METHOD FOR SIMULATING HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of modeling hyperspectral images.SOLUTION: A method 10 of modeling hyperspectral images includes: a step 16 of building in a first frame a scene having objects and materials by using a three dimensional modeling tool; a step 20 of selecting one or more hyperspectral bands and changing the reflectivity of each object and material in the scene so as to correspond to reflectivity in the hyperspectral bands; a step 24 of changing the emissivity of a spectral source for each object and material in the scene so as to correspond to the emissivity of the spectral source in the hyperspectral bands; a step 28 of rendering the scene to generate a hyperspectral image; and a step 30 of repeating the process for subsequent frames.