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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2219-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2219-2020
Research article
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08 May 2020
Research article |  | 08 May 2020

A convolutional neural network for classifying cloud particles recorded by imaging probes

Georgios Touloupas, Annika Lauber, Jan Henneberger, Alexander Beck, and Aurélien Lucchi

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Images of cloud particles give important information for improving our understanding of microphysical cloud processes. For phase-resolved measurements, a large number of water droplets and ice crystals need to be classified by an automated approach. In this study, a convolutional neural network was designed, which exceeds the classification ability of traditional methods and therefore shortens the analysis procedure of cloud particle images.