Intercomparison of interannual variability of the global 200-hPa circulation for AMIP simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2505-2529

  Boyle, James S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; VECTORS;

COMMON PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS (CPS) ANALYSIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOW FIELD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODELING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0032194328     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2505:IOIVOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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