Research Article

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

Table 3

Same as Table 1 but for Atlantic Hurricanes using March NINO12 as a candidate predictor.

Predictors Value

All 9 predictors0.37641.10 × 10−2

~−AMM0.3569.71 × 10−2
~−NINO120.3755.84 × 10−3
~−AMO0.37615.67 × 10−3
~−NAO0.37625.66 × 10 −3
~−QBO0.37046.63 × 10−3
~−TNA0.3726.34 × 10−3
~−TSA0.31632.59 × 10−2
~−WHWP0.37575.73 × 10−3
~−LHF0.36787.11 × 10−3
Predictor removed: NAO

~−AMM0.3564.76 × 10−3
~−NINO120.37462.80 × 10−3
~−AMO0.37592.69 × 10 −3
~−QBO0.36963.24 × 10−3
~−TNA0.3723.01 × 10−3
~−TSA0.31611.38 × 10−2
~−WHWP0.37562.72 × 10−3
~−LHF0.36773.41 × 10−3
Predictor removed: AMO

~−AMM0.35382.28 × 10−3
~−NINO120.37441.22 × 10−3
~−QBO0.36921.43 × 10−3
~−TNA0.37191.31 × 10−3
~−TSA0.30818.31 × 10−3
~−WHWP0.37521.18 × 10 −3
~−LHF0.36551.60 × 10−3
Predictor removed: WHWP

~−AMM0.35219.69 × 10−4
~−NINO120.37434.72 × 10 −4
~−QBO0.36915.61 × 10−4
~−TNA0.37195.12 × 10−4
~−TSA0.30793.71 × 10−3
~−LHF0.36556.31 × 10−4
Predictor removed: NINO12

~−AMM0.3444.52 × 10−4
~−QBO0.36811.99 × 10−4
~−TNA0.36871.95 × 10 −4
~−TSA0.29492.16 × 10−3
~−LHF0.36512.21 × 10−4
Predictor removal: TNA

~−AMM0.19051.66 × 10−2
~−QBO0.36456.59 × 10 −5
~−TSA0.21398.61 × 10−3
~−LHF0.3598.06 × 10−5
Predictor removed: QBO

Top  3:  AMM,  TSA, and  LHF