Abstract: A system and method for generating radiometrically corrected surface images is provided. This includes providing one or more surface images of a first resolution of a surface area in the form of digital images which has a surface image sensor measurement of an intensity value of radiation in a given wavelength band reflected from the surface for each pixel of the images. A reference image of a second resolution of a corresponding surface area is provided to the surface of the surface image. The reference image has a surface reflectance for each pixel of the reference image for an equivalent wavelength band to the given wavelength band of the surface image. A functional relationship is modelled which relates the surface image sensor measurement for pixels of a surface image to the surface reflectance for pixels of the reference image to provide an estimated surface reflectance for each pixel of the surface images.