A neural network method for monitoring snowstorm: A case study in southern China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 599-606

  Mao, Kebiao ^a,b,c   Ma, Ying ^b,c   Xia, Lang ^a,b   Shen, Xinyi ^d   Sun, Zhiwen ^e   He, Tianjue ^c   Zhou, Guanhua ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e CHINA ACADEMY OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer Earth Observing System (AMSR E); neural network; passive microwave; snow depth; snowstorm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919430436     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-014-0675-4     Document Type: Article

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