Analysis and modeling of atmosphere influence on space-based optical remote sensing imaging simulation

In order to establish a complete set of simulation system for space-based optical remote sensing imaging, the importance of the atmosphere effects simulation was considered. Aimed at the space-based optical remote sensing system working in the VIS and LWIR spectral regions (0.4-14 m), an at-sensor radiometric equation which took the interaction mechanisms between targets and backgrounds into account was introduced. By a linear model, the adjacency effect was simulated. An atmosphere look up table was designed to calculate the atmosphere transmission, upwelled radiance and downwelled radiance. The effects of water vapor column density, meteorological range, target altitude and the position relation between sun, sensor and target on these parameters were analyzed. Finally, by the modulation transfer functions for long and short exposures images, the influence of atmospheric optical turbulence on space-based optical remote sensing imaging was analyzed.