How to average images with clouds and ignore these cloud pixels?

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Re: How to average images with clouds and ignore these cloud pixels?

by OB SeaDAS - xuanyang02 » Mon Feb 13, 2023 10:43 am America/New_York

Thanks George for pointing out the difference between the average of geophysical parameters and the math average.

Hope I get it right this time --

((chlor_a_M >= 0.0 ? chlor_a_M : 0) +(
chlor_a_D0 >= 0.0 ? chlor_a_D0 : 0) +
(chlor_a_D1 >= 0.0 ? chlor_a_D1 : 0)) /
(((chlor_a_M >= 0.0 ? 1 : 0) +
(chlor_a_D0 >= 0.0 ? 1 : 0) +
(chlor_a_D1 >= 0.0 ? 1 : 0))

If you do Math Band after collocation.

(($1.chlor_a >= 0.0 ? $1.chlor_a : 0) +
($2.chlor_a >= 0.0 ? $2.chlor_a : 0) +
($3.chlor_a >= 0.0 ? $3.chlor_a : 0)) /
(($1.chlor_a >= 0.0 ? 1 : 0) +
($2.chlor_a >= 0.0 ? 1 : 0) +
($3.chlor_a >= 0.0 ? 1 : 0))

if you do Math Band directly on the three bands.

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Re: How to average images with clouds and ignore these cloud pixels?

by cassandra21 » Wed Mar 08, 2023 2:12 pm America/New_York

Hello! I'm writting to let you know that it worked!

Thank you so much for your help :)

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Re: How to average images with clouds and ignore these cloud pixels?

by cassandra21 » Fri Jul 07, 2023 2:18 pm America/New_York

Dear xuanyang02, I applied this algorithm in my thesis work. I would like to cite you for using this algorithm, so I would appreciate if you could tell me how to cite you properly in my Master thesis. Thank you so much :)

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Re: How to average images with clouds and ignore these cloud pixels?

by OB SeaDAS - xuanyang02 » Fri Jul 07, 2023 3:20 pm America/New_York

It's always nice to be acknowledged :)

Here is the link to "how to cite" -- https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/resources/how-to-cite/

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