Identification and filtering of rainfall and ground radar echoes using textural features

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4641-4656

  Haddad, B ^a   Adane, A ^a   Sauvageot, H ^b   Sadouki, L ^a   Naili, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c Centre Alger Office National de la Météorologie   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY; RADAR IMAGING; RAIN; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TEXTURES; WATER FILTRATION;

ANAPROPS; GROUND ECHOES; HISTOGRAMS; TEXTURAL PARAMETERS;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

FILTER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; TEXTURE;

EID: 8744249335     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160310001654455     Document Type: Article

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