A Method for Compositing Polar MODIS Satellite Images to Remove Cloud Cover for Landfast Sea-Ice Detection

• Published in: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Fraser, AD, Massom, RA, Michael, KJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc 2009
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Glaciology; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Mertz Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ieee.org; https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2009.2019726; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/61779

This paper presents details of techniques for generatingthermal infrared and visible composite images from thecloud-free portions of temporally closely spaced MODerate resolutionImaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images, with a focuson studies of landfast sea ice along the East Antarctic coast.Compos...