Detecting the onset of snow-melt using SSM/I data and the self-organizing map

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 755-766

  Takala, M ^a   Pulliainen, J ^a   Huttunen, M ^b   Hallikainen, M ^c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SENSORS; RADIOMETERS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CHANNEL DIFFERENCE ALGORITHM; LOW-PASS FILTERING; SPACE-BORNE MICROWAVE RADIOMETER;

SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DETECTION METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SNOWMELT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 37549057362     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160601105934     Document Type: Article

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