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Contrast Enhancement Satellite Images: A Hybrid Solution for Cloud Removal

by Abdelfattah Elsharkawi, Kamal A. ElDahshan, Eman K. Elsayed, Mahmoud Eltaher
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 138 - Number 8
Year of Publication: 2016
Authors: Abdelfattah Elsharkawi, Kamal A. ElDahshan, Eman K. Elsayed, Mahmoud Eltaher
10.5120/ijca2016909053

Abdelfattah Elsharkawi, Kamal A. ElDahshan, Eman K. Elsayed, Mahmoud Eltaher . Contrast Enhancement Satellite Images: A Hybrid Solution for Cloud Removal. International Journal of Computer Applications. 138, 8 ( March 2016), 42-49. DOI=10.5120/ijca2016909053

@article{ 10.5120/ijca2016909053,
author = { Abdelfattah Elsharkawi, Kamal A. ElDahshan, Eman K. Elsayed, Mahmoud Eltaher },
title = { Contrast Enhancement Satellite Images: A Hybrid Solution for Cloud Removal },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { March 2016 },
volume = { 138 },
number = { 8 },
month = { March },
year = { 2016 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 42-49 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume138/number8/24403-2016909053/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2016909053 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
%0 Journal Article
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%A Abdelfattah Elsharkawi
%A Kamal A. ElDahshan
%A Eman K. Elsayed
%A Mahmoud Eltaher
%T Contrast Enhancement Satellite Images: A Hybrid Solution for Cloud Removal
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 138
%N 8
%P 42-49
%D 2016
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

The contrast enhancement of the satellite images without producing unnatural and unclear images is an important challenge in image processing. Also, the clouds are an important issue in the real satellite image. So, this paper proposes a method to enhance the contrast of the cloudy satellite image. The proposed method relies on modifying and integrating the closest spectral fit and genetic algorithm to remove clouds and to detect the number of edges as well as the contrast relative difference. This leads to ameliorate the contrast satellite images. Final experimental results of applying the proposed method on real images taken by LandSat8 show that it produce semi-natural looking images even if the image is cloudy.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Contrast enhancement satellite images cloud removal.