144 
Average Reconstruction 
error 
(Grey tone units) 
  
  
2.5 
LANDSAT 3 
A 
2.04 METEOSAT IR \ 
NIMBUS 7 x 
METEOSAT VIS 
1.54 
1.0 1 
of ] ini I 
  
1 2 3 4 5 
Average no. of bits/pixel 
Figure 3 - Coding Performance on Various Earth Observation Satellite Image Data