Cyclone Center Talk

Image choice

  • heymicha by heymicha

    I pick the stronger image and it gives me the weaker one to analyze. What do i do?

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  • peterthorne by peterthorne moderator

    Hi heymicha,

    this is a source of common confusion - it had me the first few times also. Part of the Dvorak technique is whether the storm is deemed to be more or less intense than 24 hours ago. So, in this step you are being shown the current image to be classified (right hand side) and the image from earlier (left hand side). Whichever you click on it is the right hand image that you will then go on to classify. Neither you nor the code have made a mistake here. Rather you have provided one of the key pieces of information required to classify the image you are now given (in this specific case the weaker image). You should go right on and classify it knowing that you have already provided a key piece of the information required to provide a final processed intensity estimate by the science team.

    Keep up the great work and if you have any further queries please don't hesitate to ask. Your clicks count.

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