Title :
Fractal Analysis of Sea Ices Images
Author :
Ivanov, V.K. ; Paschenko, R.E. ; Yatsevich, S.Ye. ; Yefimov, V.B. ; Tsymbal, V.N. ; Vovk, A.I.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Radiophys. & Electron., Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine, Kharkov
Abstract :
The use of methods of the fractal analysis of radar allowed to define the ice-sea, sea-land borders. The application of quantization of the range of the received values of fractal dimensions allowed to carry out preliminary segmentation of the analyzed image by the selection of clusters of the set range of values of fractal dimensions. The line analysis of the initial image fractal dimensions can be used for estimating the degree of heterogeneity of the sea surface and selecting the ice-sea, sea-coast borders. The fractal analysis of images can be used for the development of safe routes of ships in Arctic.
Keywords :
fractals; image segmentation; oceanographic techniques; pattern clustering; sea ice; ships; transportation; Arctic region; clusters selection; degree-of-heterogeneity estimation; fractal analysis; image segmentation; initial image fractal dimensions; line analysis; safe routes development; sea ices images; sea-coast borders; sea-land borders; ships; Earth; Fractals; Geoscience; Ice; Image analysis; Pixel; Radar imaging; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Spaceborne radar;
Conference_Titel :
Physics and Engineering of Microwaves, Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves and Workshop on Terahertz Technologies, 2007. MSMW '07. The Sixth International Kharkov Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kharkov
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1237-4
DOI :
10.1109/MSMW.2007.4294884
