The Quick Atmospheric Correction (QUAC) Algorithm for Hyperspectral Image Processing: Extending QUAC to a Coastal Scene

The quick atmospheric correction (QUAC) algorithm is a relatively fast and robust atmospheric compensation algorithm for hyperspectral image processing utilizing in scene information. An adjustment of some key parameters in QUAC is made leading to improved results for coastal scenes. In general the QUAC results compare well with two first principles radiative transfer (RT) model based algorithms. Some suggestions for future work are made including automating the setting of key QUAC parameters and accounting for the coastal zone aerosols more accurately in the RT algorithms.