# Voting in Transfer Learning System for Ground-Based Cloud Classification

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.04667 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2103.04667/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 8 Mar 2021.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Open-Source Ground-based Sky Image Datasets for Very Short-term Solar Forecasting, Cloud Analysis and Modeling: A Comprehensive Survey](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2211.14709/) (2022)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Clouds classification is a great challenge in meteorological research. The different types of clouds, currently known and present in our skies, can produce radioactive effects that impact on the variation of atmospheric conditions, with the consequent strong dominance over the earth's climate and weather. Therefore, identifying their main visual features becomes a crucial aspect. In this paper, the goal is to adopt a pretrained deep neural networks based architecture for clouds image description, and subsequently, classification. The approach is pyramidal. Proceeding from the bottom up, it partially extracts previous knowledge of deep neural networks related to original task and transfers it to the new task. The updated knowledge is integrated in a voting context to provide a classification prediction. The framework trains the neural models on unbalanced sets, a condition that makes the task even more complex, and combines the provided predictions through statistical measures. Experimental phase on different cloud image datasets is performed and results achieved show the effectiveness of the proposed approach with respect to state of the art competitors.