Long-range dependence and climate noise characteristics of antarctic temperature data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 6074-6081

  Franzke, Christian ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate change; Climate variability; Temperature; Time series; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC STATIONS; ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC FLUCTUATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; AUTO REGRESSIVE PROCESS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CORRELATION STRUCTURE; DATA SETS; ENSEMBLE EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; FIRST-ORDER; INTEGRATED PROCESS; LONG RANGE DEPENDENCE; LONG RANGE DEPENDENT; LONG-RANGE DEPENDENCIES; NOISE CHARACTERISTIC; NON-LINEAR TRENDS; NONLINEAR TEMPERATURE; NULL MODEL; SHORT-RANGE DEPENDENTS; SURROGATE DATA; TEMPERATURE DATA; TRENDS;

DATA PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TIME SERIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; LONG RANGE FORECAST; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIME SERIES;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 78650118357     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3654.1     Document Type: Article

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