Satellite Image Processing for Water Detection

Abstract

Water resources have a major impact in different day to day activities. Whether it is consuming water or for commercial purposes, gallons of water have been used all over the world. In order to use the resource to the fullest, it should be planned properly and should have effective water management techniques. Satellite image processing is one of the most effective ways of detecting water on the earth’s surface. By receiving the images from the satellite, we will be able to easily detect water. But, due to minor effects, we may face difficulties in differentiating the characteristics of water. For example, when there is a shadow of tall buildings on the water surface, it will be difficult to read the image of the water body as the water surface creates a mirror reflection on it. Hence, it is important that we differentiate between water bodies and shadows. Over the years, different researchers conducted experiments to extract data on high resolution satellite images of the water bodies. The main objective of the paper is to look at the various approaches to extract information from different satellite images using satellite image processing.