Noise estimation of remote sensing reflectance using a segmentation approach suitable for optically shallow waters

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7504-7512

  Sagar, Stephen ^a,b   Brando, Vittorio ^c   Sambridge, Malcolm ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic remote sensing; image segmentation; noise covariance

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; REFLECTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

AQUATIC REMOTE SENSING; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; NOISE COVARIANCE; NOISE-EQUIVALENT REFLECTANCE; PORTABLE HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGER FOR LOW-LIGHT SPECTROSCOPIES; PROBABILISTIC INVERSION; REMOTE-SENSING REFLECTANCE; SHALLOW WATER ENVIRONMENT;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; CORAL REEF; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SHALLOW WATER; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; WHITE NOISE;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84903317477     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2014.2313129     Document Type: Article

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