Probabilistic clustering of extratropical cyclones using regression mixture models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 423-440

  Gaffney, Scott J ^a   Robertson, Andrew W ^b   Smyth, Padhraic ^c   Camargo, Suzana J ^b   Ghil, Michael ^d,e  

^a YAHOO INC   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c Irvine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYCLONE; DATA SET; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TRACKING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34347382165     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-007-0235-z     Document Type: Article

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