Comparison of artificial neural network and multivariate linear regression methods for estimation of daily soil temperature in an arid region

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 135-142

  Tabari, Hossein ^a   Sabziparvar, Ali Akbar ^a   Ahmadi, Mohammad ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARID REGION; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FORECASTING METHOD; MICROMETEOROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

IRAN;

EID: 78650738248     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-010-0110-z     Document Type: Article

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