The ATCOR Ground Reflectance workflow

The ATCOR Ground Reflectance workflow allows you to calculate the reflectance values at ground level to remove atmospheric effects in satellite imagery, preparing the images for analysis under different atmospheric conditions. The workflow generates a reflectance image at ground level, corrected by atmospheric (aerosol type and water vapor) and terrain effects. Workflow fields are automatically populated using the input scene’s metadata.

The ATCOR Ground Reflectance workflow consists of the following processes:

  1. Specifying sensor and image settings
  2. Specifying haze and cloud masking settings
  3. Specifying elevation and illumination conditions
  4. Specifying DEM settings
  5. Specifying visibility and ground reflectance
  6. Calculating a visibility map for varying conditions
  7. Setting up normalization
  8. Running the ATCOR Ground Reflectance workflow
Parent topic: Atmospheric-correction workflows
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