Classification of convective areas using decision trees

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1341-1353

  Gagne II, David John ^a   McGovern, Amy ^b   Brotzge, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SENSING; ADVANCED REGIONAL PREDICTION SYSTEMS; AUTOMATED APPROACH; AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; COMPOSITE REFLECTIVITY; DATA SETS; ISOLATED CELLS; K-MEANS; K-MEANS CLUSTERING; MANUAL CLASSIFICATION; OBSERVED DATA; OPERATIONAL USE; REAL TIME; REAL-TIME DATA STREAMS; REFLECTIVITY DATA; RETURN VALUE; SEVERE WEATHER; STORM CLASSIFICATION; TWO MACHINES; TYPE INFORMATION; WEATHER RADAR DATA; WEATHER RADARS;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DECISION TREES; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR; REFLECTION;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; AUTOMATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DECISION ANALYSIS; RADAR; STORM; WEATHER;

EID: 73049100431     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1205.1     Document Type: Article

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