Use of post-storm images for automated tornado-borne debris path identification using texture-wavelet analysis

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 107-108, Issue , 2012, Pages 202-213

  Radhika, Sudha ^a   Tamura, Yukio ^a   Matsui, Masahiro ^a  

^a TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automatic tracking; Field investigation; Post storm aerial imagery; Pre storm images; Texture wavelet analysis; Tornadoes

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; DEBRIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE TEXTURE; SERVOMECHANISMS; STORMS; TEXTURES; TORNADOES;

AERIAL IMAGERY; AUTOMATIC TRACKING; BUILDING STRUCTURE; DAMAGED AREA; DAMAGED STRUCTURES; FIELD INVESTIGATION; PATH IDENTIFICATIONS; PRE-STORM IMAGES;

WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863465939     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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