An optimal regional averaging method with error estimates and a test using tropical Pacific SST data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2340-2350

  Shen, Samuel S ^a,b   Smith, Thomas M ^a   Ropelewski, Chester F ^a   Livezey, Robert E ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Data processing; Empirical analysis; Pacific Ocean (Tropical); Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DATA PROCESSING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032454208     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2340:AORAMW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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