Code Record

2017-05-10

[DOI: 10.21982/M8JS3F] MCC
Emery, William
The Maximum Cross-correlation (MCC) method cross-correlates a template sub-window in an initial image with all possible sub-windows of the same size that fall within a larger search window of a second image. The location of the sub-window in the second image that produces the highest cross-correlation with the sub-window in the first image indicates the displacement of that feature. The velocity vector is then calculated by dividing the displacement vector by the time separation between the two images.

Code Link: mcc.zip
Code Size: 1198579 bytes
Code MD5 Checksum: fd92de7a2cc840123a57c6ee5c664a0f


Appears in: Reference: Bowen, M., Emery, W. J., Wilkin, J. L., Tildesley, P. C., Barton, I. J., & Knewtson, R., 2002: Extracting multiyear surface currents from sequential thermal imagery using the MCC technique. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2002,19(10):1665-1676.



Code Languages: C++

Sensor Categories: Microwave Radiometer, SAR, Optical Radiometer, Optical Imager

Geophysical Model: Direct

Both Instrument Processing/Calibration and Geophysical Categories: Ocean: Currents, Microwave Radiometer, SAR, Optical Radiometer, Optical Imager

Keywords: Maximum Cross Correlation, Ocean Current Vectors, Feature tracking, Advective ocean currents