An operational statistical typhoon intensity prediction scheme for the western North Pacific

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 688-699

  Knaff, John A ^a   Sampson, Charles R ^b   DeMaria, Mark ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL; STATISTICAL TYPHOON INTENSITY PREDICTION SCHEME (STIPS); TROPICAL CYCLONE;

METEOROLOGY;

FORECASTING METHOD; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; TYPHOON;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); WORLD;

EID: 27544433118     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF863.1     Document Type: Article

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