Compression of NOAA/AVHRR data with a wavelet transform

An attempt has been made to assess the efficiency of image data compression by wavelet transform encoding using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) images. Raw and derived images were compressed to various levels and a number of par...

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Published in:International journal of remote sensing 2000-01, Vol.21 (3), p.595-610
Main Authors: Marcal, A. R. S., Triebfurst, B., Schneider, C., Vaughan, R. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied geophysics
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Internal geophysics
Marine
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Summary:An attempt has been made to assess the efficiency of image data compression by wavelet transform encoding using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) images. Raw and derived images were compressed to various levels and a number of parameters in the decompressed images compared with those obtained using raw data as a yardstick against which to measure the loss of information due to compression. Unsupervised classification, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values and brightness temperatures appeared to suffer little degradation and only for fractal dimensions was there significant loss of integrity at compression rates of up to a factor of 32. The general conclusion from a visual inspection of the effect of such compressions on artificially generated geometrical imagettes confirms the effectiveness of this method of compression.
ISSN:0143-1161
1366-5901
DOI:10.1080/014311600210777