Forecasting post-extratropical transition outcomes for tropical cyclones using support vector machine classifiers

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 709-719

  Felker, Steven R ^a   Lacasse, Brian ^a   Tyo, J Scott ^a   Ritchie, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extratropical cyclones; Forecasting; Tropical Cyclones

Indexed keywords

850-HPA; AXISYMMETRIC; COMMON DIFFERENCES; EXTRATROPICAL; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION; FEATURE SELECTION AND CLASSIFICATION; INTENSITY CHANGE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; MULTISTAGE PROCESS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE TECHNIQUES; RANDOM SUBSETS; STORM EVOLUTION; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE CLASSIFICATION; TEST CASE; TEST SETS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONES; TROPICAL STORMS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

FEATURE EXTRACTION; FORECASTING; HURRICANES; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; TROPICS;

STORMS;

CLASSIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VECTOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79959666319     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1449.1     Document Type: Article

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