A comparative assessment of different methods for Landsat 7/ETM+ pansharpening

This article compares a set of relevant methods, based on different mathematical approaches, for Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) pansharpening. These are classical procedures such as principal component analysis and fast intensity hue saturation; methods based on wavelet transforms, s...

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Autores: Rodriguez-Galiano, Victor F., Pardo-Igúzquiza, Eulogio, Chica Olmo, Mario, Mateos, Javier, Rigol Sánchez, Juan P., Vega, Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/276764
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/276764
https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2012.691612
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:LANDSAT
Geoestadística
teledetección multiespectral
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Sumario:This article compares a set of relevant methods, based on different mathematical approaches, for Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) pansharpening. These are classical procedures such as principal component analysis and fast intensity hue saturation; methods based on wavelet transforms, such as wavelet à trous, additive wavelet luminance proportional and multidirectional–multiresolution methods; a method of a geostatistical nature, called downscaling cokriging (DCK); and finally, a Bayesian method (1cor). The comparison of the fused images is based on the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of their spatial and spectral characteristics by calculating statistical indices and parameters that measure the quality and coherence of the images. Moreover, the quality of the spectral information is studied indirectly by means of the Iterative Self-Organizing Data Analysis Technique (ISODATA) classification of the products of fusion. The results show that DCK and 1cor methods yielded better results than the wavelet-based methods. Particularly, DCK does not introduce artefacts in the estimation of the digital numbers corresponding with the source multispectral image and, therefore, it can be considered as the most coherent method