Multivariate and multiscale dependence in the global climate system revealed through complex networks

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 889-895

  Steinhaeuser, Karsten ^a,b   Ganguly, Auroop R ^a,c   Chawla, Nitesh V ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Correlation; Ocean meteorology; Reanalysis data; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; METEOROLOGICAL HAZARD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84864387092     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1135-9     Document Type: Article

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