Improvement of typhoon precipitation forecast efficiency by coupling SSM/I microwave data with climatologic characteristics and precipitation

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 614-630

  Wei, Chih Chiang ^a  

^a TOKO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAUX; EQUITABLE THREAT SCORE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RAINFALL PREDICTION; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGERS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; HURRICANES; LOGISTICS; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RAIN;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOMETER; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SSM-I; TYPHOON; WATERSHED; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DANSHUI RIVER; TAIWAN;

EID: 84879996112     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-12-00089.1     Document Type: Article

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