An optimal image transform for threshold-based cloud detection using heteroscedastic discriminant analysis

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1713-1729

  van Zyl Marais, Izak ^a   du Preez, Johan Adam ^a   Steyn, Willem Herman ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; INFRARED DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; ORBITS; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL TESTS;

COMPARATIVE TESTS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; GREY SCALE IMAGES; IMAGE TRANSFORMS; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; RESOURCE SATELLITE; SEGMENTATION ERROR;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDSAT; NEAR INFRARED; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PIXEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 79953225171     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161003621619     Document Type: Article

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