Cloud masking for CoastWatch satellite imagery

Author

Maturi, E.M. ; Pichel, W.G.

Author_Institution

NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Washington, DC, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Oct 1993

Abstract

A cloud mask program is available for masking out all clouds present on CoastWatch satellite imagery products. CoastWatch satellite imagery are operational NOAA polar-satellite 1 km Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data that are remapped for designated U.S. coastal regions. Sea surface temperature imagery is one of the current CoastWatch products; however, the product contains cloudy pixels. A cloud mask product is necessary to determine cloud free areas for sea surface temperature identification. The Clouds from AVHRR (CLAVR) cloud detection algorithm is being tested on both day and night AVHRR imagery. An explanation of the cloud masking tests and examples of their application to the analysis of sea surface temperature imagery for the coastal U.S. on a near-real time basis are presented

Keywords

clouds; geophysics computing; image processing; infrared imaging; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; temperature measurement; AVHRR; CLAVR; Clouds from AVHRR; CoastWatch satellite imagery; IR; NOAA; SST; cloud detection algorithm; cloud masking; cloudy pixel; coast; mask; measurement technique; remapped; remote sensing; sea surface temperature; software program; thermal imaging; Clouds; Detection algorithms; Image resolution; Ocean temperature; Pixel; Radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '93. Engineering in Harmony with Ocean. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1385-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1993.326122

Filename

326122