A consensus model for seasonal hurricane prediction

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 6090-6099

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

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Hurricane; Probability forecasts models; Seasonal forecasting; Statistical forecasting; Statistical techniques; Statistics

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN METHODS; BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING; COVARIATES; CROSS VALIDATION; HINDCASTS; HURRICANE ACTIVITY; HURRICANE PREDICTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; POSTERIOR PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY MODELS; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SEASONAL PREDICTION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; STATISTICAL FORECASTING; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; SUNSPOT NUMBER; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANES; STATISTICS; STORMS;

FORECASTING;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; HURRICANE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUNSPOT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650086381     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3686.1     Document Type: Article

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