Cloud properties retrieval using neural networks

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5571, Issue , 2004, Pages 11-19

  Cerdeña, Abidán ^a   Pérez, Juan C ^a   González, Albano ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AVHRR; Cloud; Effective droplet radii; Neural network; Nighttime

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BACKPROPAGATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES;

ADIABATIC APPROXIMATION; ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); EFFECTIVE DROPLET RADII; NIGHT TIME;

CLOUDS;

EID: 15944425384     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.565228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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