Articles | Volume 16, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14231-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14231-2016
Research article
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16 Nov 2016
Research article |  | 16 Nov 2016

Cloud photogrammetry with dense stereo for fisheye cameras

Christoph Beekmans, Johannes Schneider, Thomas Läbe, Martin Lennefer, Cyrill Stachniss, and Clemens Simmer

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Sky imager cameras provide a full view of the sky with high spatial and temporal resolution and are used to derive cloud cover, cloud type or cloud-base height, if employed in a stereo configuration. The application of a dense fisheye stereo method provides dense, consistent and quite complete 3-D cloud boundaries and can be fully automated. We present validation of our approach and cloud examples with high geometric complexity. Applications are radiative closure studies and cloud dynamics.
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