Neural network wind retrieval from ERS-1 scatterometer data

Neurocomputing

Volumn 30, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 37-46

  Richaume, P ^a   Badran, F ^b   Crepon M ^a   Mejia C ^a   Roquet, H ^c   Thiria, S ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b University of Paris Cité   (France)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Ambiguity modelling; Inverse model; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL TESTS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

INVERSE MODELING; SELF-CONSISTENT WIND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; WIND;

EID: 0033991248     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-2312(99)00140-X     Document Type: Article

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