A neurocomputing approach to predict monsoon rainfall in monthly scale using SST anomaly as a predictor

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 260-279

  Acharya, Nachiketa ^b   Chattopadhyay, Surajit ^a   Kulkarni, Makarand A ^b   Mohanty, Uma C ^b  

^a PAILAN COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

artificial neural network (ANN); monthly rainfall forecast; sea surface temperature (SST)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; EASTERN INDIA; MONSOON RAINFALL; MONTHLY RAINFALL FORECAST; MONTHLY SCALE; NEUROCOMPUTING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SST ANOMALIES; SUMMER MONSOON; SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; FORECASTING; NEURAL NETWORKS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

RAIN;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; MONSOON; NUMERICAL METHOD; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIA;

EID: 82655173896     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-011-0044-y     Document Type: Article

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