Compilation of a Remote Sensing Image Fusion Atlas (RS-IFA)

Research Title	..	:	..	Compilation of a Remote Sensing Image Fusion Atlas (RS-IFA).
Principal Investigator	..	:	..	Prof. Dr. -Ing. Christine Pohl
Research Description	..	:	..	Remote sensing delivers multi-modal and temporal data from the Earth surface. In order to cope with these multi-dimensional
	..		..	data sources and to make the most out of it, image fusion is a valuable tool. It has developed over the past decades into a usable image processing technique to extract information of higher quality and reliability. Due to the availability of more and more sensors and approved image fusion techniques researchers have conducted a vast amount of successful studies using image fusion. However, the definition of an appropriate workflow prior to processing the imagery requires knowledge in all related fields, i.e. remote sensing, image fusion and the desired image exploitation processing. From the results it is visible that the choice of the appropriate technique as well as the fine tuning of the individual parameters of this technique is crucial. There is still a lack of strategic guidelines due to its complexity and variability. This project forms part of a larger initiative to streamline data selection, application requirements and the choice of a suitable image fusion technique; a pre-requisite to a Fusion Approach Selection Tool (FAST) that will be developed at a later stage, the compilation of a remote sensing image fusion atlas is crucial to the understanding of general guidelines that can be derived. This project aims at collecting successful image fusion cases that are relevant to other users and other areas of interest. From there standards will be developed that apply to these cases that are valuable contributions to further applications and developments. The availability of these standards will help to further develop image fusion techniques, make best use of existing multimodal images and provide new insights on the processes of the Earth.
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