Detection of mesoscale eddy-related structures through Iso-SST patterns

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-193

  D'alimonte, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Pattern recognition; Remote sensing (RS)

Indexed keywords

EDGE FEATURES; GULF STREAMS; MESO-SCALE EDDIES; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PORTUGAL; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; RS IMAGES; RULE-BASED; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SMOOTH BOUNDARIES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; VISUAL IDENTIFICATIONS;

ATMOSPHERICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OCEAN CURRENTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 65049091561     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2008.2009550     Document Type: Article

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