A graph-based approach to find teleconnections in climate data

Statistical Analysis and Data Mining

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 158-179

  Kawale, Jaya ^a   Liess, Stefan ^b   Kumar, Arjun ^a   Steinbach, Michael ^a   Snyder, Peter ^b   Kumar, Vipin ^a   Ganguly, Auroop R ^c   Samatova, Nagiza F ^d   Semazzi, Fredrick ^d  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Northeastern University   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipole discovery; Graph algorithm; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE DATA; DIPOLE DISCOVERY; EAST PACIFIC; GRAPH ALGORITHMS; GRAPH-BASED; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; PRESSURE ANOMALY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTIONS; WEST PACIFIC;

GRAPHIC METHODS;

EID: 84877916554     PISSN: 19321872     EISSN: 19321864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sam.11181     Document Type: Article

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