Clustering algorithms for use with images of clouds

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1986, Pages 855-866

  Pairman, D ^a   Kittler, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY - CLOUDS; REMOTE SENSING - APPLICATIONS;

CLOUD IMAGES; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; GAUSSIAN CLUSTERS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0022926978     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431168608948895     Document Type: Article

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