AI-Enhanced Multi-modal Image Fusion for Atmospheric Profiling Using Hyperspectral Terahertz and Infrared Satellite Data
摘要
In this paper, MTAP-Net (Multi-modal Terahertz Atmospheric Profiling Network), a new deep learning model to combine hyperspectral infrared (IR), terahertz (THz), and visible/near-infrared (VIS/NIR) images to obtain high-resolution atmospheric profiles of temperature, humidity, and trace gases, is proposed. The model employs a multi-branch encoder-decoder architecture with cross-modal attention to weight sensor inputs, making it sensitive to noise, content, and scene conditions. Physics-based loss functions enforce vertical smoothness, non-negativity, and consistency with radiative transfer. MTAP-Net is evaluated on synthetic and real IR + THz and has a temperature RMSE of 0.92 K (clear-sky) and 1.58 K (cloudy), improving on IR-only optimal estimation baselines by 35% and 45%, respectively. Condition RMSE reductions in humidity retrievals are 43–44%. These findings indicate that AI-based multi-modal fusion has great potential to enhance the atmospheric remote sensing operation of weather prediction, climate change modelling, and air quality monitoring systems.