An automated methodology for differentiating rock from snow, clouds and sea in Antarctica from Landsat 8 imagery: a new rock outcrop map and area estimation for the entire Antarctic continent

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Burton-Johnson, Alex, Black, Martin, Fretwell, Peter T., Kaluza-Gilbert, Joseph
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; New Rock; Antarc*; Antarctica; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1665-2016; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00011749; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00011706/tc-10-1665-2016.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/10/1665/2016/tc-10-1665-2016.pdf

As the accuracy and sensitivity of remote-sensing satellites improve, there is an increasing demand for more accurate and updated base datasets for surveying and monitoring. However, differentiating rock outcrop from snow and ice is a particular problem in Antarctica, where extensive cloud cover and...