Automatic infrasonic signal detection using the Hough transform

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Brown, David J ^a   Whitaker, Rodney ^b   Kennett, Brian L N ^c   Tarlowski, Chris ^c  

^a Department of Nuclear Monitoring Geospatial Earth Monitoring Division Geoscience Australian ^*  (Austria)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEOMETRY; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; MONITORING; PIXELS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ALGORITHM; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRASONICS; TRANSFORM;

EID: 56349142609     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009822     Document Type: Article

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