Classification of Cloud Types for Rainfall Forecasting

India, primarily an agriculture-based economy, is largely dependent on the monsoon. The agriculture sector is the backbone of the Indian economy and therefore, monsoon should be considered the backbone of agriculture. It has more impact in the financial&social domain. Because of the cost element and Security issues, in modern age it is now possible to use digital image processing techniques to calculate different parameters that are affect the monsoon or affected by monsoon in global environment. In this method digital images of cloud and sky are taken and stored in common graphic format and apply different methods as cloud screening algorithm or image segmentation method to identify cloud status, sky status or cloud type. After the applying this methods, result will be taken as height, altitude, classification&appearance of the cloud that is used to identifying status of rainfall. And also basic characteristics of cloud as shape, color, texture, edges are also used to get status of rainfall. By applying this simple digital image processing techniques, common people can gather information regarding rainfall status by just taking photograph by their digital camera and utilize this technique.