Segmentation

The segmentation step aims at associating cloud areas (2D data) or cloud volumes (3D data) with the identified and tracked features.

Currently implemented methods:

Watershedding in 2D: Markers are set at the position of the individual feature positions identified in the detection step. Then watershedding with a fixed threshold is used to determine the area around each feature above/below that threshold value. This results in a mask with the feature id at all pixels identified as part of the clouds and zeros in all cloud free areas.

Watershedding in 3D: Markers are set in the entire column above the individual feature positions identified in the detection step. Then watershedding with a fixed threshold is used to determine the volume around each feature above/below that threshold value. This results in a mask with the feature id at all voxels identified as part of the clouds and zeros in all cloud free areas.