Development of an operational land water mask for MODIS Collection 6, and influence on downstream data products

Development of an operational land water mask for MODIS Collection 6, and influence on downstream data products

Data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer (MODIS) on-board the Earth Observing System Terra and Aqua satellites are processed using a land water mask to determine when an algorithm no longer needs to be run or when an algorithm needs to follow a different pathway. Entering the fou...

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Main Authors: M. L. Carroll, C. M. DiMiceli, J. R. G. Townshend, R. A. Sohlberg, A. I. Elders, S. Devadiga, A. M. Sayer, R. C. Levy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-02-01
Series:International Journal of Digital Earth
Subjects:
earth observation
image processing
land cover
remote sensing
water resources
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2016.1232756

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2016.1232756

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