An efficient methodology for detection of anomalous propagation echoes in radar reflectivity data using neural networks

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-129

  Grecu, Mircea ^a   Krajewski, Witold F ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DETECTION METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; REFLECTIVITY;

EID: 0034053429     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0121:AEMFDO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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