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

Figure 10

SVR 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) SVR(+WWV) (3 mon)

(b) (SVR − LR)(+WWV)

(c) SVR (+WWV) (6 mon)

(d) (SVR − LR)(+WWV)

(e) SVR (+WWV) (9 mon)

(f) (SVR − LR)(+WWV)

(g) SVR (+WWV) (12 mon)

(h) (SVR − LR)(+WWV)