Predicting weather regime transitions in Northern Hemisphere datasets

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 535-551

  Kondrashov, D ^a   Shen, J ^b   Berk, R ^b,c   D'Andrea, F ^d   Ghil, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GEOPOTENTIAL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34547861740     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-007-0293-2     Document Type: Article

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