Viirs image processing

A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations for processing visible infrared imaging radiometer suite (VIIRS) scans, the operations comprising:

• receiving image data of immediately adjacent VIIRS image scans including a first image scan and a second image scan, the first image scan and the second image scan providing a partially overlapping view of a geographic area;
• resampling columns of pixels of the first image scan and the second image scan including:
• selecting, in the first image scan and the second image scan, a subset of pixel values in each column that correspond to a geographic distance between (i) a point viewed in a center of a column in the first image scan and (ii) a point viewed in a center of a corresponding column in the second image scan;
• upsampling the selected pixels to an equal number of pixels in each column resulting in upsampled pixel values;
• and
• interpolating the upsampled pixel values to produce modified first and second image scans.

A system comprising:

• processing circuitry;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processing circuitry, the memory including instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to perform operations for processing visible infrared imaging radiometer suite (VIIRS) scans, the operations comprising:
• receiving image data of immediately adjacent VIIRS image scans including a first image scan and a second image scan, the first image scan and the second image scan providing a partially overlapping view of a geographic area;
• resampling columns of pixels of the first image scan and the second image scan including:
• selecting, in the first image scan and the second image scan, a subset of pixel values in each column that correspond to a geographic distance between (i) a point viewed in a center of a column in the first image scan and (ii) a point viewed in a center of a corresponding column in the second image scan;
• upsampling the selected pixels to an equal number of pixels in each column resulting in upsampled pixel values;
• and
• interpolating the upsampled pixel values to produce modified first and second image scans.