Using markov switching models to infer dry and rainy periods from telecommunication microwave link signals

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1847-1859

  Wang, Z ^a   Schleiss, M ^b   Jaffrain, J ^b   Berne, A ^b   Rieckermann, J ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLASSIFICATION; DATA SET; MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SIGNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION;

SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

EID: 84877319497     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-1847-2012     Document Type: Article

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