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Development of Cloud Detection Method with Geostationary Ocean Color Imagery for Land Applications

GOCI 영상의 육상 활용을 위한 구름 탐지 기법 개발

  • Lee, Hwa-Seon (Inha University, Department of Geoinformatic Engineering) ;
  • Lee, Kyu-Sung (Inha University, Department of Geoinformatic Engineering)
  • 이화선 (인하대학교 공간정보공학과) ;
  • 이규성 (인하대학교 공간정보공학과)
  • Received : 2015.06.18
  • Accepted : 2015.10.08
  • Published : 2015.10.31
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Abstract

Although GOCI has potential for land surface monitoring, there have been only a few cases for land applications. It might be due to the lack of reliable land products derived from GOCI data for end-users. To use for land applications, it is often essential to provide cloud-free composite over land surfaces. In this study, we proposed a cloud detection method that was very important to make cloud-free composite of GOCI reflectance and vegetation index. Since GOCI does not have SWIR and TIR spectral bands, which are very effective to separate clouds from other land cover types, we developed a multi-temporal approach to detect cloud. The proposed cloud detection method consists of three sequential steps of spectral tests. Firstly, band 1 reflectance threshold was applied to separate confident clear pixels. In second step, thick cloud was detected by the ratio (b1/b8) of band 1 and band 8 reflectance. In third step, average of b1/b8 ratio values during three consecutive days was used to detect thin cloud having mixed spectral characteristics of both cloud and land surfaces. The proposed method provides four classes of cloudiness (thick cloud, thin cloud, probably clear, confident clear). The cloud detection method was validated by the MODIS cloud mask products obtained during the same time as the GOCI data acquisition. The percentages of cloudy and cloud-free pixels between GOCI and MODIS are about the same with less than 10% RMSE. The spatial distributions of clouds detected from the GOCI images were also similar to the MODIS cloud mask products.

GOCI 영상은 육상 관측에 적합한 공간해상도와 빠른 관측주기를 가지고 있지만, 현재까지 육상분야에 활용된 예가 많지 않다. GOCI 영상이 육상분야에 활용되기 위해서는 정교한 전처리가 수행되어 신뢰성을 갖춘 기본적인 산출물 형태로 제공되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 GOCI 영상의 육상 활용을 위하여 구름의 영향이 최소화된 기본 산출물 제작에 필요한 구름 탐지 기법을 제안하였다. GOCI 영상은 구름 탐지에 효과적인 단파적외선(SWIR)과 열적외선(TIR) 밴드가 없기 때문에, 이 연구에서는 GOCI 영상의 장점인 빠른 관측 주기로 얻어지는 많은 다중시기영상을 이용하여 구름을 탐지하는 방법을 개발하였다. 제안한 구름탐지 기법은 세 단계로 구성된다. 1단계와 2단계에서는 1번 밴드 반사율과 1번과 8번 밴드의 반사율 비(b1/b8)에 임계값을 적용하여 완전 맑음(confident clear)과 두꺼운 구름(thick cloud)을 구분했다. 마지막 단계에서는 3일 동안 얻어진 b1/b8 값의 평균을 임계값으로 하여 얇은 구름(thin cloud)을 구분하였다. 이러한 순차적인 구름탐지 알고리즘을 적용하여 모두 4개의 등급으로 분류하였다. 본 연구에서 제안한 기법을 GOCI 영상에 적용 후 그 결과를 MODIS 구름 산출물(cloud mask products)과 비교 검증하였다. 여러 시기의 영상에서 추출된 구름 면적을 비교한 결과 평균제곱근오차(RMSE)가 10% 미만으로 MODIS 구름 산출물과 유사한 결과를 얻었다. 육안 분석을 통해 구름의 공간적인 분포를 비교한 결과, MODIS 산출물과 비슷한 구름 분포를 보여주었다.

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