A new fuzzy logic hydrometeor classification scheme applied to the french X-, C-, and S-band polarimetric radars

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2328-2344

  Al Sakka, Hassan ^a   Boumahmoud, Abdel Amin ^a   Fradon, Béatrice ^a   Frasier, Stephen J ^b   Tabary, Pierre ^a  

^a Dir des Systemes d'Observation   (France)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROMETEOR CLASSIFICATION; MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS; MESO-SCALE MODELING; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS; SIGNAL-TO-CLUTTER RATIOS; TEMPERATURE INFORMATION;

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; FUZZY LOGIC; POLARIMETERS; RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INFORMATION USE;

ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84886659162     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0236.1     Document Type: Article

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