Neural networks and support vector machine algorithms for automatic cloud classification of whole-sky ground-based images

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 666-670

  Taravat, Alireza ^a   Del Frate, Fabio ^a   Cornaro, Cristina ^a   Vergari, Stefania ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Center of Meteorological Experimentation Italian Air Force   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic classification; Cloud classification; Neural networks; Support vector machine; Whole sky images

Indexed keywords

SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION; CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; GROUND BASED; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE ALGORITHM; WHOLE-SKY IMAGES;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84907992182     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2014.2356616     Document Type: Article

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