Automatic Tracking and Characterization of Cumulonimbus Clouds from FY-2C Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Images

Figure 6

Cb patches in various life stages. The analyzed Cb patches are always located in the center of picture and their gravitational centers are marked with black criss-cross. The first column (a1, b1h1) is the classification results at 02:00 UTC of July 4, 2007; the second column (a2, b2h2) is the same as the first column but for 03:00 UTC; the third column (a3, b3h3) is the determination of life stages, respectively (a3: L1; b3: L2; c3: L3; d3: L4; e3: L5; f3: L6; g3: L7; h3: L8). L1, L2L8 means the same as that of Figure 2.