Circle Detection for Extracting Eddy Size and Position from Satellite Imagery of the Ocean

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 267-273

  Peckinpaugh, Sarah H ^a   Holyer, Ronald J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER CHANNEL; CIRCLE DETECTORS; OCEANOGRAPHIC SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE TEST IMAGES;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0028403103     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.295041     Document Type: Article

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