Data-adaptive wavelets and multi-scale singular-spectrum analysis

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 254-290

  Yiou, Pascal ^a,b,c   Sornette, Didier ^b,c,d   Ghil, Michael ^b,c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Climatic signals; EL Ni o Southern Oscillation; Nonstationary time series; Singular spectrum analysis; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345991530     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(00)00045-2     Document Type: Article

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