Development of a neural network based algorithm for rainfall estimation from radar observations

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 160-171

  Xiao, Rongrui ^a   Chandrasekar, V ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiparameter radar; Neural networks; Radar rainfall estimation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MULTIPARAMETER RADAR; RAINFALL ESTIMATION; REFLECTIVITY RAINFALL RELATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0030784223     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.551944     Document Type: Article

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