Forecasting ENSO events: A neural network-extended EOF approach

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-41

  Tangang, Fredolin T ^a,b   Tang, Benyang ^a   Monahan, Adam H ^a   Hsieh, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; NEURAL NETWORK; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0031777214     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0029:FEEANN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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