An autonomous system for ground-based cloud tracking using the mean-shift algorithm

M. D. O'toole; S. A. Wormald; D. Kerr; J. Coupland; A. P. Sandford

An autonomous system for ground-based cloud tracking using the mean-shift algorithm

M. D. O'toole, S. A. Wormald, D. Kerr, J. Coupland, A. P. Sandford

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Abstract

Increasing desire for automation in weather reports generated by air-traffic control centers and meteorological observatories has created the opportunity for autonomous system to identify and track clouds as they move across the sky. Essential to the operation of the apparatus is a robust algorithm capable of identifying and isolating individual clouds and tracking their motion. In this paper, we describe a procedure for the tracking of clouds using the mean-shift algorithm and the Hampel filter. The procedure is demonstrated on a sequence of infrared images, taken at our facility, of a cumulus cloud traversing the sky.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Field Robotics - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2011
Publisher	World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd
Pages	847-854
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	981437427X, 9789814374279
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2012
Event	14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2011 - Paris, France Duration: 6 Sept 2011 → 8 Sept 2011

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Conference	14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2011
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	6/09/11 → 8/09/11

Keywords

Autonomous tracking
Mean-shift
Meteorology
Remote sensing

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O'toole, M. D., Wormald, S. A., Kerr, D., Coupland, J., & Sandford, A. P. (2012). An autonomous system for ground-based cloud tracking using the mean-shift algorithm. In Field Robotics - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2011 (pp. 847-854). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

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An autonomous system for ground-based cloud tracking using the mean-shift algorithm. / O'toole, M. D.; Wormald, S. A.; Kerr, D. et al.
Field Robotics - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2011. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, 2012. p. 847-854.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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