Estimating Tropical Cyclone Intensity by Satellite Imagery Utilizing Convolutional Neural Networks

AbstractAccurately estimating tropical cyclone (TC) intensity is one of the most critical steps in TC forecasting and disaster warning/management. For over 40 years, the Dvorak technique (and sever...

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