Improved cloud phase retrieval approaches for China's FY-3A/VIRR multi-channel data using Artificial Neural Networks

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Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1797-1803

  Yang, Chunping ^a   Guo, Jing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial Neural Network; Back propagation; Cloud phase retrieval; FY 3A VIRR; Self organizing feature map

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFIERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFORMAL MAPPING; NEURAL NETWORKS; ORBITS; PHASE MEASUREMENT; PHASE SHIFTERS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BACKPROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS; CLOUD PHASE; CURRENT THRESHOLDS; FY-3A/VIRR; INFRA-RED RADIOMETERS; OPERATIONAL PRODUCTS; SECOND GENERATION; SELF ORGANIZING FEATURE MAP NEURAL NETWORK;

BACKPROPAGATION;

EID: 84954059623     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2015.11.084     Document Type: Article

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