Oscillations and time trends in stratospheric ozone levels: A functional data analysis approach

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 479, 2007, Pages 788-802

  Meiring, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Dimension reduction; Environmental; Ozone; Principal components; Smoothing spline ANOVA; Trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348904987     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214506000000825     Document Type: Article

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