The evaluation of spectral and angular signatures from MOMS-2/P mode D data sets an application case study for land use purposes

MOMS-02 is the first representative of a new sensor generation, designed for the combined photogrammetric and thematic mapping of earth´s surface. MOMS-02 stereo data sets are observations of earth surfaces from three distinct view directions at the same illumination conditions. The time lack of only 40 seconds from forward the backward looking data take is neglectabel. Under this conditions it is possible to evaluate the reflectance differences between forward and backward looking stereo band, getting information on the anisotropy of the surface for each pixel. For the first time it is possible to investigate the surface property of anisotropic backscattering from space. The presented paper deals with aspects concerning the complementarity and synergy of multispectral and anisotropy classification approaches, comparing evaluations of multispectral and stereo bands of mode D data from the MOMS-02 Priroda mission. Mode D combines stereo data registration in the 21,4° off nadir looking bands 6 and 7 (panchromatic, 520-760 nm) with multispectral data registration in bands 1 (blue, 450 - 520 nm) and 4 (NIR, 770 - 810 nm).