Using common principal components for comparing GCM simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 816-830

  Sengupta, Sailes ^a   Boyle, James S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GCM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031714020     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0816:UCPCFC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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