A novel web-based system for tropical cyclone analysis and prediction

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-97

  Leung, Yee ^a   Wong, Man Hong ^a   Wong, Ka Chun ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Leung, Kwong Sak ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

data mining; landfall; recurvature; tropical cyclones; web based system

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA MINING; DATABASE; MODELING; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VISUALIZATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84863149408     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2011.572075     Document Type: Article

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