Two-dimensional continuous wavelet analysis and its application to meteorological data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 652-666

  Wang, Ning ^a   Lu, Chungu ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-D DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; CONTINUOUS ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS WAVELET ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORM; DATA SETS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NONSTATIONARY; NUMERICAL MODELS; PRACTICAL ISSUES; SHIFT INVARIANT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS METHOD; SPECTRAL INFORMATION; TEST FUNCTIONS;

DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; METEOROLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

METADATA;

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953491821     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1338.1     Document Type: Article

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