Description and validation of an automated objective technique for identification and characterization of the integrated water vapor signature of atmospheric rivers

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2166-2176

  Wick, Gary A ^a   Neiman, Paul J ^a   Ralph, F Martin ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric river; automated detection; forecast verification; integrated water vapor; meteorology; passive microwave remote sensing; pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED DETECTION; FORECAST VERIFICATIONS; FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS; INTEGRATED WATER VAPORS; PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; VISUAL CLASSIFICATION; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT;

CLIMATOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METEOROLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY;

VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; FLOODING; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER VAPOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875742630     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2211024     Document Type: Article

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