Beam-filling effect correction with subpixel cloud fraction using a neural network

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1070-1077

  Lafont, Damien ^a   Guillemet, Bernard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Beam filling; Error; Infrared (IR); Microwave measurements; Neural network (NN); Radar; Rain; Remote sensing; Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROWAVES; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADAR; RAIN; SENSOR DATA FUSION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BEAM FILLING ERRORS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS; RAIN RATES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 18444407140     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.843757     Document Type: Conference Paper

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