Directional analysis and filtering for dust storm detection in NOAA-AVHRR imagery

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7334, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Janugani, S ^a   Jayaram, V ^a   Cabrera, S D ^a   Rosiles, J G ^a   Gill, T E ^b,c   Rivera, N Rivera ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b Environmental Science and Engineering Program

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Band math analysis; Directional filtering; Dust storm; Multispectral imagery; NOAA AVHRR imagery

Indexed keywords

BAND MATH ANALYSIS; DIRECTIONAL FILTERING; DUST STORM; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY; NOAA-AVHRR IMAGERY;

DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; DUST; IMAGE PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VISUALIZATION;

STORMS;

EID: 69949183980     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.820235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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