Application of artificial neural networks for sea-surface wind-speed retrieval from IRS-P4 (MSMR) brightness temperature

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 567-571

  Jena, Babula ^a   Swain, Debadatta ^b   Tyagi, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks (ANNs); buoy; Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS P4) Multifrequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR); sea surface wind speed (SSWS)

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS (ANNS); INDIAN REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE; MULTI-FREQUENCY SCANNING MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; SEA-SURFACE WIND SPEED;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUOYS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MILITARY SATELLITES; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING; SPEED; TEMPERATURE; WIND EFFECTS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 77954620770     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2010.2041632     Document Type: Article

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