Seasonal prediction of tropical cyclone activity near taiwan using the bayesian multivariate regression method

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1780-1795

  Lu, Mong Ming ^a   Chu, Pao Shin ^b   Lin, Yun Ching ^a  

^a CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Pacific Ocean; Regression analysis; Seasonal forecasting; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

850-HPA; BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN FRAMEWORKS; BAYESIAN METHODS; BAYESIAN REGRESSION; CLIMATE VARIABLES; EASTERLY WAVE; LEAVE-ONE-OUT CROSS VALIDATIONS; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION METHOD; NEGATIVE BIAS; NORTH PACIFIC; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PROBABILISTIC INFERENCE; RELATIVE VORTICITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SEASONAL PREDICTION; SKILL LEVELS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WESTERN PACIFIC;

CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; HURRICANES; LINEAR REGRESSION; METAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; TROPICS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE VARIATION; EASTERLY WAVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 78650974237     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010WAF2222408.1     Document Type: Article

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