Detecting spatial patterns with the cumulant function -Part 2: An application to El Niño

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 169-177

  Bernacchia, A ^a   Naveau, P ^b   Vrac, M ^b   Yiou, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; LA NINA; NONLINEARITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 39549105199     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-15-169-2008     Document Type: Article

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