An automatic cloud-masking system using backpro neural nets for AVHRR scenes

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue , 2003, Pages 826-831

  Arriaza, Joseé Antonio Torres ^a   Rojas, Francisco Guindos ^a   Loópez, Mercedes Peralta ^a   Cantoón, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR); Cloud masking; Neural nets; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; HEURISTIC METHODS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RADIOMETERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER; AUTOMATIC CLOUD MASKING SYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0038272078     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.809930     Document Type: Article

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