Evaluation of a satellite multispectral VIS-IR daytime statistical rain-rate classifier and comparison with passive microwave rainfall estimates

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 284-300

  Capacci, Davide ^a   Porcù, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER FOR EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; ANN APPLICATION; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; BRITISH ISLES; CLASSIFIER ALGORITHMS; EQUITABLE THREAT SCORE; EQUIVALENT ALGORITHM; INFRARED RADIANCES; METEOSAT-8; MULTI-SPECTRAL; OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITES; RADAR NETWORK; RAIN RATES; SKILL SCORE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

BACKPROPAGATION; CLASSIFIERS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVES; NEURAL NETWORKS; STEEL POWDER METALLURGY;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INFRARED IMAGERY; METEOSAT; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MODEL VALIDATION; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 66149114828     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1969.1     Document Type: Article

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