Stratified statistical models of North Atlantic basin-wide and regional tropical cyclone counts

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Kozar, Michael E ^a,b   Mann, Michael E ^a   Camargo, Suzana J ^c   Kossin, James P ^b,d,e   Evans, Jenni L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; HURRICANES;

CROSS VALIDATION; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATIONS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; POISSON REGRESSION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); STATE VARIABLES; STATISTICAL MODELS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON; ATLANTIC; CLIMATE; ENSO; SSTS;

HURRICANES; CLIMATOLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL RECORD; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MONSOON; NORTHERN OSCILLATION; STORM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84867012129     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017170     Document Type: Article

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