Cloud detection algorithm using SVM with SWIR2 and tasseled cap applied to Landsat 8

• Published in: International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation Vol. 82; p. 101898
• Main Authors: Joshi, Pratik P., Wynne, Randolph H., Thomas, Valerie A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.10.2019
• Subjects: cloud cover; Cloud detection; data collection; deciduous forests; ecosystems; Feature mask; freshwater; ice; Landsat; Landsat 8; rain forests; remote sensing; savannas; shrublands; snow; support vector machines; SVM; SWIR; taiga; Tasseled cap; tundra; Cloud detection; SWIR; SVM; Landsat 8; Tasseled cap; Feature mask

Landsat satellite images are subject to cloud cover effects resulting in erroneous analysis and observations of ground features. In this work, we present a novel algorithm (STmask) combining tasseled cap band 4 (TC4) with short wave infrared spectral band 2, SWIR2 (2.107–2.294 μm) for generating clo...