Is the North Atlantic oscillation a random walk?

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-18

  Stephenson, David B ^a,b   Pavan, Valentina ^c   Bojariu, Roxana ^d  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c CINECA   (Italy)

^d NIMH   (Romania)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Long range dependence; NAO; North Atlantic Oscillation; Stationarity; Stochastic processes; Surface temperature; Trends; Variability

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE EFFECT; STOCHASTIC PROCESS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034101455     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(200001)20:1<1::AID-JOC456>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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