Climatic indices, principal components, and the Gauss-Markov theorem

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1942-1958

  Thacker, W C ^a,c   Lewandowicz, R ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE INDEX; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GAUSS-MARKOV THEOREM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030428683     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1942:CIPCAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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