Retrieving atmospheric temperature profiles from simulated microwave radiometer data with artificial neural networks

Wave Propagation, Scattering and Emission in Complex Media

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 341-350

  Yao, Zhigang ^a   Chen, Hongbin ^b  

^a PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Microwave remote sensing; Retrieval and simulation; Temperature profiles

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ERRORS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL TESTS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE PROFILES; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; RETRIEVAL AND SIMULATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STATISTICAL RETRIEVAL; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84967584920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812702869_0032     Document Type: Chapter

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