Application of the DBSCAN algorithm for identifying morphological
features of atmospheric systems over the amazon basin
Abstract
In this work, machine learning techniques were applied to detect
clusters present in satellite and weather radar images. The technique
used was the unsupervised clustering algorithm DBSCAN. This algorithm
was used to extract the morphological characteristics of atmospheric
systems that occurred between February 1 and March 30, 2014 (rainy
season) and September 15 to October 15, 2014 (dry season). The
morphological characteristics are extracted from different thresholds
(235K, 220K and 210K) of cloud top brightness temperature observed in
the infrared channel of GOES-13 satellite, and also the precipitation
estimated at the reflectivity thresholds (20dBZ, 30dBZ and 40dBZ) of the
SIPAM meteorological radar in the city of Manaus. The results present
the number of clusters identified by the algorithm and described the
characteristics of the clusters during the diurnal cycle and in both
seasons.