DemodataMjolnir1024

Acquisitionparameters:
Acquisitiontime:

11/416atapproximately15:00localtime

Altitude:

120m

Pixelsizeontheground:

~4cm

DEMusedforgeoreferencing: SRTM30
Boresightcalibration:

Notperformed

Files:

DataLevel

UAVSpeed

Integrationtime/Frameperiod

losby_04_UAV_Mjolnir_SN5001_raw_rad_keystone_smile_spectralbinningx2_bsq_float32.img

Radiance/unrectified

1m/s

39900us/40000us

losby_05_UAV_Mjolnir_SN5001_raw_rad_keystone_smile_spectralbinningx2_bsq_float32.img

Radiance/unrectified

2m/s

19900us/20000us

line5_unrectified.jpg

quickview/unrectified

2m/s

19900us/20000us

losby_05_UAV_Mjolnir_SN5001_raw_rad_keystone_smile_spectralbinningx2_bsq_float32_geo_NN.bsq

Radiance/Rectified

2m/s

19900us/20000us

losby_05_cutout

Radiance/Rectifiedcutout2m/s 19900us/20000us

line5_cutout.jpg

quickview/Rectifiedcutout2m/s 19900us/20000us

line5.jpg

quickview/Rectified

19900us/20000us

ThedatawereacquiredinearlyspringinNorway,overagolfcourt.Duetotheseason,thedeciduous
treeshavenoleafsandtheamountoffreshgreengrassissparse.Thesunislowandtheskywasmostly
cloudy,butduringline05wehadsomedirectsunlightformostoftheline.Inline04,halfthelineiswith
somedirectsunlight.
Sotheacquisitionconditionswerefarfromideal,butthedataqualitycanstillbedemonstratedquite
well.

Wehavemademostlevelsofdataavailableontheftp.
Hereistheprocessingchainperformedonthedatafromrawdatatogeoreferencedatsensorradiance
(ATCOR4processingnotperformed):

Someconsiderationsregardingsignallevel:
Forthe05lineweareflyingat2m/sandwithintegrationtime19.9ms.
Withthisexposuretimeyoudonothaveanysaturationintheimage,andthevegetationpeaksat600DN
(outof4095)intherawimage.ThismeansthatyoucanpotentiallyincreasetheSNRonthevegetation
spectrumbyafactorsquarerootof4095/600=2.6(thiscorrespondsto6.8timeshighersignallevel).
Forthe04lineyoucanget1.84timeshigherSNR.
Toincreasethesignallevel/SNRyoucandothefollowing:

Flywithhighersunanglethanwhatwedidforthisflight
Flyunderclearskyconditions
Flyslowerasthiswillincreasethemaxpossibleexposuretimewiththesamepixelsize
Flyhigher(foragivenspeed),thiswillalsoallowlongerintegrationtime
Youcanalsousehigherthanthetheoreticalvalueaswell,thenyoudogetstretchedpixels,but
youcanselectabiggergridwhenyoudotherectificationlateron.

NOTE:Duringthisflight,wealsouseanequalizationfilterintheentranceaperturewhichreducesthe
amountoflightinthemiddleofthespectralrangetoaround25%(transmissionremainscloseto100%
attheshortestandlongestwavelengths).Byusingthisfilter,youcanintegratelongerwithoutreaching

saturationforthemiddlewavelengthsandtherebygethigherSNRforlongandshortwavelengths.The
filterwasoptimisedforadifferentinstrument,soadedicatedequalizationfilteradaptedtotheMjolnir
1024spectralresponseisunderdevelopment.Thisfilterisanoptionalitem.Forthisflightitwould
actuallyhavebeenbetternottouseitsinceyouarefarfromsaturationonthevegetationwiththefilter
mounted.
ThemainfocuswhendesigningMjolnir1024hasbeentomakepurespectrawithextremelylow
distortions(keystoneandsmile).Toavoidcompromisingthespectralintegrityofthedataduringthe
rectificationandgeoreferencingweselectthefollowingresamplingmethodinPARGE:

Thatmeansthatyouareselectingtheclosestpixelcenterfromyourunrectifiedimagewithrespectto
therectifiedgrid,andnotdoanyresamplingwhichwouldcompromisethespectralquality/integrity.This
givesabitmorecoarse/grainyoutputimage,butitisveryimportantthatyouusethismethodsothat
thespectralintegrityisintact.IfyouusetheBilinearInterpolation,youroutputimagewilllookalot
smoother,butthespectrumwillchange.
Ifyoulookattheunrectifieddatayoucanseesomesmallvibrations,butduetothenearperfect(around
500ns),timetaggingofeachimagewithrespecttotheposition/attitudedata,youdonotseeany
vibrationsintherectifiedimage.Thisisagoodproofofthetimingaccuracy.Theresidualvibrationswill
befurtherreducedbyusingadifferenttypeofpassivedamperswithdifferentstiffness.
Asimpleexampleofaprocessedimagecanbefoundonthenextfewpages.


Sampletarget:Greentrousersongrassbackground.


Detectionimageshownonthenextpages.


AnomalydetectionimageusingstandardCRX.

Zoomimagefromtheredboxisshownonthenextpage.


AnomalydetectionimageusingstandardCRX.