Multiscale techniques for the detection of precipitation using thermal IR satellite images

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 447-450

  Turiel, Antonio ^a   Grazzini, Jacopo ^b   Yahia, Hussein ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

Edge detection; Fractal; Multifractal; Multiscale processing; Rain detection

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; FRACTALS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED DEVICES; RAIN; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; THERMOANALYSIS; TRACKING (POSITION);

MULTIFRACTAL; MULTISCALE PROCESSING; RAIN DETECTION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EID: 27744458357     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2005.852712     Document Type: Article

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