Binary Logistic Regression Models for short term prediction of premonsoon convective developments over Kolkata (India)

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 831-836

  Dasgupta, S ^a   De, U K ^b  

^a ST XAVIER S COLLEGE   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Backward selection; Convective development; Covariates; Forward selection; Logistic regression; Premonsoon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOSONDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT; PREMONSOON; VARIABLE SELECTION METHOD;

WIND;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CALCUTTA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 34248138450     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1449     Document Type: Article

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