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Per-pixel classification of clouds from whole sky HDR images

Satilmis, Pinar; Bashford-Rogers, Thomas; Chalmers, Alan; Debattista, Kurt

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Authors

Pinar Satilmis

Alan Chalmers

Kurt Debattista



Abstract

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Accurately identifying cloud types in images has multiple uses from meteorological science to computer graphics, especially as clouds are a major factor influencing atmospheric radiative transport. Understanding which cloud types are present in an image is typically performed on a coarse scale, where cloud types are identified per image, but do not permit a finer, per-pixel granularity of labelling cloud types. This paper presents a novel approach which solves this problem via a per-pixel classification method for identifying cloud types based on High Dynamic Range imagery of skies. The proposed method requires minimal labelling of the training data, and utilizes a hierarchical patch-based feature extraction technique which describes the statistical and structural features about regions of the image. This enables the extraction of representative feature vectors which are used for subsequent labelling. This approach is the first to produce a per-pixel classification of cloud types from a single image, with an accuracy of 84%. Additionally, when applied to whole sky cloud classification, our results produce a 98.3% accuracy, which is competitive with the state-of-the-art.

Citation

Satilmis, P., Bashford-Rogers, T., Chalmers, A., & Debattista, K. (2020). Per-pixel classification of clouds from whole sky HDR images. Signal Processing: Image Communication, 88, Article 115950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.image.2020.115950

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 16, 2020
Online Publication Date Jul 23, 2020
Publication Date Oct 1, 2020
Deposit Date Aug 17, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Signal Processing: Image Communication
Print ISSN 0923-5965
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 88
Article Number 115950
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.image.2020.115950
Keywords Signal Processing; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Software; Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition; Cloud-type classification; Per-pixel classification
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6555166

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