A new method for deriving ocean surface specific humidity and air temperature: An artificial neural network approach

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1229-1245

  Jones, Charles ^a   Peterson, Pete ^a   Gautier, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; HUMIDITY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033401746     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1229:ANMFDO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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