in recent years, extraction of atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles from thermal bands of satellite images is a common practice. the most deployed images for this task have been acquired by moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (modis). this sensor which is onboard of terra and aqua platforms consists of a spectroradiometer with 36 bands in visible (vis), near infra-red (nir) u...

Remote sensing has proven to be a powerful tool for the monitoring of the Earth’s surface to improve our perception of our surroundings has led to unprecedented developments in sensor and information technologies. However, technologies for effective use of the data and for extracting useful information from the data of Remote sensing are still very limited since no single sensor combines the op...

We describe here a method to annotate satellite images with semantic concepts. The concepts used for the annotation are defined by the user. For each concept, the user provides a set of example images which will be used for learning. The method uses a first step of image processing which computes SIFT descriptors in the image. These feature vectors are quantized using an information theoretic c...

Image registration is a key operation to spatially align two or more images for comparing the difference between them or exploiting complementary information from those images. The main objective regarding automatic registration of satellite images is to obtain an accurate set of tie points and then apply the transformation function which is most suitable to the pair of images to be registered....

The family in Iran is a powerful and influential institution that is undergoing change over time. Various factors have contributed to these changes. In the 21st century, media such as satellite and cinema have linked communities closer together. In such a situation, the views, attitudes and beliefs of other societies reach out to other societies in the form of images, sounds and symbols through...

A novel watermarking algorithm is proposed for copyrighting of satellite images based on a table look-up method in pixel domain which does not distort certain specific regions in the original image. A visually meaningful watermark is embedded invisibly and irreversibly in the host image, preserving the vital areas. This watermark is embedded in such a way that it can be easily extracted on the ...

The orthorectification of satellite images is a foundational process in satellite applications. With the improvement of the satellite imaging technology and the orthorectification calculation models, the collection of Ground Control Point (GCP) is becoming the key factor restricting the efficiency and precision of orthorectification. At the same time, the services based on web in the geographic...