Detecting hotspots of atmosphere-vegetation interaction via slowing down-Part 1: A stochastic approach

Earth System Dynamics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-78

  Bathiany, S ^a   Claussen, M ^a,b   Fraedrich, K ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; CRITICAL MODES; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; EARLY WARNING; LONG TIME SERIES; SIMPLE STOCHASTIC; SPATIAL EXTENT; STOCHASTIC APPROACH;

CLIMATE MODELS;

VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84880698729     PISSN: 21904979     EISSN: 21904987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esd-4-63-2013     Document Type: Article

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