Snow cover identification through cirrus-cloudy atmospheres using daytime AVHRR imagery

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1791-1794

  Hutchison, Keith D ^a,b   Locke, James K ^a,b  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b Ctr Remote Environ Sensing T   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODE RAY TUBES; CLOUDS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAT TRANSFER; INFRARED IMAGING; MAPPING; SNOW; IMAGE PROCESSING; SOLAR RADIATION;

CIRRUS CLOUDY ATMOSPHERE; SNOW COVER IDENTIFICATION; THERMAL EMISSIONS;

GEOPHYSICS; SNOW;

AVHRR; CIRRUS; FALSE COLOUR COMPOSITE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SNOW COVER;

CLOUDY ATMOSPHERES; FALSE COLOR; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SNOW COVER IDENTIFICATION; STRONG CONTRAST; THERMAL EMISSIONS; THIN CIRRUS;

EID: 0031184692     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01707     Document Type: Article

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