Detection of Snow Cover us ing NDSI and False Color Methods

Authors

  • Nawal k. Ghazal Department of Remote Sensing, Collage of Science University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
  • Mustafa J. Shahbaz Department of physics, Collage of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.

Keywords:

Snow cover, NDSI, False color methods.

Abstract

Snowfall is one of the most important natural phenomena that can be seen in the
winter which is considered as a rare phenomenon in the Middle East. Snow is
covering parts of mountains in northern Iraq and neighboring countries in the first
months of the year. In this research, the snow cover can be detected and monitored
using pseudo color method, and the Normalized Difference Snow INDECES
(NDSI). Snow cover is difficult to detect in true color satellite images because the
white color of snow cover is the same color with the cloud cover. Modis sensors that
carried by Terra and Equa satellites images have been used in different bands and
different resolution and the case studied in 4/2/2017, 5/2/2017.

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Published

2021-12-06

Issue

Section

Astronomy and Space

How to Cite

Detection of Snow Cover us ing NDSI and False Color Methods . (2021). Iraqi Journal of Science, 58(3A), 1355-1362. https://ijs.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/eijs/article/view/5866

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