Pattern classification of typhoon tracks using the fuzzy c-means clustering method

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 488-508

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

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Data processing distribution; Rainfall; Storm tracks; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ASIA; DATA PROCESSING/DISTRIBUTION; RAINFALL; STORM TRACKS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY SYSTEMS; RAIN; STORMS; TROPICS;

HURRICANES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; RAINFALL; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

JAPAN; KOREA;

EID: 79251562052     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3751.1     Document Type: Article

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