Determination of spatial and temporal characteristics as an aid to neural network cloud classification
Abstract. Previous studies of cloud classification from meteorological satellite imagery have shown that artificial neural networks (ANNs) perform as well as, or better than, statistical pattern recognition when multispectral features, supplemented with selected textural features, are used. These features, however, represent only a subset of the full range of features available in this imagery. Spatial characteristics based on the shape of clouds, and temporal characteristics, derived from image sequences, can be more direct pointers to cloud type. In this paper the methods for the determination of such parameters are described, some results are presented, and the effectiveness of the methods are discussed.
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 10 March 1997
- Editorial Board
- Information for Authors
- Subscribe to this Title
- Ingenta Connect is not responsible for the content or availability of external websites
- Access Key
- Free content
- Partial Free content
- New content
- Open access content
- Partial Open access content
- Subscribed content
- Partial Subscribed content
- Free trial content