Statistical ensemble prediction of the tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Kwon, H Joe ^a   Lee, Woo Jeong ^a   Won, Seong Hee ^a   Cha, Eun Jeong ^b  

^a Kongju National University   (South Korea)

^b National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR REGRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NORMALIZED TYPHOON ACTIVITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

STORMS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 39549083470     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032308     Document Type: Article

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