Fast and robust topographic correction method for medium resolution satellite imagery using a stratified approach

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1921-1933

  Szantoi, Zoltan ^a   Simonetti, Dario ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models; image classification; statistical empirical method; stratification; topographic correction

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; ILLUMINATION LEVELS; PRE-PROCESSING STEP; STATISTICAL-EMPIRICAL METHOD; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC CORRECTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; SURVEYING; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CORRECTION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 84881031554     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2012.2229260     Document Type: Article

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