Objective measures of tropical cyclone structure and intensity change from remotely sensed infrared image data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3574-3580

  Pineros, Miguel F ^a   Ritchie, Elizabeth A ^b   Tyo, J Scott ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Image processing; Meteorology; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; EARTH SCIENCES; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED IMAGING; MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; STORMS;

AXISYMMETRIC; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLOUD STRUCTURES; EARLY STAGES; INFRARED IMAGES; INTENSITY CHANGES; OBJECTIVE MEASURES; REFERENCE POINTS; REMOTELY SENSED DATUMS; SATELLITE INFRARED IMAGES; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

TROPICS;

EID: 56849096482     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2000819     Document Type: Article

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