Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 40, Issue 16, 1628001(2020)

CDAG-Improved Algorithm and Its Application to GF-6 WFV Data Cloud Detection

Zhen Dong, Lin Sun*, Xirong Liu, Yongji Wang, and Tianchen Liang
Author Affiliations
  • College of Geodesy and Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266590, China
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    Figures & Tables(11)
    Comparison of AVIRIS(solid line) and GF-6 WFV(dashed line) data spectral response curves at different bands. (a) 1st band; (b) 2nd band; (c) 4th band; (d) 6th band
    Comparison of raw image and simulated image of the Wisconsin area, USA. (a) Raw GF-6 WFV image; (b) simulated GF-6 WFV image
    Flow chart of GF-6 WFV data cloud detection algorithm
    Cloud detection results of GF-6 WFV data under different cloud cover conditions. (a) 2018-09-02; (b) 2019-06-07; (c) 2019-04-21; (d) 2018-11-03; (e) 2018-12-01; (f) 2018-09-23
    Cloud detection results of GF-6 WFV data before and after bright surface removal. (a) 2018-12-30; (b) 2019-04-21; (c) 2019-05-04
    Partial image vectorization results. (a) Vectorization result of vegetation image; (b) vectorization result of urban area image
    • Table 1. Typical examples of bright surface pixels in the pixel dataset

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      Table 1. Typical examples of bright surface pixels in the pixel dataset

    • Table 2. Band combination and threshold selected under the original CDAG method

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      Table 2. Band combination and threshold selected under the original CDAG method

      Single bandMulti bandBand ratio
      B1>0.27B1>0.18 & B4>0.340.80<B1/B7<1.08
      B7>0.26B1>0.22 & B7>0.260.99<B2/B8<1.20
      B2>0.14 & B4>0.360.47<B3/B7<1.14
      B2>0.18 & B7>0.260.91<B3/B8<1.07
      B3>0.14 & B6>0.32
      B3>0.14 & B7>0.26
      B4>0.36 & B5>0.20
      B4>0.36 & B8>0.18
      B5>0.20 & B6>0.32
    • Table 3. Band and threshold selected by three-band dispersion combination

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      Table 3. Band and threshold selected by three-band dispersion combination

      BandAverageMulti-band dispersion
      B1,B2,B5A1=(B1+B2+B5)/3[(B1-A1)/A1+(B2-A1)/A1+(B5-A1)/A1]<0.015
      B1,B2,B5A2=(B1+B3+B7)/3[(B1-A2)/A2+(B3-A2)/A2+(B7-A2)/A2]<0.023
      B1,B5,B7A3=(B1+B5+B7)/3[(B1-A3)/A3+(B5-A3)/A3+(B7-A3)/A3]<0.057
      B2,B3,B7A4=(B2+B3+B7)/3[(B2-A4)/A4+(B3-A5)/A4+(B7-A4)/A4]<0.018
      B2,B5,B7A5=(B2+B5+B7)/3[(B2-A5)/A5+(B5-A5)/A5+(B7-A5)/A5]<0.055
      B3,B5,B7A6=(B3+B5+B7)/3[(B3-A6)/A6+(B5-A6)/A6+(B7-A6)/A6]<0.043
    • Table 4. Band and threshold selected by the bright surface detection algorithm

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      Table 4. Band and threshold selected by the bright surface detection algorithm

      Multi bandMulti band+Band difference
      B1>0.30 & B2>0.32 & B7>0.28B1>0.31 & B3>0.35 & B3-B7<0.015
      B1>0.31 & B3>0.36 & B7>0.27B1>0.31 & B4>0.39 & B4-B7<0.075
      B2>0.33 & B3>0.37 & B7>0.28B2>0.34 & B6>0.35 & B6-B7<0.035
      B2>0.34 & B5>0.35 & B7>0.29
    • Table 5. Accuracy evaluation of cloud pixel detection results

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      Table 5. Accuracy evaluation of cloud pixel detection results

      Underlying surfaceImageCR /%ER /%MR /%SR /%
      176.580.4823.4299.52
      Bare soil288.459.7311.5591.27
      384.142.4915.8697.51
      185.462.7914.5497.21
      Building288.637.3811.3792.62
      383.793.4216.2196.58
      190.360.289.6499.72
      Vegetation290.870.669.1399.34
      388.040.1511.9699.85
      182.550.5317.4599.47
      Water277.660.2022.3499.80
      385.430.6114.5799.39
      Total85.162.3914.8497.69
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    Zhen Dong, Lin Sun, Xirong Liu, Yongji Wang, Tianchen Liang. CDAG-Improved Algorithm and Its Application to GF-6 WFV Data Cloud Detection[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(16): 1628001

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    Category: Remote Sensing and Sensors

    Received: Feb. 27, 2020

    Accepted: May. 11, 2020

    Published Online: Aug. 7, 2020

    The Author Email: Sun Lin (sunlin6@126.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202040.1628001

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