How to use
(under construction)
Active the plugin
When activate the plugin, it is load as a dockwidget plugin locate in the right position in Qgis by default:
Order to use the plugin
The plugin is divided and ordered by 3 sections; (1) Open and Load
this is for open the MTL file and load the stack, (2) Filters and Mask
for enable and configure the filters for apply cloud masking and (3) Apply and Save
for save the mask and apply the mask to stack:
Browse and load the MTL file
The fists step you need to load a MTL file, click in Browse
and Load
for read the MTL file, when the MTL file is loaded the others widgets of the plugin is activated for use:
Load stacks (optional)
The Load stacks
section you can make and open in Qgis the stack in RGB bands combination as you want for visualize and check the Landsat image, in the right side you can access for special stacks (more uses) RBG bands order, you need to do click in Load stack
bottom for make and load the stack configured. This is not necessary for process only for view:
Select the filters to apply
The plugin have a 4 different filters to apply, the Fmask and Blue Band are available for all Landsat, but the Cloud QA and QA Band are available for only SR Landsat version (see more in Cloud Filters). You can activate more than one filter at a time, the plugin accumulate the filters in the same order (bottom up).