Detecting spatial patterns with the cumulant function - Part 1: The theory

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 159-167

  Bernacchia, A ^a   Naveau, P ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLIMATOLOGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 39549100618     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-15-159-2008     Document Type: Article

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