Neural network for the satellite retrieval of precipitable water vapor over land

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2960-2963

  Mattioli, Vinia ^a,c   Bonafoni, Stefania ^a   Basili, Patrizia ^a   Carlesimo, G ^b   Ciotti, Piero ^b   Pulvirenti, L ^c   Pierdicca, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microwave radiometer; Neural network; Precipitable water vapor

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE DEVICES; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER VAPOR;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER-EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (AMSR-E); AQUA SATELLITES; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CENTRAL ITALY; CLEAR SKY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL;

MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 78650864772     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650528     Document Type: Conference Paper

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