Effect of ENSO on Queensland seasonal landfalling tropical cyclone activity

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1327-1334

  Flay, Shaun ^a,b   Nott, Jonathan ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian; ENSO; Generalised linear model; Landfalling tropical cyclones; Queensland; Seasonal prediction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; SEASONAL TROPICAL CYCLONE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 34548030473     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1447     Document Type: Article

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