The passive microwave Neural network Precipitation Retrieval (PNPR) algorithm for AMSU/MHS observations: Description and application to European case studies

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 837-857

  Sano P ^a   Panegrossi, G ^a   Casella, D ^a   Di Paola, F ^a   Milani, L ^a   Mugnai, A ^a   Petracca, M ^a   Dietrich, S ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMSU; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; NOISE; TRMM;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); EUROPE;

EID: 84923308073     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-837-2015     Document Type: Article

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