Producing a CASI panchromatic band
Optical calibration of the Panchromatic band
Profiles Red, Yellow and Bue
Seatruth
Bottom type training sites
Bottom typing process in 4SM
Bottom typing result
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The following does not use the "PAN solution"
as I still have some problems in the 0-2 m depth range
(March 30th 2014)

4SM runtime
82 minutes on my Toshiba Intel Core I3 X86 laptop 4GB RAM


Seatruth NOT using the "PAN solution"
tide height has been set to 0.20 m, and added to "seatruth" DTM depths which are tide-corrected (Hedley et al)

Z4SM - ZDTM+20 cm in centimeters Red tones where  over-estimated  depths Blue tones where under-estimated depths severe and orderly discrepancies are observed: this is not caused by noise. Discrepancies: refer to previous work they seem to be less proeminent here, following a distinct improvement of the calibration as regards the operational wavelengths	Legend ZComputed is Z4SM ZRecorded  is ZDTM+20 cm
Tide height was ultimately tuned to 0.20 m in order to achieve best fit of this plot in the 0-1m depth range

Bottom type training sites
Training site may be

• a polygon: all pixels inside the polygon
• a polyline: all pixels along the polyline

Blue/Green spectral range In 4SM, bottom typing uses water column corrected spectral signatures: It only uses the BlueGreen range, in order to ensure a "fair" palyground over the whole depth range: this includes bands 1, 2, ..., 7 Therefore, spectral characteristics in the GreenRed range are disregarded: that's bands 8, 9, ..., 17, which are possibly extinct because of diffuse attenuation of sunlight   Training sites ROIs for types 10,  11 and 12 background is a modal-fitered version of bottom typing map	The above colors are not intended to mean/suggest any particular benthic habitat
Training sites ROIs for types 13, 14, 15 and 16 background is a histeq-enhanced version of normalized watercolumn corrected TCC	Training sites ROIs for types 17, 18, ..., 22, 23 background is a plain BOA watercolumn corrected TCC

Below: pixel signatures accepted/used for deriving an average signature are colored yellow.
It is disappointing that these signatures exhibit so few contrast in the Blue/Green range.
Refer to what I obtained using CASI at Gezirat Siyul Reef.

type 10	type 11	type 12
type 13	type 14	type 15    type 16
type 17	type 18	type 19
type 20	type 21	type 22   type 23

Bottom typing process in 4SM
as of march 2014

Water column correction  in 4SM yields a signature for each shallow pixel. This signature is used to open a spectral acceptance window : plus or minus exp(2K). For a pixel signature to be classified as type_N,   the average type_N signature has to fit inside such window over the Blue/Green range of bands 1 to 7 exhibit the closest match over the Blue/Green range of bands 1 to 7

Location of typing           Inverse simplified radiative transfer model at the base of atmosphere (BOA) LB=Lw+(L-Lw)*exp(2K*Z) The cyan.................profile....shows the BOA water volume reflectance                                                 Lw The dark blue.........profile....shows the BOA raw reflectance : image data                                    L The grey..................profiles..show several iterations while increasing depthg in the above model        Z The red...................profile....shows the final water volume corrected BOA signature                           LB The upper..yellow...profile....shows BOA     Lw+exp(log(LB-Lw)+2K) The middle.yellow..profile....shows BOA signature for type_21 The lower..yellow...profile....shows BOA    Lw+exp(log(LB-Lw)-2K) ==> This pixel is classified as bottom type_21