On the existence of multiple climate regimes

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 597 PART B, 2004, Pages 583-605

  Stephenson, D B ^a   Hannachi, A ^a   O'Niell, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaos; Clusters; Multinormal

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HEMISPHERIC CLUSTERS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CHAOS THEORY; CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642386948     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.146     Document Type: Article

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