Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-587-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-587-2016
Research article
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23 Feb 2016
Research article |  | 23 Feb 2016

A total sky cloud detection method using real clear sky background

Jun Yang, Qilong Min, Weitao Lu, Ying Ma, Wen Yao, Tianshu Lu, Juan Du, and Guangyi Liu

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