Retrieving the clear-sky vertical longwave radiative budget from TOVS: Comparison of a neural network-based retrieval and a method using geophysical parameters

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1527-1543

  Chevallier, F ^a,b   Cheruy F ^a,c   Armante, R ^a   Stubenrauch, C J ^a   Scott, N A ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; RADIATION BUDGET; TOVS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 0033730320     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2000)039<1527:RTCSVL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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