New neural-network-based method to infer total ozone column amounts and cloud effects from multi-channel, moderate bandwidth filter instruments

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 19595-19609

  Fan, Lingling ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Dahlback, Arne ^b   Stamnes, Jakob J ^c   Stamnes, Snorre ^a   Stamnes, Knut ^a  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; OZONE; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; TABLE LOOKUP;

AVERAGE VALUES; BANDWIDTH FILTERS; CLOUD EFFECTS; CLOUDY CONDITIONS; LOOK UP TABLE; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NEURAL NETWORKS; TOTAL OZONE COLUMN;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 84906075944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.019595     Document Type: Article

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