Flexible discriminant techniques for forecasting clear-air turbulence .

Autor: Tebaldi, Claudia, Nychka, Doug, Brown, Barbara, Sharman, Robert
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Zdroj: Environmetrics. Dec2002, Vol. 13 Issue 8, p859. 19p.
Abstrakt: Discusses how forecasting aircraft turbulence is based on a system of observations by pilots combined with a mostly subjective evaluation of turbulence indices derived from numerical weather prediction models. Improvements in the forecasting capability of the single indices; Use of a nonparametric multidimensional regression model and discriminant analysis to the resulting predicted values; Characteristics of a paradigm of flexible discriminant analysis (FDA); Suggestions for operational forecasts.
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