lansatRemoveClouds: Remove clouds

In RemoteSensing: Remote Sensing

Description

Remove clouds from a Landsat TM/ETM+ image.

Usage

removeClouds(x, filename='', ...)

Arguments

x	Landsat object with callibrated reflectance and thermal values
filename	output filename (optional)
...	additional arguments passed on to writeRaster

Value

RasterLayer

Author(s)

Alice Laborte

References

Irish, R.R., undated, Landsat 7 automatic cloud cover assessment. http://landsathandbook.gsfc.nasa.gov/handbook/pdfs/ACCA_SPIE_paper.pdf

Examples

## Not run: 
#create Landsat object from metadata file (that has the necessary parameters)
metafile <- system.file("external/L71129046_04620080329_MTL.txt", package="RemoteSensing")
img <- landsat(metafile)

#calculate reflectance
img <- dn2ref(img)
#calculate temperature
img <- dn2temp(img)

#mask out clouds
masked <- removeClouds(img)

## End(Not run)

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