The growth and decay of low-frequency anomalies in a GCM

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 415-428

  Feldstein, Steven ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; LOW FREQUENCY ANOMALIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; GCM; LOW FREQUENCY;

EID: 0032004551     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0415:TGADOL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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