Climate prediction of tropical cyclone activity in the vicinity of Taiwan using the multivariate least absolute deviation regression method

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 805-825

  Chu, Pao Shin ^a   Zhao, Xin ^b   Lee, Ching Teng ^c   Lu, Mong Ming ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Climate forcings; Cross validation prediction skills; LAD regression; Seasonal tropical cyclone forecasting; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PHILIPPINE SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 36849065743     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2007.18.4.805(A)     Document Type: Article

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