Neural network retrieval of ocean surface parameters from SSM/I data

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 586-597

  Meng, Lei ^a   He, Yijun ^a   Chen, Jinnian ^a   Wu, Yumei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; IMAGE SENSORS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE LATENT HEAT FLUX; WIND SPEED;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA BUOY; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION METHOD; LATENT HEAT FLUX; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SSM-I; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PARACEL ISLANDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33847413250     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3292.1     Document Type: Article

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