Classification of Ascension Island and Natal ozonesondes using self-organizing maps

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Jensen, Anders A ^a   Thompson, Anne M ^a   Schmidlin, F J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BIOMASS-BURNING; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; DATA SETS; FREE TROPOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; NUMBER OF CLUSTERS; OZONE MIXING RATIO; OZONE PROFILES; OZONESONDES; PROFILE DATA; PROMINENT FEATURES; SEASONALITY; SELF ORGANIZING; STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; WALKER CIRCULATION;

OZONE;

ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METEOROLOGY; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; OZONESONDE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEASONALITY; STRATOSPHERE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TROPOSPHERE; WALKER CIRCULATION;

AFRICA; ASCENSION ISLAND; BRAZIL; NATAL [RIO GRANDE DO NORTE]; RIO GRANDE DO NORTE;

EID: 84857495624     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016573     Document Type: Article

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