The invention discloses a
radiation correction method and
system for an airborne hyperspectral imager. The
radiation correction method and
system are used for improving the
radiation correction precision in complex weather. The method comprises the following steps: calculating a theoretical sun position based on unmanned aerial vehicle initial coordinates,
ephemeris data and atmospheric parameters; performing course and differential compensation on a
solar azimuth angle by combining IMU course and
wind speed and direction data, performing
refraction correction on an
elevation angle, and outputting a high-precision sun position parameter; hyperspectral images and
irradiance data are synchronously acquired,
quaternion interpolation is combined with IMU data to realize space-
time alignment, and attitude disturbance is eliminated; a hemispherical space
irradiance model is constructed based on alignment data, cloud layer
modes (clear
sky, thin cloud and thick cloud) are divided according to atmospheric optical thickness variance, and Lambert body proportion correction, a discrete longitudinal standard method or a deep convolutional spectral network are respectively adopted for radiation correction. The method remarkably improves the correction precision and generalization ability, supports large-area
image splicing, and is suitable for quantitative application of
geological exploration, environment monitoring and the like.