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When they are applied to heterogeneous landscapes, retrieving image features and elements can become challenging. Here we present a gap-filling approach that is based on the adoption of the Direct Sampling multiple-point geostatistical method. The method employs a conditional stochastic resampling of known areas in a training image to simulate unknown locations. The approach is assessed across a range of both homogeneous and heterogeneous regions. Simulation results show that for homogeneous areas, satisfactory results can be obtained by simply adopting non-gap locations in the target image as baseline training data. For heterogeneous landscapes, bivariate simulations using an auxiliary variable acquired at a different date provides more accurate results than univariate simulations, especially as land cover complexity increases. Apart from recovering spatially continuous fields, one of the key advantages of the Direct Sampling is the relatively straightforward implementation process that relies on relatively few parameters.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs9010012","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,12,28]],"date-time":"2016-12-28T11:22:14Z","timestamp":1482924134000},"page":"12","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":88,"title":["Gap-Filling of Landsat 7 Imagery Using the Direct Sampling Method"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Gaohong","family":"Yin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Water Desalination and Reuse Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8820-2808","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gregoire","family":"Mariethoz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1279-5272","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Matthew","family":"McCabe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Water Desalination and Reuse Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,12,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Landsat, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Landsat 7 Science Data Users Handbook, Available online: http:\/\/landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Landsat7_Handbook.pdf."},{"key":"ref_2","unstructured":"United States Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat-A Global Land-Imaging Mission: Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012-3072, Available online: https:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/fs\/2012\/3072\/."},{"key":"ref_3","unstructured":"United States Geological Survey (USGS) Preliminary Assessment of Landsat 7 ETM+ Data Following Scan Line Corrector Malfunction, Available online: https:\/\/landsat.usgs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/SLC_off_Scientific_Usability.pdf."},{"key":"ref_4","unstructured":"Scaramuzza, P., Micijevic, E., and Chander, G. 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