A method to estimate the statistical significance of a correlation when the data are serially correlated

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2147-2153

  Ebisuzaki, Wesley ^a,b  

^a Res and Data Systems Corporation   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CORRELATION;

EID: 0031395767     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2147:AMTETS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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