The analysis of tropical cyclone tracks in the western north pacific through data mining. Part i: Tropical cyclone recurvature

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1394-1416

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Leung, Yee ^a   Chan, Johnny C L ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION TREES; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION PATTERNS; POTENTIAL PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; TREE CONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

DATA MINING; HURRICANES;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA MINING; DATABASE; GEOPOTENTIAL; PARAMETERIZATION; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84880384616     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-045.1     Document Type: Article

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