Supervised fuzzy-logic classification of hydrometeors using C-band weather radars

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3784-3799

  Marzano, Frank Silvio ^a,b,c   Scaranari, Daniele ^b,d   Vulpiani, Gianfranco ^a,c,e  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d Sofiter System Engineering   (Italy)

^e MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

C band weather radar; Fuzzy logic method; Hydrometeor classification; Path attenuation correction; Radar meteorology; Radar polarimetry

Indexed keywords

HYDROMETEOR CLASSIFICATION; PATH ATTENUATION CORRECTION; RADAR METEOROLOGY; RADAR NETWORKS; RADAR POLARIMETRY;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLARIMETERS; RAIN; REFLECTION;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 35648997478     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.903399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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