Artificial neural-network technique for precipitation nowcasting from satellite imagery

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 97-103

  Rivolta, G ^a   Marzano, F S ^a,b   Coppola, E ^a   Verdecchia, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; NOWCASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646380617     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-7-97-2006     Document Type: Article

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