Automatic clouds observation improved by an artificial neural network

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 114-126

  Aviolat, Frédéric ^a   Cornu, Thierry ^a   Cattani, Daniel ^b,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^c Geneva Meteorological Centre   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0005810550     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<0114:ACOIBA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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