A graphical sensitivity analysis for statistical climate models: Application to Indian monsoon rainfall prediction by artificial neural networks and multiple linear regression models

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1687-1708

  Cannon, Alex J ^a   McKendry, Ian G ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; India; Nonlinear model; Seasonal forecasting; Sensivity analysis

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MONSOONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLIMATE MODELING; MONSOON; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0037112543     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.811     Document Type: Article

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