Algoritmo de detección de nubes en imágenes NOAA-AVHRR para el análisis de la variabilidad espacio-temporal de tormentas
- César Azorín-Molina 1
- Rafael Baena-Calatrava
- Imanol Echave-Calvo
- Bernadette Connell 2
- Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano 1
- Juan Ignacio López-Moreno 1
- Javier Zabalza 1
- Enrique Morán-Tejeda 3
- Jorge Lorenzo-Lacruz 1
- Jesús Revuelto 1
- Fergus Reig-Gracia 1
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
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Colorado State University
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Université de Genève
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- Concepción Rodríguez Puebla (coord.)
- Antonio Ceballos Barbancho (coord.)
- Nube González Reviriego (coord.)
- Enrique Morán Tejeda (coord.)
- Ascensión Hernández Encinas (coord.)
Editorial: Asociación Española de Climatología
ISBN: 978-84-695-4331-3
Any de publicació: 2012
Pàgines: 249-259
Congrés: Asociación Española de Climatología. Congreso (8. 2012. Salamanca)
Tipus: Aportació congrés
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