Spatial and temporal varying thresholds for cloud detection in satellite imagery

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3329-3332

  Jedlovec, Gary ^a   Haines, Stephanie ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud detection; GOES; MODIS; SEVERI; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

BISPECTRAL COMPOSITE THRESHOLD (BCT); CLOUD DETECTION; TEMPORAL VARYING THRESHOLDS;

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 77950994700     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423557     Document Type: Conference Paper

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