Striping removal in MOS-B data

MOS-B data corrected by standard calibration procedures are affected by "st riping" in most channels, Striping arises because of the imperfect calibrat ion of the detector characteristics. In this paper,,ve present a method for removing striping, in which the equalization curves are estimated by explo iting a data base of carefully selected homogeneous targets, We present the results obtained on sea target images. Such a case study is of great inter est because it is related to ocean color applications, for which the MOS-B sensor was especially designed. We also estimate the reduction of striping noise in the equalized image by means of two appropriate indexes of quality .