The empirical mode decomposition and the Hubert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 454, Issue 1971, 1998, Pages 903-995

  Huang, Norden E ^a   Shen, Zheng ^a   Long, Steven R ^a   Wu, Manli C ^a   Snin, Hsing H ^a   Zheng, Quanan ^a   Yen, Nai Chyuan ^a   Tung, Chi Chao ^a   Liu, Henry H ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical mode decomposition; Frequency time spectrum; Hubert spectral analysis; Intrinsic time scale; Non stationary time series; Nonlinear differential equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 5444236478     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1998.0193     Document Type: Article

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