Publication Date:
2011-08-18
Description:
A statistical classification method based on clustering on three-dimensional histograms is applied to the three channels of the Meteosat imagery. The results of this classification are studied for different cloud cover cases over tropical regions. For high-level cloud classes, it is shown that the bidimensional IR-water vapor histogram allows one to deduce the cloud top temperature even for semi-transparent clouds.
Keywords:
METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
Type:
Journal of Applied Meteorology; 21; Mar. 198
Format:
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