Discriminant methods for radar detection of hail

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 358-368

  Lopez L ^a   Sanchez J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Hail detection; Logistic regression; Radar; Stepwise methods

Indexed keywords

DATA EXTRACTION; DISCRIMINANT MODELS; HAIL DETECTION; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; PRECISION INDEX; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; RADAR DETECTION; STEPWISE METHODS;

DATA PROCESSING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACE RECOGNITION; LOGISTICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR SYSTEMS; REFLECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMS; TRACKING RADAR;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DETECTION METHOD; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HAIL; LOGISTICS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECISION; PROBABILITY; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349271056     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.09.028     Document Type: Article

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