A Framework for Sea Breeze Front Detection from Coastal Regions of India Using Morphological Snake Algorithm

Abstract

Sea breezes are the most common winds experienced by people living in coastal regions. In general, the sea breeze is a flow of winds that particularly takes place in coastal areas. Sea breezes cause irregular climatic conditions. The salty air coming from the sea breeze has got many adverse effects like deterioration. The collision of two powerful sea breezes fronts can cause severe thunderstorms across the coastal regions. Therefore, it is important to know the location of the sea breeze front to define the regions affected by sea breezes. In order to detect the sea breeze front from satellite images, it is important to segment the satellite images. Image segmentation which helps in extracting the objects of interest and make the image more meaningful for further processing. Then using contour detection, the outline of sea breeze, which is sea breeze front can easily be extracted. A proper methodology with user interface is proposed in this paper for detecting the sea breeze front from the satellite images.