A multi-dimensional histogram technique for cloud classification

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2463-2478

  Karner O ^a  

^a TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; HISTOGRAM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033869634     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160050030565     Document Type: Article

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