Variability analysis of Kuroshio intrusion through Luzon Strait using growing hierarchical self-organizing map

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1187-1194

  Tsui, I Fong ^a   Wu, Chau Ron ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Growing hierarchical self organizing map (GHSOM); Kuroshio intrusion; Luzon strait; Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO)

Indexed keywords

GROWING HIERARCHICAL SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS; INTRUSION EVENTS; KUROSHIO; KUROSHIO INTRUSION; LUZON STRAIT; NEURAL NETWORK CLASSIFICATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SOUTH CHINA SEA; VARIABILITY ANALYSIS; WIND SPEED;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SATELLITE DATA; SELF ORGANIZATION; WIND VELOCITY;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84865687092     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-012-0558-0     Document Type: Article

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