A neural network for tornado prediction based on Doppler radar-derived attributes

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 617-626

  Marzban, Caren ^a,b,c   Stumpf, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001712213     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0617:ANNFTP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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