Diurnal (24 h) cycle and seasonal variability of cloud fraction retrieved from a Whole Sky Imager over a complex terrain in the Western Ghats and comparison with MODIS
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DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105180
Abstract: Abstract Continuous monitoring of cloud fraction (CF) using a Whole Sky Imager (WSI) equipped with an infrared (IR) camera, play a crucial role in validating satellite data and numerical models. WSI is operated at a… read more here.
Keywords: whole sky; variability; monsoon; day ... See more keywords
Supervised Fine-Grained Cloud Detection and Recognition in Whole-Sky Images
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2019.2917612
Abstract: The whole-sky imager has been increasingly used for ground-based cloud automatic observation. Many approaches based on image processing have been applied to detect or classify clouds in whole-sky images (WSIs). However, most of the studies… read more here.
Keywords: whole sky; cloud detection; fine grained; recognition ... See more keywords
Radiometric calibration methods for day/night whole sky imagers and extinction imagers.
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DOI: 10.1364/ao.58.005663
Abstract: This paper discusses the new radiometric calibration methods and results that we have developed to apply to day/night whole sky imager data and extinction imager data. Day/night whole sky imagers detect the presence and location… read more here.
Keywords: whole sky; calibration; day night;