Waterfowl on weather radar: Applying ground-truth to classify and quantify bird movements

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-82

  O'Neal, Benjamin J ^a   Stafford, Joshua D ^a   Larkin, Ronald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dabbling ducks; Ground truthing; Migration; NEXRAD; Stopover; Super resolution; Thermal infrared; Weather surveillance radar

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 77950225640     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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