A combined spectral and object-based approach to transparent cloud removal in an operational setting for Landsat ETM+

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 220-227

  Watmough, Gary R ^a   Atkinson, Peter M ^a   Hutton, Craig W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACCA; Cloud; Object based analysis; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CIRRUS; CLOUD COVER; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NADIR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 79955585086     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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