A Poisson regression model approach to predicting tropical cyclogenesis in the Australian/southwest Pacific Ocean region using the SOI and saturated equivalent potential temperature gradient as predictors

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  McDonnell, Katrina A ^a   Holbrook, Neil J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3309 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Climatology (1620); 3339 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Ocean atmosphere interactions (0312; 3374 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Tropical meteorology; 4504)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMS; TROPICS;

EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT (EPT); POISSON REGRESSION MODELS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX (SOI); TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CYCLOGENESIS; FORECASTING METHOD; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 11844250527     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020843     Document Type: Article

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