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Nowcasting

Cloud Segmentation and Motion Tracking in Sky Images

Benjamin G. Pierce, Joshua S. Stein, Jennifer L. Braid, Daniel Riley

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ·

Paper

In one sentence. A convolutional autoencoder segments clouds in sky images above 90% pixel accuracy, and particle tracking predicts cloud motion for short-term PV power.

Labels

Topic
Nowcasting, Observations & remote sensing
Type
New model or method
Method
CNN / U-Net
Time scale
0–6 h
Domain
Local / station
Data
Other
Status
Research
Identifiers
DOI:10.1109/jphotov.2022.3215890 OpenAlex:W4310789942
Added
2026-10-22

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