Improving Fmask cloud and cloud shadow detection in mountainous area for Landsats 4–8 images

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 199, Issue , 2017, Pages 107-119

  Qiu, Shi ^a   He, Binbin ^a   Zhu, Zhe ^b   Liao, Zhanmang ^a   Quan, Xingwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud; Cloud shadow; DEM; Fmask; Landsat; MFmask; Mountainous area

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ACQUISITION; SURVEYING;

CLOUD SHADOWS; FMASK; LANDSAT; MFMASK; MOUNTAINOUS AREA;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; CLOUD; CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; DETECTION METHOD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LANDSAT; MOUNTAIN REGION; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TERRAIN; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 85022219751     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.07.002     Document Type: Article

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