DocumentCode
812471
Title
Skeletal modeling of ice leads
Author
Banfield, Jeff
Author_Institution
Dept. of Math. Sci., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT, USA
Volume
30
Issue
5
fYear
1992
fDate
9/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
918
Lastpage
923
Abstract
A morphological, model-based method for the automatic identification of ice leads is presented. The morphological model is based on skeletons, a tool from mathematical morphology that provides a structural description of ice lead shape. The model provides a significant reduction in the space needed to store an image with virtually no loss of morphological information. To illustrate the use of skeletons, various lead statistics, such as length and area, are calculated from lead skeletons and used to assess the effect of image smoothing and thresholding
Keywords
geophysics computing; image processing; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; area; automatic identification; ice leads; image smoothing; image storage space; lead statistics; length; model-based method; morphological model; radar remote sensing; structural description; thresholding; Data compression; Image storage; Mathematical model; Morphology; Sea ice; Sea measurements; Shape; Skeleton; Smoothing methods; Statistics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0196-2892
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/36.175326
Filename
175326
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