Developments of L2B Soil and Mineral Products in the Frame of the Development of the CHIME-E2E Simulator

authored by: S. Guillaso, K. Segl, S. Asadzadeh, R. Milewski, S. Pignatti, M. Musacchio, A. M. Sanchez Montero, Sabine Chabrillat
Abstract: The Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission for the Environment (CHIME) is a new ESA Earth Observation mission which consists in developing a hyperspectral satellite to support EU policies on the management of natural resources, ultimately helping to address the global issue of food security. One of the mission activities is associated to the development of the CHIME-E2E (End-to-End) Performance Simulator that shall be used to evaluate the sensor design and future processing modules provided by the partners by simulating future CHIME images and thematic products. In the frame of this activity, the CHIME Mission Advisory Group (MAG) has identified a collection of five core high priority products (HPP) that includes the retrieval of canopy nitrogen, leaf nitrogen content, leaf mass/area, soil organic carbon content (SOC) and kaolinite abundance. In this paper, we present the first results of applying the L2B prototype processing to hyperspectral airborne and spatial imagery used to simulate realistic CHIME data, to derive soil and mineral maps. The obtained results demonstrate the potential of the next generation of Copernicus missions with high spectral resolution and wide swath imaging satellite for geoscience research and applications.
Organisation(s): Institute of Soil Science
External Organisation(s): Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)
National Research Council Italy (CNR)
Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica E Vulcanologia, Rome
GMV Aerospace and Defence S.A.
Type: Conference contribution
Pages: 1249-1252
No. of pages: 4
Publication date: 2023
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Computer Science Applications, Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10281666 (Access: Closed)