Can the Frequency of Blocking Be Described by a Red Noise Process?
The frequency of persistent atmospheric blocking events in the 40-yr ECMWF Re-Analysis (ERA-40) is compared with the blocking frequency produced by a simple first-order Markov model designed to predict the time evolution of a blocking index [defined by the meridional contrast of potential temperatur...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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