[GRASSLIST:7004] Re: calculating center of intensity

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 03:42:36PM -0400, Jason Horn wrote:
> Does anyone know of a way to calculate the center of a shape in a  
> raster file based on shape and pixel values?  For example, imagine a  
> NEXRAD RADAR image showing a storm cloud.  Could GRASS be used to  
> calculate the center of the cloud?  I'm not having any luck finding a  
> grass raster function to do this.

I did a quick google search for
 nexrad storm cell identification 
or
 nexrad  SCIT
which a couple of hits. Some programming might
be needed. I don't know if these algorithms are freely
available.

Markus