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

Figure 9

BNN forecast performance and its difference from LR for the period 1980–2005 with WWV included as a predictor. The contour interval is 0.1 in the right column and 0.05 in the left.

(a) BNN(+WWV) (3 mon)

(b) (BNN − LR)(+WWV)

(c) BNN(+WWV) (6 mon)

(d) (BNN − LR)(+WWV)

(e) BNN(+WWV) (9 mon)

(f) (BNN − LR)(+WWV)

(g) BNN(+WWV) (12 mon)

(h) (BNN − LR)(+WWV)