Arctic or North Atlantic Oscillation? Arguments based on the principal component analysis methodology

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Huth, Radan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

EID: 34247258523     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-006-0257-1     Document Type: Article

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