Cloud Masking for PlanetScope Imagery Using OmniCloudMask
As a remote sensing analyst, you know the frustration of cloud contamination in satellite imagery. While Planet’s UDM2 masks provide basic cloud detection, they often miss thin clouds and shadows that can compromise your analysis. We developed OmniCloudMask (OCM) as a solution that achieves significantly higher accuracy than UDM2, with balanced overall accuracy values of 96.9% for clear areas, 98.8% for clouds, and 97.4% for shadows on PlanetScope data.