Watershed image segmentation and cloud classification from multispectral MSG-SEVIRI imagery

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-142

  González, Albano ^a   Pérez, Juan C ^a   Muñoz, Jonathan ^a   Méndez, Zebensui ^a   Armas, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cloud classification; Cloud detection; MSG SEVIRI

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; CLOUD DETECTION; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; MSG-SEVIRI; MULTI-THRESHOLD METHODS; REGION ADJACENCY GRAPHS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; WATERSHED IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84155166853     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.09.023     Document Type: Article

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