Hydrometeor classification from dual-polarized weather radar: Extending fuzzy logic from S-band to C-band data

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 109-114

  Marzano, F S ^a,b   Scaranari, D ^b   Celano, M ^c,d   Alberoni, P P ^c   Vulpiani, G ^a   Montopoli, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ARPA SIM   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR IMAGERY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646338211     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-7-109-2006     Document Type: Article

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