Experiments in short-term precipitation forecasting using artificial neural networks

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 470-482

  Kuligowski, Robert J ^a   Barros, Ana P ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

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EID: 0000632352     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<0470:EISTPF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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