A texton-based cloud detection algorithm for MSG-SEVIRI multispectral images

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-290

  Ganci, Gaetana ^b   Vicari, Annamaria ^b   Bonfiglio, Sergio ^a,b   Gallo, Giovanni ^a   del Negro, Ciro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD DETECTION; CLOUD DETECTION ALGORITHMS; DATA SETS; DESCRIPTORS; ESTIMATED MODEL; IMAGE FEATURES; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE IMAGES; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SUPERVISED CLASSIFIERS; VOLCANIC PROCESS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 80051954570     PISSN: 19475705     EISSN: 19475713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2011.578263     Document Type: Article

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