Non-random correlation structures and dimensionality reduction in multivariate climate data

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 2663-2682

  Vejmelka, Martin ^a   Pokorná, Lucie ^a,b   Hlinka, Jaroslav ^a   Hartman, David ^a   Jajcay, Nikola ^a   Paluš, Milan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Climate dynamics; Complex networks; Modes of variability; Principal component analysis; Sea level pressure; Surface air temperature; Varimax

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939888879     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2244-z     Document Type: Article

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