Spatial and temporal varying thresholds for cloud detection in GOES imagery

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1705-1717

  Jedlovec, Gary J ^a,b,c   Haines, Stephanie L ^c   LaFontaine, Frank J ^d  

^a IEEE

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric measurements; Clouds; Meteorology; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS; BISPECTRAL COMPOSITE THRESHOLD (BCT); SINGLE-PIXEL RESOLUTION;

CLOUDS;

EID: 44049098809     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.916208     Document Type: Article

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