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Last Post 26 Jun 2009 03:56 PM by  anon
Continuum removal question.
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26 Jun 2009 03:56 PM
    Hi All, I have a question regarding the continuum removal procedure implemented in ENVI. From the references (in particular CLARK et al. 1987 - "Automatic continuum analysis of reflectance spectra"), it sounds like continuum removal is performed by first detecting a set of local maxima within the spectrum, and then defining the continuum as a set of straight-line segments between local maxima. However, for spectra that are mostly concave (for instance, given a bowl-shaped spectrum with the most significant maxima located at the first and last spectral bands), the continuum removal procedure seems to just define the continuum as a straight line between the first and the last band positions, effectively delimiting the entire spectrum as one big "absorption region" (forgive the terminology, I'm lacking a better description here. : ) ).  So, my question is: is there any way to adjust the sensitivity of the local maxima detection proceture in ENVI, or is some other algorithm being used that I'm not aware of? Thanks in advance for the replies, -Brian p.s. See posted images for some examples.

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    29 Jun 2009 11:03 AM
    Hi Brian, I'm afraid that ENVI doesn't provide a way to fine tune the sensitivity of its method for identifying local maxima.  ENVI assumes that you're already choosing a spectral subset that contains only one absorption feature.  ENVI's documentation for Continuum Removal explain: "You may notice that there are some small local maxima that do not fall on the continuum curve. It is not always advantageous to place every peak in a spectrum on the continuum curve, especially if the spectrum contains noise or poorly defined features. The algorithm that ENVI uses to define local maxima was chosen to increase the likelihood of identifying real absorption features. Also, remember that in ENVI, the continuum-removed spectra are used primarily for Spectral Feature Fitting (SFF), where it is very important to spectrally subset the data to isolate the feature of interest. If you are investigating SFF results, you need to zoom to the region of the Z Profile that corresponds to the spectral subset before starting a new plot window and recovering the continuum curve" I hope that helps. Peg
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