Subpixel resolution with the multispectral thermal imager (MTI)

Prabal Nandy; Jody L. Smith; Max L. Decker

doi:10.1117/12.509759

7 January 2004 Subpixel resolution with the multispectral thermal imager (MTI)

Prabal Nandy, Jody L. Smith, Max L. Decker

Proceedings Volume 5159, Imaging Spectrometry IX; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.509759
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Multispectral Thermal Imager Satellite (MTI) has been used to test a sub-pixel sampling technique in an effort to obtain higher spatial frequency imagery than that of its original design. The MTI instrument is of particular interest because of its infrared detectors. In this spectral region, the detector size is traditionally the limiting factor in determining the satellite’s ground sampling distance (GSD). Additionally, many over-sampling techniques require flexible command and control of the sensor and spacecraft. The MTI sensor is well suited for this task, as it is the only imaging system on the MTI satellite bus. In this super-sampling technique, MTI is maneuvered such that the data are collected at sub-pixel intervals on the ground. The data are then processed using a deconvolution algorithm using in-scene measured point spread functions (PSF) to produce an image with synthetically-boosted GSD.

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Prabal Nandy, Jody L. Smith, and Max L. Decker "Subpixel resolution with the multispectral thermal imager (MTI)", Proc. SPIE 5159, Imaging Spectrometry IX, (7 January 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.509759

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