Forecasts of Tropical Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures by Neural Networks and Support Vector Regression

Figure 8

SVR forecast correlation performance and its difference from LR for the period 1980–2005 without WWV as a predictor. The contour interval is 0.1 in the right column and 0.05 in the left.

(a) SVR (lead  =  3 mon)

(b) SVR − LR

(c) SVR (lead  =  6 mon)

(d) SVR − LR

(e) SVR (lead  =  9 mon)

(f) SVR − LR

(g) SVR (lead  =  12 mon)

(h) SVR − LR