tobac 1.2: towards a flexible framework for tracking  and analysis of clouds in diverse datasets

Heikenfeld, Max; Marinescu, Peter J.; Christensen, Matthew; Watson-Parris, Duncan; Senf, Fabian; van den Heever, Susan C.; Stier, Philip

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4551-2019

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Methods for assessment of models

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Methods for assessment of models |

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tobac 1.2: towards a flexible framework for tracking and analysis of clouds in diverse datasets

Max Heikenfeld, Peter J. Marinescu, Matthew Christensen, Duncan Watson-Parris, Fabian Senf, Susan C. van den Heever, and Philip Stier

Data sets

Tobac Example Datasets Heikenfeld, M. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3195910

Trackpy D. Allan, T. Caswell, N. Keim, and C. van der Wel https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1213240

Tobac Example Datasets M. Heikenfeld https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3195909

Model code and software

tobac: Tracking and Object-Based Analysis of Clouds Heikenfeld, M., Jones, W., Senf, F., and Marinescu, P. J. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2577046

Short summary

We present tobac (Tracking and Object-Based Analysis of Clouds), a newly developed framework for tracking and analysing clouds in different types of datasets. It provides a flexible new way to include the evolution of individual clouds in a wide range of analyses. It is developed as a community project to provide a common basis for the inclusion of existing tracking algorithms and the development of new analyses that involve tracking clouds and other features in geoscientific research.