A comparison of low-dimensional representations of sea-surface temperature anomalies in the north Atlantic

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 953-967

  Thacker, W C ^a   Lewandowicz, R ^b  

^a Atl Oceanogr/Meteorol Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation matrix principal components; Covariance matrix principal components; Local variables; North Atlantic Ocean; Predictor selection; Regional indices; Sea surface temperatures; Skill

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA PROCESSING; METHOD COMPARISON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST ANOMALIES;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030690079     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199707)17:9<953::AID-JOC169>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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