A cloud mask methodology for high resolution remote sensing data combining information from high and medium resolution optical sensors

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 588-596

  Sedano, Fernando ^a   Kempeneers, Pieter ^a   Strobl, Peter ^a   Kucera, Jan ^a   Vogt, Peter ^a   Seebach, Lucia ^a   San Miguel Ayanz, Jesús ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cloud mask; Data fusion; High resolution; Medium resolution; Region growing

Indexed keywords

BUILT-UP AREAS; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MASKING; CLOUD MASKS; CLOUD TYPES; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING; HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; LAND COVER MAPPING; LAND SURFACE; NATURAL VEGETATION; OBJECT BASED; PIXEL VALUES; REFERENCE IMAGE; REGION GROWING; REMOTE SENSING SENSORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE FEATURE; THERMAL BANDS; VISUAL COMPARISON; WATERBODIES;

CLOUDS; DATA FUSION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING;

MAPPING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IRS (SATELLITE); LAND COVER; MODIS; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPOT;

EID: 80052795641     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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