Interannual variation of Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone activity and seasonal forecast of tropical cyclone number in the Australian region

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190-202

  Liu, Kin Sik ^a   Chan, Johnny C L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Australian tropical cyclone activity; Seasonal tropical cyclone prediction; Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone activity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; HURRICANES; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; RAIN; TROPICS;

AUSTRALIAN TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITIES; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEASONAL TROPICAL CYCLONE PREDICTIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITIES; STATISTICAL PREDICTION;

STORMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TRADE WIND; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84855977435     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2259     Document Type: Article

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