Shape-based mechanisms for content-based retrieval of aurora images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6383, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Cao, Chunguang ^a   Newman, Timothy S ^a   Germany, Glynn ^b  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroral oval; Image retrieval; Theta aurora; UVI image

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH (PLANET); SATELLITES;

AURORAL OVAL; MINING MECHANISMS; THETA AURORA; UVI IMAGE;

IMAGE RETRIEVAL;

EID: 33846232168     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.690258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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