An ENSO-Forecast Independent Statistical Model for the Prediction of Annual Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Frequency in April

Statistical models for preseason prediction of annual Atlantic tropical cyclone (TC) and hurricane counts generally include El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) forecasts as a predictor. As a result, the predictions from such models are often contaminated by the errors in ENSO forecasts. In this stud...

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Main Authors: Kenny Xie, Bin Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/248148