First passage time analysis on climate indices

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 258-270

  Chu, Peter C ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION (AAO); ARCTIC OSCILLATION (AO); BROWNIAN FLUCTUATIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONS; FIRST PASSAGE TIME (FPT); NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO); SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (SO); TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIME SPAN;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 45249118590     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA991.1     Document Type: Article

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