Detecting spatial patterns with the cumulant function – Part 2: An application to El Niño
The spatial coherence of a measured variable (e.g. temperature or pressure) is often studied to determine the regions of high variability or to find teleconnections, i.e. correlations between specific regions. While usual methods to find spatial patterns, such as Principal Components Analysis (PCA),...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2008-02-01
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| Series: | Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics |
| Online Access: | http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/15/169/2008/npg-15-169-2008.pdf |