Improving volcanic ash cloud detection by a robust satellite technique

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-22

  Pergola, Nicola ^a   Tramutoli, Valerio ^a   Marchese, Francesco ^a   Scaffidi, Irene ^a   Lacava, Teodosio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ash clouds detection discrimination; AVHRR; Mount Etna; Multi temporal analyses; Robust AVHRR Techniques (RAT); Volcanic monitoring from space

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; INFRARED RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

SATELLITE BASED TECHNIQUES; VOLCANIC ASH CLOUD DETECTION;

VOLCANOES;

AVHRR; DETECTION METHOD; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UNSUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION; VOLCANIC ASH;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FRAXINUS;

EID: 1242299613     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2003.11.014     Document Type: Article

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