// Landsat 8 - Cloud masking // This example demonstrates the use of the pixel QA band to mask // clouds in surface reflectance (SR) data. It is suitable // for use with any of the Landsat SR datasets. // Function to cloud mask from the pixel_qa band of Landsat 8 SR data. function maskL8sr(image) { // Bits 3 and 4 are cloud shadow and cloud, respectively. var cloudShadowBitMask = 1 << 4; var cloudsBitMask = 1 << 3; // Get the pixel QA band. var qa = image.select('QA_PIXEL'); // Both flags should be set to zero, indicating clear conditions. var mask = qa.bitwiseAnd(cloudShadowBitMask).eq(0) .and(qa.bitwiseAnd(cloudsBitMask).eq(0)); // Return the masked image, scaled to reflectance, without the QA bands. return image.updateMask(mask) .select("SR_B[0-9]*").multiply(0.0000275).add(-0.2) .copyProperties(image, ["system:time_start"]); } // Map the function over one year of data. var collection = ee.ImageCollection('LANDSAT/LC08/C02/T1_L2') .filterBounds(ee.Geometry.Point(13.4,52.5)) .filterDate('2016-01-01', '2016-12-31') .map(maskL8sr) var composite = collection.median(); // Display the results. Map.setCenter(13.4,52.5,10) Map.addLayer(composite, {bands: ['SR_B4', 'SR_B3', 'SR_B2'], min: 0, max: 0.5});