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View SchemaStatistical modelling of tropical cyclone tracks: non-normal innovations
| Authors | Tim Hall, Stephen Jewson |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0512135 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0512135 |
Abstract
We present results from the sixth stage of a project to build a statistical hurricane model. Previous papers have described our modelling of the tracks, genesis, and lysis of hurricanes. In our track model we have so far employed a normal distribution for the residuals when computing innovations, even though we have demonstrated that their distribution is not normal. Here, we test to see if the track model can be improved by including more realistic non-normal innovations. The results are mixed. Some features of the model improve, but others slightly worsen.
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