Representation of the quasi-biennial oscillation in the tropical stratospheric wind by nonlinear principal component analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2002, Pages ACL-3-1-ACL-3-10

  Hamilton, Kevin ^a   Hsieh, William W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neural network; Quasi biennial oscillation; Tropical stratosphere

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; NEURAL NETWORKS; OSCILLATIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND POWER;

QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; WIND FIELD;

EID: 32244442944     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001250     Document Type: Article

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