Chaotic characteristics of the Southern Oscillation Index time series

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 168-181

  Kawamura, Akira ^a   McKerchar, Alistair I ^a   Spigel, Robert H ^b   Jinno, Kenji ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chaos; Correlation dimension; Lyapunov exponents; Mean sea level pressure; Nonlinear smoothing; Southern Oscillation Index

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEA LEVEL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

NONLINEAR SMOOTHING; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX (SOI);

HYDROLOGY;

SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX;

EID: 0032579535     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(97)00129-7     Document Type: Article

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