Assessment Of Atmospheric Correction Methods For Optimizing Hazy Satellite Imageries

ASSESSMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION
METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING HAZY SATELLITE
IMAGERIES

UMARA FIRMAN RIZI DIANSYAH

GRADUATE SCHOOL
BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
BOGOR
2014

STATEMENT
I, Umara Firman Rizi Diansyah hereby declare that this thesis entitled :
Assessment Of Atmospheric Correction Methods For Optimizing Hazy
Satellite Imageries
Is a result of my own work under the supervision of advisory board during the
period of December 2013 until December 2014 and that it has not been published
ever. The content of this thesis has been examined by the advisory board and
external examiner

Bogor,


December 2014

Umara Firman Rizi Diansyah
G051120041

RINGKASAN
UMARA FIRMAN RIZI DIANSYAH. “Penilaian Metode Atmospheric Correction
Untuk Optimasi Citra Satelit Berkabut. Dibawah bimbingan oleh MUHAMMAD
BUCE SALEH and ANTONIUS BAMBANG WIJANARTO.
Efek atmosfer yang mencemari citra satelit dapat dihilangkan dengan
mendapatkan nilai reflektansi permukaan pada citra penginderaan jauh dengan
menggunakan koreksi atmosfer. Proses ini berguna untuk meningkatkan akurasi
klasifikasi citra sehingga data yang diperoleh dapat dibandingkan dan diatur dalam
sejumlah solusi pendekatan untuk pemantauan lingkungan, manajemen sumber daya,
evaluasi dampak aplikasi deteksi bencana dan perubahan. Koreksi atmosfer memiliki
berbagai kategori yang berasal dari pantulan fisik tanah yang meninggalkan cahaya
termasuk permukaan dan tanah reflektansi dan suhu, dan koreksi relatif atmosfer.
Salah satu kategori adalah penghapusan kabut atmosfer dan tutupan awan.
Hasil proses koreksi atmosfer sangat penting untuk mengoptimalkan citra satelit

berkabut berkenaan dengan permukaan objek untuk mendeteksi perubahan tutupan
lahan dan penggunaan lahan. Dengan mempertimbangkan perbedaan dalam proses
pembentukan kabut penelitian ini difokuskan pada masing-masing jenis citra satelit
dari dua jenis zona yang dipilih, pertama kecamatan Balaraja yang dapat mewakili
daerah pedesaan dan kecamatan Penjaringan yang mewakili daerah perkotaan.
Maksud dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji kesesuaian tiga jenis metode
koreksi haze terhadap kejelasan obyek permukaan di wilayah tutupan vegetasi dan
non vegetasi, berkenaan dengan mengurangi atau menghilangkan kabut di suatu
wilayah dalam sebuah citra satelit optik yang memiliki karakteristik tertentu, untuk
memperoleh hasil dari penghapusan kabut dalam penelitian ini menggunakan tiga
metode yaitu Dark Object Substraction (DOS), Histogram Match (HM) dan Virtual
Cloud Point (VCP).
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji kesesuaian tiga jenis metode
koreksi kabut terhadap objek permukaan pada tutupan lahan di wilayah vegetasi dan
wilayah non vegetasi. Berkenaan dengan penghapusan kabut di wilayah yang
memiliki karakteristik tertentu pada citra satelit optik. Dengan mempertimbangkan
proses pembentukan kabut di daerah pertanian, perkebunan, pemukiman dan industri
sehingga daerah penelitian dibagi menjadi dua wilayah yaitu pedesaan yang
didominasi vegetasi dan perkotaan yang didominasi non vegetasi. Wilayah pedesaan
dipilih Kecamatan Balaraja di Tangerang dan wilayah perkotaan dipilih Kecamatan

Penjaringan di Jakarta Utara. Dengan menerapkan persamaan untuk menghitung
Haze Optimal Transformasi yaitu HOT = DNbluesin (∂) -DNredcos (∂), hasil utama
dari penelitian ini adalah sebagai berikut: untuk Avnir gambar di daerah pedesaan,
berdasarkan kriteria visual, korelasi dan uji Z dapat disimpulkan bahwa untuk Avnir2
citra di daerah pedesaan dapat dikoreksi dengan menggunakan metode DOS dan
VCP. Untuk citra Avnir2 di daerah perkotaan, metode DOS memiliki hasil yang baik
pada band 1, 2 dan 3, Dapat disimpulkan bahwa untuk citra Avnir2 di daerah

