Atmospheric Correction Software for Airborne and Satellite Imaging
ATCOR® is a software product developed and maintained by ReSe Applications LLC. It was originally created by R. Richter at the German Aerospace Agency DLR and is further maintained by ReSe.
Two versions are available:
ATCOR-3 for satellite sensors and
ATCOR-4 for airborne optical and thermal scanner data.
Ask for our free trial version for 30 days.
Features
ATCOR® can be used for various supported satellite and airborne sensor systems to retrieve physical parameters of the earth’s surface, i.e. surface spectral reflectance, emissivity and temperature. ATCOR-3 for satellite sensors and both, flat and rugged terrain, and ATCOR-4 for airborne systems. All ATCOR versions support multispectral, hyperspectral as well as thermal infrared remote sensing data.
Physical surface reflectance retrieval method
Radiation parameters from MODTRAN® radiative transfer model
Temperature and emissivity retrieval for TIR sensors
Aerosol optical thickness estimate by enhanced dark object analysis and dark dense vegetation methods
Topographic illumination correction based on digital surface model
Image-based cirrus and haze removal
Optional nflight radiometric calibration
Built-in standard vegetation products and unsupervised classification
Data visualization, evaluation and basic processing using the build-in GLIMPS tools
De-shadowing of cloud/building cast shadow areas using image-based shade detection routines
Batch processing and mosaicking support
Spectral recalibration for VNIR and SWIR using oxygen band positions
Model based BRDF correction (BREFCOR)
Value added products, e.g. LAI, Albedo, or heat flux
About ATCOR®
During the last decades, space-and airborne sensors have been widely used in different fields such as agriculture, meteorology, Earth sciences, geology, or exploration. Image acquisition is possible for clear and cloudy conditions and in areas difficult to access. Data acquisitions, however, are almost always conducted under conditions which require to thoroughly account for sensor calibration, atmospheric and illumination effects prior to a meaningful retrieval of geo-physical parameters such as surface spectral reflectance, emissivity and temperature. Our physical approach of atmospheric correction software provides a practical solution to this problem. It improves the analysis of series of images since ground brightness variations caused by varying illumination conditions and atmospheric influences can be compensated.
Advantages of ATCOR®
- Usable without expert knowledge about atmospheric compensation
- Reflectance retrieval consistent over time and solar position
- Enables meaningful time series analyses through coherent reflectance and temperature retrievals
- Allows quantitative index analysis using absolute reflectances
- Supports a wide range of different sensors:
- Spaceborne: Landsat, SPOT, ASTER, Worldview, Pleiades, Planet-Scope, EnMAP, EMIT, PRISMA, Gaofen, Ikonos, Quickbird, RapidEye, VENuS, Sentinel, and many more
- Airborne: AVIRIS-NG, Itres CASI, Specim AISA, NEO Hyspex/Mjolnir, Headwall Hyperspec, Resonon Pika, HyMap, and many more
- Easy definition and addition of new sensors
Alternatives to ATCOR®
ATCOR® is optimized for satellites and higher flight altitudes (i.e. > 2 km above ground). For lower flight altitudes, like typical for drones, DROACOR® can be used.
In comparison to similar software tools (e.g. FLAASH) for atmospheric compensation ATCOR® offers:
- Terrain topographic and illumination correction
- Haze-, cirrus-, and shadow-removal
- Batch processing
- Spectral and radiometric calibration
- model based BRDF correction (BREFCOR)
Use Cases
Prices
ATCOR® Education
from EUR 900.- / yearGet a free evaluation license to try out this new software application at no cost for 20 days. A trial version may be issued once per person upon request. It contains all the functionality of the regular version.
ATCOR® Research
from EUR 1’450.- / yearGet a free evaluation license to try out this new software application at no cost for 20 days. A trial version may be issued once per person upon request. It contains all the functionality of the regular version.
ATCOR® Commercial
from EUR 2’100.- / yearGet a free evaluation license to try out this new software application at no cost for 20 days. A trial version may be issued once per person upon request. It contains all the functionality of the regular version.
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About Us
ReSe Applications LLC provides Remote Sensing Software Applications for processing of multispectral and hyperspectral images. The provided software applications PARGE®, DROACOR®, ATCOR® and MODO are designed to process remote sensing data derived from airborne sensors like NEO’s Hyspex, Specim’s AISA, Headwall Photonics Hyperspec, Resonon Pika, Itres’ CASI, Hymap, APEX, AVIRIS, and more. It builds upon IDL technology to extend remote sensing software packages like ENVI.
News
ATCOR®-4 version 7.5 is released!
ATCOR®-3 version 9.5 is released!
New website for ATCOR® launched.
