G. Flouzat et al., Multiresolution analysis and reconstruction by a morphological pyramid in the remote sensing of terrestrial surfaces, SIGNAL PROC, 81(10), 2001, pp. 2171-2185
This paper investigates the use of morphological tools for the multiresolut
ion analysis of remote sensing imagery in the field of spatial dynamics on
terrestrial surfaces. It presents a multiresolution analysis which exploits
the properties of the non-linear operators of mathematical morphology. The
aim is to break down the overlapping of elements constituting the organiza
tion of landscapes. The methodology behind multiresolution analysis is then
presented, based on a morphological pyramid which links a physically signi
ficant morphological filter with a dyadic decomposition. The results of the
inverse transformation are described by reconstruction of the images. Thes
e results enable the photometry stability of the transformation to be verif
ied. An application is described in a real case of observation with satelli
te images. The interpretation of the results shows the successive informati
on which are available at different stages of analysis. (C) 2001 Elsevier S
cience B.V. All rights reserved.