Skill comparisons between neural networks and canonical correlation analysis in predicting the equatorial Pacific sea surface temperatures

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 287-293

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; CORRELATION METHODS; GLOBAL WARMING; NEURAL NETWORKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS (CCA); EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034035880     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0287:SCBNNA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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