Regional typhoon activity as revealed by track patterns and climate change

Hurricanes and Climate Change- Volume 2

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 137-148

  Chu, Pao Shin ^a   Zhao, Xin ^b   Kim, Joo Hong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Regional typhoon activity; Typhoon track clusters

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMS;

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGIES; CONSISTENCY CHECKS; EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON ACTIVITY; WARNING CENTERS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

HURRICANES;

EID: 84995294325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9510-7_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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