Achieving downscaling of Meteosat thermal infrared imagery using artificial neural networks

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 7706-7722

  Kolios, Stavros ^a   Georgoulas, George ^a   Stylios, Chrysostomos ^a  

^a Epirus Institute of Technology Arta   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; EARTH (PLANET); IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFRARED RADIATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIOMETERS;

HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; METEOSAT SATELLITE IMAGES; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; THERMAL INFRARED IMAGERY; THERMAL INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; METEOSAT; MODIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 84884490983     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.825384     Document Type: Article

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