Cloud classification based on structure features of infrared images

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 410-417

  Liu, Lei ^a   Sun, Xuejin ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Zhao, Shijun ^a   Gao, Taichang ^a  

^a PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Clouds; Infrared radiation; Remote sensing; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTIMIZATION; CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD STRUCTURE; EDGE IMAGE; EDGE SHARPNESS; GAP DISTRIBUTION; HIGH-PASS FILTERING; INDEX OF AGREEMENTS; INFRARED IMAGES; MEAN VALUES; MEASURING SYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGICAL EDGE DETECTION; NANJING , CHINA; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; STRUCTURE FEATURES; SUPERVISED CLASSIFIERS; TOP-HAT TRANSFORMATION; VISUAL INSPECTION; WAVE FORMS;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLOUDS; EDGE DETECTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED IMAGING; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; INFRARED IMAGERY; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTIMIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU];

EID: 79955038905     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1385.1     Document Type: Article

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