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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4671-2015
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Research article
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05 Nov 2015
Research article |
| 05 Nov 2015
An automated cloud detection method based on the green channel of total-sky visible images
J. Yang
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12203, USA
Q. Min
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12203, USA
School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
W. Lu
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
W. Yao
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Y. Ma
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
J. Du
School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
T. Lu
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
G. Liu
Smart Grid Operation Research Center, China Electric Power Research Institute, Beijing 100192, China
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