Dynamic Bidirectional Feature Enhancement Network for Thin Cloud Removal in Remote Sensing Images
Existing thin cloud removal methods primarily rely on generative paradigms or discriminative paradigms. Generative paradigms often suffer from training instability, while discriminative paradigms exhibit insufficient feature representation, and their loss strategies lack physical consistency, result...
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| description | Existing thin cloud removal methods primarily rely on generative paradigms or discriminative paradigms. Generative paradigms often suffer from training instability, while discriminative paradigms exhibit insufficient feature representation, and their loss strategies lack physical consistency, resulting in suboptimal performance. To address these issues, we propose a dynamic bidirectional feature enhancement network for thin cloud removal in optical remote sensing images. First, we design a multidimensional attention module comprising skip-recursive dilated convolution-based spatial attention module and frequency-domain-driven channel attention module. These modules efficiently capture long-range contextual dependencies and suppress cloud noise interference. Next, an adaptive local feature enhancement block is constructed using cross-fusion and adjacent feature propagation between dynamic convolutions, aimed at enhancing the ability of model to recover details. Then, we present a dynamic enhancement-based bidirectional information flow module to model the dynamic interaction between multitask features, guiding detail recovery and feedback for optimized cloud removal features. Finally, we design a physics-aware joint loss function incorporating atmospheric light consistency constraints to ensure the physical authenticity of cloud-free images. Evaluation on the RICE and WHUS2-CR datasets demonstrates that the proposed method is superior to compared methods in thin cloud removal and can improve the performance of baseline. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e3cadeaffdae43809dce9f6fcc38153a2025-08-20T03:05:57ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing1939-14042151-15352025-01-0118132811329510.1109/JSTARS.2025.356843710994332Dynamic Bidirectional Feature Enhancement Network for Thin Cloud Removal in Remote Sensing ImagesYu Wang0https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4530-4152Hao Chen1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1837-3986Ye Zhang2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8721-4535Guozheng Li3Department of Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaDepartment of Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaDepartment of Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaDepartment of Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaExisting thin cloud removal methods primarily rely on generative paradigms or discriminative paradigms. Generative paradigms often suffer from training instability, while discriminative paradigms exhibit insufficient feature representation, and their loss strategies lack physical consistency, resulting in suboptimal performance. To address these issues, we propose a dynamic bidirectional feature enhancement network for thin cloud removal in optical remote sensing images. First, we design a multidimensional attention module comprising skip-recursive dilated convolution-based spatial attention module and frequency-domain-driven channel attention module. These modules efficiently capture long-range contextual dependencies and suppress cloud noise interference. Next, an adaptive local feature enhancement block is constructed using cross-fusion and adjacent feature propagation between dynamic convolutions, aimed at enhancing the ability of model to recover details. Then, we present a dynamic enhancement-based bidirectional information flow module to model the dynamic interaction between multitask features, guiding detail recovery and feedback for optimized cloud removal features. Finally, we design a physics-aware joint loss function incorporating atmospheric light consistency constraints to ensure the physical authenticity of cloud-free images. Evaluation on the RICE and WHUS2-CR datasets demonstrates that the proposed method is superior to compared methods in thin cloud removal and can improve the performance of baseline.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10994332/Adaptive local feature enhancementbidirectional information flowmultidimensional attentionphysics-aware joint |
| spellingShingle | Yu Wang Hao Chen Ye Zhang Guozheng Li Dynamic Bidirectional Feature Enhancement Network for Thin Cloud Removal in Remote Sensing Images IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing Adaptive local feature enhancement bidirectional information flow multidimensional attention physics-aware joint |
| title | Dynamic Bidirectional Feature Enhancement Network for Thin Cloud Removal in Remote Sensing Images |
| title_full | Dynamic Bidirectional Feature Enhancement Network for Thin Cloud Removal in Remote Sensing Images |
| title_fullStr | Dynamic Bidirectional Feature Enhancement Network for Thin Cloud Removal in Remote Sensing Images |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dynamic Bidirectional Feature Enhancement Network for Thin Cloud Removal in Remote Sensing Images |
| title_short | Dynamic Bidirectional Feature Enhancement Network for Thin Cloud Removal in Remote Sensing Images |
| title_sort | dynamic bidirectional feature enhancement network for thin cloud removal in remote sensing images |
| topic | Adaptive local feature enhancement bidirectional information flow multidimensional attention physics-aware joint |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10994332/ |
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