On the assessment of nonlocal climate feedback. Part II: EFA-SVD and optimal feedback modes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5402-5416

  Liu, Zhengyu ^a   Wen, Na ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CONTROL THEORY; FEEDBACK; HEAT FLUX; HEATING EQUIPMENT; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERE MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSES; DIPOLE PATTERNS; FEEDBACK MODES; FEEDBACK PROCESSES; FEEDBACK RESPONSES; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHTS; LOWER BOUNDARIES; NEGATIVE FEEDBACKS; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEANS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OPTIMAL FEEDBACKS; OPTIMAL RESPONSES; SAMPLING ERRORS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SINGULAR VALUES; STATISTICAL ESTIMATIONS; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; UPPER BOUNDS;

SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GEOPOTENTIAL; HEAT FLUX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 56349147874     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2042.1     Document Type: Article

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