Automatic Tracking and Characterization of Cumulonimbus Clouds from FY-2C Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Images
Figure 3
Result of the Cb tracking and dynamical parameters of cloud patch at 03:00 UTC on July 4, 2007. (a) Synthesis map of IR1, IR2, and WV at 02:00 UTC of July 4, 2007. (b) The same as (a) but for 03:00 UTC July 4, 2007; (c) cloud classification results (C1: stratocumulus and altocumulus; C2: altostratus and nimbostratus; C3: mixed cloud; C4: cirrostratus; C5: thick cirrus; C6: cumulonimbus); (d) life stages (L) of Cb. L1, L2L8 means the same as in Figure 2. Red star shows a Cb patch with gravitational center (27.52°N, 103.85°E); (e) vertical moving character of Cb patches (VMCP); (f) horizontal moving speed of cloud patches (HMSP); (g) horizontal moving direction of cloud patches (HMDP); (h) cloud growth rate (CGR).
