The reference papers for the TOOCAN algorithm and databases are the following:
Fiolleau, T. and R. Roca, 2013: An Algorithm for the Detection and Tracking of Tropical Mesoscale Convective Systems Using Infrared Images From Geostationary Satellite, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 51, no. 7, pp. 4302–4315. doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2227762
Fiolleau, T., R. Roca, S. Cloché, D. Bouniol, P. Raberanto, 2020: Homogenization of geostationary infrared imager channels for cold cloud studies using Megha-Tropiques/ScaRaB. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol 58, no. 9, pp. 6609-6622. doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2020.2978171