Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53566#.VMnUDizQrzE Author(s) Paipai Pan 1 , Guoyue Chen 2 , Kazuki Saruta 2 , Yuki Terata 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Graduate School of Systems Science and Technology, Integrated Course of Systems Science and Technology, Akita Prefectural University, Yurihonjo City, Japan . 2 Department of Electronics and Information Systems, Akita Prefectural University, Yurihonjo City, Japan . ABSTRACT In the present work, a new snow cover detection method based on visible red and blue bands from MODIS imagery data is proposed for Akita prefecture under the sunny cloud-free conditions. Before the snow cover detection, the MODIS imagery of the study area is pre-processed by geographic correction, clipping, atmospheric correction and topographic correction. Snow cover detection is carried out by applying the reflectance similarities of snow and other substances in t...
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