A cautionary note on the interpretation of EOFs

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 216-225

  Dommenget, Dietmar ^a   Latif, Mojib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION (EOF);

CLIMATOLOGY;

NUMERICAL METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037079749     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<0216:ACNOTI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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