Application of projection-pursuit principal component analysis method to climate studies

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-113

  Chan, Johnny C L ^a   Shi, Jiu En ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Beijing Meteorological College   (China)

Author keywords

Projection pursuit principal component analysis; Rainfall; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; PROJECTION PURSUIT; PROJECTION-PURSUIT PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030989622     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199701)17:1<103::AID-JOC108>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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