Orientation of PRISM - ALOS images using different platform models

Images obtained by orbital pushbroom sensor assume linear dynamic characteristic, since each line obtained by the CCD presents a different set of exterior orientation parameters (EOP). The mathematical modeling of the estimate of EOP for each point during the image formation time has been the subject of research over the last two decades. This work investigated the modeling from the use of the theory of Uniformly Accelerated Motion, involving the acceleration of this theory to the equations of Orbital Dynamics, considering an undisturbed orbit (Keplerian motion) and an orbit with the disturbance from Earth's gravitational attraction due to its ellipticity, represented by the zonal harmonic of degree 2 (J2), which is indicated as one of the most significant disturbance. We also tested and compared polynomial models. From the use of different platform models were performed several experiments with two PRISM-ALOS images. Based on a distribution of check points on the images, planimetric accuracies were calculated. Almost general, the estimated values of mean square error for the check points were very close in terms of GSD (Ground Sample Distance).

Exterior orientation; PRISM-ALOS; Zonal Harmonic J2