Detection of the MJO signal from QuikSCAT

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1885-1894

  Arguez, Anthony ^a,b   Bourassa, Mark A ^a   O'Brien, James J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

BANDPASS FILTERING; LEAST SQUARES MINIMIZATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION (MJO);

METEOROLOGY;

BANDPASS FILTERS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; METEOROLOGY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

DETECTION METHOD; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 31644443485     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1822.1     Document Type: Article

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