Evaluation of an AVHRR cloud detection and classification method over the central arctic ocean

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 166-177

  Lubin, Dan ^a   Morrow, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; CLOUD DETECTION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSING;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031806977     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0166:eoaacd>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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