Intelligent Fusion of Multisource Data for Sea Ice Classification
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چکیده
In this paper we describe ARKTOS, a system that uses a Dempster-Shafer rule base to integrate data from multiple sources in order to classify sea ice. ARKTOS analyzes SAR imagery to generate a feature set that describes the image. Next it fuses the SAR-extracted features with digital grid climatology data and sea ice concentration data extracted from SSM/I imagery. The fusion is achieved by a set of Dempster-Shafer rules that use the multisource data to calculate belief for the various sea ice classes. The result is a fully automated system that ingests multisource data and outputs classified images of sea ice of the Beaufort Sea. ARKTOS is currently installed at the U.S. National Ice Center and at the Canadian Ice Services and is integrated in the operations flow of these organizations.
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