Title :
Detection of Saharan dust by spatial/spectral signatures in VIS-TIR satellite radiances
Author :
Tramutoli, Valerio ; Filizzola, Carolina ; Paciello, Rossana ; Pergola, Nicola ; Pietrapertosa, Carla ; Mazzeo, Giuseppe
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. & Phys. of the Environ., Univ. of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
Abstract :
This paper will face the problem of detecting dust clouds, discriminating them from meteorological clouds, by using multispectral radiances measured from satellite sensors. The possibility to overcome problems related to their very similar spectral signatures by combining an advanced multi-temporal satellite data analysis approach with a peculiar spatial/signature, will be described using as study case a dust-storm event occurred in North Africa in 1997.
Keywords :
dust; remote sensing; storms; AD 1997; North Africa; Saharan dust detection; VIS-TIR satellite radiances; advanced multi-temporal satellite data analysis; dust cloud detection problem; dust-storm; meteorological clouds; satellite sensors; spatial-spectral signatures; Aerosols; Africa; Clouds; Data analysis; Face detection; Meteorology; Ocean temperature; Optical attenuators; Satellites; Sea surface; AVHRR; RST; Saharan dust; VIS- TIR; satellite;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3394-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3395-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417523
