**Ian Blanes 1,***∗***, Aaron Kiely 2, Miguel Hernández-Cabronero <sup>1</sup> and Joan Serra-Sagristà <sup>1</sup>**


Received: 11 April 2019; Accepted: 6 June 2019; Published: 11 June 2019

**Abstract:** This article studies the performance impact related to different parameter choices for the new CCSDS-123.0-B-2 *Low-Complexity Lossless and Near-Lossless Multispectral and Hyperspectral Image Compression* standard. This standard supersedes CCSDS-123.0-B-1 and extends it by incorporating a new near-lossless compression capability, as well as other new features. This article studies the coding performance impact of different choices for the principal parameters of the new extensions, in addition to reviewing related parameter choices for existing features. Experimental results include data from 16 different instruments with varying detector types, image dimensions, number of spectral bands, bit depth, level of noise, level of calibration, and other image characteristics. Guidelines are provided on how to adjust the parameters in relation to their coding performance impact.

**Keywords:** on-board data compression; CCSDS 123.0-B-2; near-lossless hyperspectral image compression
