Prediction of sea surface temperatures in the western Mediterranean Sea by neural networks using satellite observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Garcia Gorriz, Elisa ^a   Garcia Sanchez, Joan ^a,b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; GYRE; PREDICTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34547981502     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029888     Document Type: Article

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