Toward enhanced understanding and projections of climate extremes using physics-guided data mining techniques

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 777-795

  Ganguly, A R ^a   Kodra, E A ^a   Agrawal, A ^c   Banerjee, A ^b   Boriah, S ^b   Chatterjee, Sn ^b   Chatterjee, So ^b   Choudhary, A ^c   Das, D ^a   Faghmous, J ^b   Ganguli, P ^a   Ghosh, S ^d   Hayhoe, K ^e   Hays, C ^f   Hendrix, W ^c   Fu, Q ^b   Kawale, J ^b   Kumar, D ^a   Kumar, V ^b   Liao, W ^c   Liess, S ^b   Mawalagedara, R ^a   Mithal, V ^b   Oglesby, R ^f   Salvi, K ^d   Snyder, P K ^b   Steinhaeuser, K ^b   Wang, D ^a   Wuebbles, D ^g   more..

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84984410731     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-21-777-2014     Document Type: Article

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