Convective cloud identification and classification in daytime satellite imagery using standard deviation limited adaptive clustering

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Berendes, Todd A ^a   Mecikalski, John R ^a   MacKenzie Jr , Wayne M ^a   Bedka, Kristopher M ^b   Nair, U S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; EOS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; METEOSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 58149277163     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010287     Document Type: Article

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