Modeling tropical cyclone intensity with quantile regression

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1351-1361

  Jagger, Thomas H ^a   Elsner, James B ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Extreme value models; Quantile regression; Solar cycle; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ENSO; EXTREME VALUE MODELS; QUANTILE REGRESSION; SOLAR CYCLE; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; HURRICANES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR ENERGY; STORMS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TROPICS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTREME EVENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR CYCLE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 69849092675     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1804     Document Type: Article

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