A dynamical-statistical forecast model for the annual frequency of western Pacific tropical cyclones based on the NCEP Climate Forecast System version 2

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 12,061-12,074

  Li, Xun ^a   Yang, Song ^b   Wang, Hui ^c   Jia, Xiaolong ^d   Kumar, Arun ^c  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^d China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

dynamical statistical forecast; tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; HURRICANES; TROPICS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; LEAVE-ONE-OUT CROSS VALIDATIONS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE PREDICTIONS; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC;

FORECASTING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; TIMESCALE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SHEAR; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84889854932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020708     Document Type: Article

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