• DocumentCode
    411290
  • Title

    Producing cloud free and cloud-shadow free mosaic from cloudy IKONOS images

  • Author

    Li, Min ; LIEW, Soo Chin ; Kwoh, Leong Keong

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Remote Imaging Sensing & Process., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
  • Volume
    6
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    21-25 July 2003
  • Firstpage
    3946
  • Abstract
    The Southeast Asia region is always under partial or complete cloud covers. As a result, optical remote sensing images of this region always contain cloud covers and associated shadows. In this paper, we report an operational method for generating a "cloud-free" image mosaic of 1-m resolution IKONOS images. The inputs are several cloudy images acquired by the IKONOS satellite over an area of interest. This technique is especially useful in tropical regions with persistent and extensive cloud cover.
  • Keywords
    clouds; geophysical signal processing; image segmentation; remote sensing; terrain mapping; IKONOS satellite images; Southeast Asia region; cloud free mosaic; cloud-shadow free mosaic; cloudy IKONOS images; optical remote sensing images; Clouds; Image generation; Image resolution; Land surface; Multispectral imaging; Optical sensors; Remote sensing; Satellites; Spatial resolution; Surface morphology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7929-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1295323
  • Filename
    1295323