perkotaan dapat dikoreksi dengan menggunakan metode DOS. Untuk citra Landsat7
di daerah pedesaan, metode DOS memiliki hasil yang baik pada band 1 dan 2, Dapat
disimpulkan bahwa untuk Landsat7 di daerah pedesaan dapat dikoreksi dengan
menggunakan metode DOS dan VCP. Untuk citra Landsat7 di daerah perkotaan,
metode DOS memiliki hasil yang baik pada band 1 dan 2, sedangkan metode VCP
memiliki hasil yang baik pada band 3. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa untuk citra Landsat7
di daerah perkotaan dapat dikoreksi dengan menggunakan metode DOS. Semakin
baik hasil citra terkoreksi, semakin kecil nilai optimasi kabut.
Proses koreksi atmosfer pada penelitian ini dibagi dalam dua jenis citra Avnir2
dan Landsat7. Alasan digunakannya citra optik tersebut berdasarkan pada hipotesis
bahwa penggunaan tiga metode memberikan hasil yang sama bila diterapkan pada
citra yang memiliki rentang band yang berbeda. Berdasarkan interpretasi visual dari

perbandingan tiga metode DOS dan VCP didapatkan hasil lebih baik di daerah
pedesaan dan perkotaan ditunjukkan dengan melihat kejelasan kerapatan vegetasi di
daerah pedesaan, kontur, warna dan objek-objek lain di daerah perkotaan dan
hubungan signifikan antara citra terkoreksi dengan citra non-kabut pada Avnir2,
begitu pula dengan citra terkoreksi dengan citra non-kabut pada Landsat7.
Berdasarkan interpretasi visual, korelasi dan uji Z disemua kategori dihasilkan
perbedaan yang signifikan. Berdasarkan Tabel 12 untuk citra Avnir2 di wilayah rural
dapat dikoreksi menggunakan metode DOS danVCP, tetapi di wilayah urban lebih
baik diterapkan metode DOS. Untuk citra Landsat7 di wilayah rural dapat dikoreksi
menggunakan metode DOS dan VCP, tetapi di wilayah urban lebih baik diterapkan
metode DOS.
Kata kunci : Avnir dan Landsat7, daerah non vegetasi urban, daerah vegetasi rural,
efek atmosfer, eliminasi haze.

SUMMARY
UMARA FIRMAN RIZI DIANSYAH. “Assessment Of Atmospheric Correction
Methods For Optimizing Hazy Satellite Imageries. Under the supervision of
MUHAMMAD BUCE SALEH and ANTONIUS BAMBANG WIJANARTO.
Atmospheric effects that contaminate satellite imagery can be eliminated by
obtaining the value of surface reflectance on remote sensing imagery using

atmospheric correction. This process is useful to improve the accuracy of image
classification so that the data obtained can be compared and arranged in a number of
solution approaches for environmental monitoring, resource management, evaluation
of the effects of disaster and change detection applications. Atmospheric correction
has a variety of categories derived from physical reflectance of the true ground
leaving radiance including surface and ground reflectance and temperature, and
relative atmospheric correction. One of the categories is the elimination of
atmospheric haze and cloud masking.
The results of atmospheric correction process is very important to optimize the
hazy satellite imagery with respect to the object surface to detect changes in land
cover and land use. Taking into account the differences in the process of formation of
haze this study focused on each type of satellite images of the two types of zones are
selected, the first sub-district Balaraja which can represent rural areas and sub-district
Penjaringan representing urban areas.
The intent of this study was to test the suitability of three types of haze
correction method to clear the surface of the object in the area of vegetation and nonvegetation cover, with regard to reducing or eliminating the haze in the region in an
optical satellite imagery that has certain characteristics, to gain from the elimination
of haze in this study using three methods: Dark Object Substraction (DOS),
Histogram Match (HM) and Virtual Cloud Point (VCP).
The purpose of this study was to test the suitability of three types of haze

correction method of the object on the surface of the land cover in the area of
vegetation and non-vegetation area. With regard to the elimination of haze in the area
that have certain characteristics in optical satellite imagery. Taking into account the
formation of haze in the area of agriculture, plantations, settlements and industry so
that research area is divided into two regions, namely rural and urban vegetation
dominated predominantly non vegetation. Rural areas selected in the Tangerang
District of Balaraja and urban areas have been Penjaringan in North Jakarta. By
applying the equation to calculate the Haze Optimize Transformation is HOT =
DNbluesin (∂) -DNredcos (∂), the main results of this study are as follows: for
AVNIR image in rural areas, based on visual criteria, correlation and Z test it can be
concluded that for Avnir2 image in rural areas can be corrected by using DOS and
VCP. For Avnir2 image in urban areas, the DOS method has good results in bands 1,
2 and 3, can be concluded that for the image Avnir2 in urban areas can be corrected
by using DOS. For Landsat7 image in rural areas, DOS method has good results in
bands 1 and 2, can be concluded that for Landsat7 in rural areas can be corrected by

using DOS and VCP. For Landsat7 image in urban areas, the DOS method has good
results in bands 1 and 2, while the VCP method has good results in band 3. It can be
concluded that for the image Landsat7 in urban areas can be corrected by using DOS.
The better results corrected image, the smaller the value of optimization haze

