Articles | Volume 6, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-2301-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-2301-2013
Research article
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09 Sep 2013
Research article |  | 09 Sep 2013

A neural network algorithm for cloud fraction estimation using NASA-Aura OMI VIS radiance measurements

G. Saponaro, P. Kolmonen, J. Karhunen, J. Tamminen, and G. de Leeuw

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