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Comparison of Two Data Smoothing Techniques for Vegetation Spectra Derived From EO-1 Hyperion

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Hyperspectral data are generally noisier compared to broadband multispectral data because their narrow bandwidth can only capture very little energy that may be overcome by the self-generated noise inside the sensors. It is desirable to smoothen the reflectance spectra. This study was carried out to see the effect of smoothing algorithms - Fast-Fourier Transform (FFT) and Savitzky–Golay (SG) methods on the statistical properties of the vegetation spectra at varying filter sizes. The data used in the study is the reflectance spectra data obtained from Hyperion sensor over an agriculturally dominated area in Modipuram (Uttar Pradesh). The reflectance spectra were extracted for wheat crop at different growth stages. Filter sizes were varied between 3 and 15 with the increment of 2. Paired t-test was carried out between the original and the smoothed data for all the filter sizes in order to see the extent of distortion with changing filter sizes. The study showed that in FFT, beyond filter size 11, the number of locations within the spectra where the smooth spectra were statistically different from its original counterpart increased to 14 and reaches 21 at the filter size 15. However, in SG method, number of statistically different locations were more than those found in the FFT, but the number of locations did not changing drastically. The number of statistically disturbed locations in SG method varied between 16 and 19. The optimum filter size for smoothing the vegetation spectra was found to be 11 in FFT and 9 in SG method.

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Authors are grateful to Sushma Panigrahy, Group Director, ABHG/EPSA for her critical suggestions for improvement.

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    Anshu Miglani, Shibendu S. Ray & Jai Singh Parihar

  2. H. N. B., Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand

    D. P. Vashishta

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Miglani, A., Ray, S.S., Vashishta, D.P. et al. Comparison of Two Data Smoothing Techniques for Vegetation Spectra Derived From EO-1 Hyperion. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 39, 443–453 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-011-0103-5

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