Atmospheric correction process is divided into two kinds of images Landsat7
and Avnir2 . Reason uses the optical image is based on the hypothesis that the use of
three methods gave similar results when applied to images that have a range of
different bands. Based on visual interpretation of the comparison of three methods of
DOS and VCP obtained better results in rural and urban areas indicated by viewing
clarity vegetation density in rural areas, contours, colors and other objects in urban
areas and significant relationship between the corrected image with the image of a
non haze on Avnir2, as well as the corrected image with the image of a non-haze on
Landsat7. Based on visual interpretation, correlation and Z test in all categories
produced a significant difference. According to Table 12 for the image Avnir2 in
rural areas can be corrected using the DOS danVCP, but in the urban area is better
applied methods DOS. For Landsat7 image in rural areas can be corrected using DOS
and VCP, but in the urban area is better applied methods DOS.
Keywords : Avnir and Landsat7, urban non vegetation area, rural vegetation area,
atmospheric effects, haze elimination

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ASSESSMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION
METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING HAZY SATELLITE
IMAGERIES

UMARA FIRMAN RIZI DIANSYAH

A Thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Science in
Information Technology for Natural Resources
Management Program Study

GRADUATE SCHOOL
BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
BOGOR
2014


External Examiner:

Prof Dr Lilik Budi Prasetyo

Research Title
Name
Student ID

: Assessment Of Atmospheric Correction Methods For
Optimizing Hazy Satellite Imageries
: Umara Firman Rizi Diansyah
: G051120041

Approved by,
Advisory Board

Dr Antonius Bambang Wijanarto
Co-Supervisor

Dr Muhammad Buce Saleh

Supervisor

Endorsed by,

Program Coordinator

Dean of the Graduate School

Dr Ir Hartrisari Hardjomidjojo, DEA

Dr Ir Dahrul Syah, MScAgr

Date of examination:

Date of Graduation:

December 30, 2014

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
In the name of Allah Azza Wajalla, the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful.

Alhamdulillah, all praises to Allah for the strengths and His blessing in completing
this thesis, I would like to express my highly appreciation to the following:
1. Dr Muhammad Buce Saleh, as my supervisor for his supervision support. His
invaluable help in the forms of constructive comments and suggestions throughout
the experimental and thesis works have contributed to the success of this research
and Dr Antonius Bambang Wijanarto, as the co-supervisor for his ideas and
knowledge regarding this topic during my research.
2. Prof Dr Lilik Budi Prasetyo as the external examiner for his positive inputs and
ideas.
3. Dr Ir Hartrisari Hardjomidjojo, DEA, as the program coordinator and all my
lecturers for giving knowledge and experience.
4. All my friends at MIT, IPB for their help and support in finishing my assignment
and study.
5. MIT secretariate and all of its staff members for helping me to arrange the
administration, technical procedures, and facilities.
6. All of my family. Thank you for always supporting me.

Bogor, December 2014

Umara Firman Rizi Diansyah

LIST OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
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INTRODUCTION
Background
Problem Statement
Hypothesis
Objective
Benefits of Research
Limitation

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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Time and Location
Required Tool
Data Sources
Methodology
Methods of Haze Removal
Dark Object Substraction
Histogram Match
Virtual Cloud Point
Quality Assessment

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Visual interpretation

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Correlation Analysis

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Z-test

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RESULT AND DISCUSSION
Avnir image in the rural area
Visual Interpretation
Z Analysis
Avnir image in the urban area
Visual Interpretation
Z Analysis
Landsat image in the rural area
Visual Interpretation
Correlation Analysis

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Z Analysis
Landsat image in the urban area
Visual Interpretation
Correlation Analysis
Z Analysis
Assessment using Haze Optimize Transformation (HOT)
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CONCLUSIONS

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REFERENCES
APPENDICES

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CURRICULUM VITAE

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LIST OF TABLES
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Data Requirement

Spectral Bands / Wavelength
3 Z values for Avnir in the rural area
4 Z values for Avnir in the urban area
5 The correlation coefficient between the image of the three correction
method with non-haze image for Landsat7 in rural area
6 Z values for Landsat image in the rural area
7 Z values for Landsat of non-Haze (NH) in rural area
8 The correlation coefficient between the image of the three correction
method with non-haze (NH) image for Landsat in urban areas
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Z values for Landsat image in the urban area
10 Z values for Landsat image in the urban area vs non haze (NH) image
11 Results of Haze Optimize Transformation Calculation
12 Selection haze correction method based on visual criteria, correlation and Z
test for all categories

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LIST OF FIGURES

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Formation of Haze
Workflow of Atmospheric Correction
Research Area (Balaraja and Penjaringan subdistrict)
Procedure of Haze removal
Structure of Dark Object Substraction (DOS)
Structure of Virtual Cloud Point (VCP)
Avnir image in Haze and Non-Haze rural area
Corrected Image using DOS, HM and VCP in Avnir image and rural area
Avnir image in Haze and Non-Haze urban area
Corrected Image using DOS, HM and VCP in Avnir image and urban area
Landsat image in Haze and Non-Haze rural area
Corrected Image using DOS, HM and VCP in Landsat image and rural area
Landsat image in Haze and Non-Haze urban area
Corrected Image using DOS, HM and VCP in Landsat image and urban area

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