A comparison of paired histogram, maximum likelihood, class elimination, and neural network approaches for daylight global cloud classification using AVHRR imagery

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D6, 1999, Pages 6199-6213

  Berendes, T A ^a   Kuo, K S ^a   Logar, A M ^b   Corwin, E M ^b   Welch, R M ^a   Baum, B A ^c   Pretre, A ^d   Weger, R C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b South Dakota School of Mines and Technology   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Martin and Associates   (United States)

^e SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; NEURAL NETWORK;

AVHRR; CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033608662     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD02584     Document Type: Review

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