An empirical eigenfunction analysis of sea surface temperatures in the western North Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 468-479

  Everson, Richard ^a,d   Cornillon, Peter ^b   Sirovich, Lawrence ^a,c   Webber, Andrew ^c  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; EMPIRICAL EIGENFUNCTION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0030775450     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0468:AEEAOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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