Research Article

Fuzzy Clustering-Based Ensemble Approach to Predicting Indian Monsoon

Table 11

Physical climatic events under study.

Climatic event Number of years Years associated with the event

Drought 13 1951, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 2002, 2004, 2009
Flood 11 1953, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1975, 1983, 1988, 1994
El-Niño 23 1951, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009
La-Niña 22 1950, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
Positive IOD 12 1957, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1994, 1997, 2006, 2007
Negative IOD 10 1958, 1960, 1964, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996