Automatic tropical cyclone eye fix using genetic algorithm

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 643-656

  Wong, Ka Yan ^a   Yip, Chi Lap ^a   Li, Ping Wah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG OBSERVATORY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Meteorological computing; Tropical cyclone eye fix; Weather forecasting; Weather system modeling

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STORMS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

METEOROLOGICAL COMPUTING; OPTIMAL VALUES; TROPICAL CYCLONE EYE FIX; WEATHER SYSTEM MODELING;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34249069450     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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