The ATCOR Surface Temperature workflow

The ATCOR Surface Temperature workflow takes an input thermal band in scaled radiance (raw DN values), a DEM and terrain derivatives, and, optionally, a visibility map to generate a surface temperature map of the thermal image. This workflow currently supports only Landsat 4 TM, Landsat 5 TM, and Landsat 7 sensors. Workflow fields are automatically populated using the input scene’s metadata.

The ATCOR Surface Temperature 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 visibility and ground reflectance
  5. Specifying surface temperature parameters
  6. Running the ATCOR Surface Temperature workflow
Parent topic: Atmospheric-correction workflows
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