiometric characteristics and spatial details of high-spatial resolution nighttime light images when compared to other popular denoising algorithms. The perturbation caused by moonlight can be effectively eliminated using this algorithm, which further improves the comparability and application of SDGSAT-1 nighttime light images under different lunar phases.
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callMore From: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
