An object-based method for contrail detection in AVHRR satellite images

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 412-427

  Zhang, Daxiang ^a   Zhang, Chuanrong ^a   Cromley, Robert ^a   Travis, David ^b   Civco, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; CONTRAIL; DETECTION METHOD; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84860116548     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.49.3.412     Document Type: Article

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