Bayesian analysis for extreme climatic events: A review

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-262

  Chu, Pao Shin ^a   Zhao, Xin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Sanjole Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Change point; Extreme events; Tropical cyclone path clustering; Tropical cyclone prediction

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHANGE-POINTS; EXTREME EVENTS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE PREDICTIONS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; HURRICANES; INFERENCE ENGINES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMS; TROPICS; WIND;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE MODELING; DETECTION METHOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 80054787920     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.07.001     Document Type: Review

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