Prediction of cloud movement from satellite images using neural networks

Penteliuc, M and Frincu, M ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1034-8409, 2019. Prediction of cloud movement from satellite images using neural networks. In: Hong, H, Negru, V, Petcu, D and Zaharie, D, eds., Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing (SYNASC 2019). Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 222-229. ISBN 9781728157245

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Abstract

Predicting cloud movement and dynamics is an important aspect in several areas, including prediction of solar energy generation. Knowing where a cloud will be or how it evolves over a given geographical area can help energy providers to better estimate their production levels. In this paper we propose a novel approach to predicting cloud movement based on satellite imagery. It combines techniques of generating motion vectors from sequential images with neural networks. First, the images are masked to isolate cloud pixels, then Farneback’s version of the Optical Flow algorithm is used to detect motion from one image to the next and generate motion vector flow for each pair of images. After that, a feed forward back propagation neural network is trained with the vector data derived from the dataset imagery. Different parameters for the duration of the training, size of the input, and the neighborhood radius of one point in the scene are used. Promising results are presented and discussed to weight the potential of the proposed algorithm for forecasting cloud cover and cloud position in a scene.

Item Type: Chapter in book
Description: Paper presented at the 21st International Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing (SYNASC 2019), Timisoara, Romania, 4-7 September 2019.
Creators: Penteliuc, M. and Frincu, M.
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Place of Publication: Piscataway, NJ
Date: September 2019
ISBN: 9781728157245
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10.1109/synasc49474.2019.00038
DOI
1392592
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Divisions: Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by: Linda Sullivan
Date Added: 07 Dec 2020 14:57
Last Modified: 31 May 2021 15:11
URI: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/41799

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