Spiral band model optimization by chaos immune evolutionary algorithm for locating tropical cyclones

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 266-277

  Wei, Kun ^a   Jing, Zhong ling ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Center locating; Optimization; Spiral band model; Tropical cyclone; Weather forecasting

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ERRORS; BAND MODEL; BAND REGION; CENTER LOCATING; CHAOS IMMUNE EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; CLOUD IMAGE; CURVILINEAR MODEL; LOCATING SCHEME; MATCHING DEGREE; OBJECTIVE INFORMATION; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; RELATIVE ERRORS; SPIRAL PATTERN; TRACK DATA; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WARNING CENTERS;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; HURRICANES; LOCATION; OPTIMIZATION; STORMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TROPICS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFRARED IMAGERY; MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77953812821     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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