Seasonal prediction of tropical cyclone frequency over the East China Sea through a Bayesian poisson-regression method

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-54

  Ho, Chang Hoi ^a   Kim, Hyeong Seog ^a   Chu, Pao Shin ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian regression; East China Sea; Seasonal prediction; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049100817     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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