Tornado detection using a neuro-fuzzy system to integrate shear and spectral signatures

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1136-1148

  Wang, Yadong ^a   Yu, Tian You ^a   Yeary, Mark ^a   Shapiro, Alan ^b   Nemati, Shamim ^b   Foster, Michael ^c   Andra Jr , David L ^c   Jain, Michael ^d  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c National Weather Service   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DOPPLER EFFECT; DOPPLER RADAR; FUZZY SETS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RADAR; SIGNAL DETECTION; STORMS; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DETECTION ALGORITHMS; DOPPLER; DOPPLER SPECTRUMS; HYBRID APPROACHES;

FUZZY LOGIC;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AZIMUTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; DETECTION METHOD; DOPPLER RADAR; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TORNADO; VORTICITY;

EID: 51749098437     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA1022.1     Document Type: Article

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