A fuzzy logic-based analog forecasting system for ceiling and visibility

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1319-1330

  Hansen, Bjarne K ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPORTS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; AVIATION; CLOUDS; FUZZY LOGIC; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICS; VISIBILITY; WIND;

ANALOG FORECASTING SYSTEM; FUZZY LOGIC-BASED ALGORITHM; INSTRUMENT FLIGHT REGULATION CONDITION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALGORITHM; BENCHMARKING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HUMIDITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38849206836     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007WAF2006017.1     Document Type: Article

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