TY - GEN
T1 - A cloud removing algorithm for multi-temporal remote-sensing images
AU - Tsai, Po Hung
AU - Lin, Chao Hung
PY - 2009/12/1
Y1 - 2009/12/1
N2 - Cloud identification and cloud removing are fundamental and important research issues with a wide range of applications in geodesic and remote sensing. In this paper, we introduce a novel cloud removing algorithm to generate cloud-free and even cloud shadow-free images from multi-temporal registered remote-sensing images. The basic idea of the proposed approach is to fill in the missing (i.e., cloud-covered) areas by a seamless cloning approach. For each cloud-covered area, several cloud-free corresponding areas acquired at different times are automatically selected according to the image quality and the captured time, and then a cloning technique based on solving Poisson equations is performed to modify the appearance of cloud-covered areas seamlessly. The experimental results show that the proposed approach is efficient and work well on images with persistent and extensive cloud covers.
AB - Cloud identification and cloud removing are fundamental and important research issues with a wide range of applications in geodesic and remote sensing. In this paper, we introduce a novel cloud removing algorithm to generate cloud-free and even cloud shadow-free images from multi-temporal registered remote-sensing images. The basic idea of the proposed approach is to fill in the missing (i.e., cloud-covered) areas by a seamless cloning approach. For each cloud-covered area, several cloud-free corresponding areas acquired at different times are automatically selected according to the image quality and the captured time, and then a cloning technique based on solving Poisson equations is performed to modify the appearance of cloud-covered areas seamlessly. The experimental results show that the proposed approach is efficient and work well on images with persistent and extensive cloud covers.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84866134879
SN - 9781615679843
T3 - 30th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2009, ACRS 2009
SP - 1523
EP - 1528
BT - 30th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2009, ACRS 2009
T2 - 30th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2009, ACRS 2009
Y2 - 18 October 2009 through 23 October 2009
ER -