Application, Adaption and Validation of the Thermal Urban Road Normalization Algorithm in a European City

Abstract
High resolution thermal infrared (TIR) remote sensing in the urban environment for building insulation inspection requires careful consideration of atmospheric and ground-located factors on the radiometric signal, with one being the microclimatic variability within the scene. Based on the assumption of roads as pseudo invariant objects, the TURN algorithm represents a tool to interpolate local temperature deviation within a scene and to normalize TIR-imagery in order to obtain a microclimate-free result. In this work we conduct adjustments, extensions and simplifications to the algorithm when applying it to a Middle- European urban environment. Based on research conducted in Aalen (Germany), we demonstrate our process of applying TURN for TIR-image normalization at high geometric resolutions and a scene composed of multiple adjacent flight-lines. Additionally, radiometric corrections to the TIR-image were applied prior to its processing by the algorithm. The corrections allow a validation of the TURN results by comparing them to ground-based reference data acquired during the flight with convincing agreement.
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@inproceedings{
10.2312:envirvis.20241135
, booktitle = {
Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis)
}, editor = {
Dutta, Soumya
and
Feige, Kathrin
and
Rink, Karsten
and
Nsonga, Baldwin
}, title = {{
Application, Adaption and Validation of the Thermal Urban Road Normalization Algorithm in a European City
}}, author = {
Striewski, Friedrich
and
Comi, Ennio Luigi
and
Tiefenbacher, Fiona
and
Lack, Natalie
and
Battaglia, Mattia
and
Bleisch, Susanne
}, year = {
2024
}, publisher = {
The Eurographics Association
}, ISBN = {
978-3-03868-260-8
}, DOI = {
10.2312/envirvis.20241135
} }
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