Empirical normal modes versus empirical orthogonal functions for statistical prediction

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3468-3489

  Brunet, Gilbert ^a   Vautard, Robert ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECT; MODELING; SHALLOW WATER EQUATION;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EMPIRICAL NORMAL MODE; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; SHALLOW WATER; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030324195     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<3468:ENMVEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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