contributor author | Dommenget, Dietmar | |
contributor author | Latif, Mojib | |
date accessioned | 2017-06-09T16:02:33Z | |
date available | 2017-06-09T16:02:33Z | |
date copyright | 2002/01/01 | |
date issued | 2002 | |
identifier issn | 0894-8755 | |
identifier other | ams-5952.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4200089 | |
description abstract | Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analyses (rotated or not) are widely used in climate research. In recent years there have been several studies in which EOF analyses were used to highlight potential physical mechanisms associated with climate variability. For example, several SST modes were identified such as the ?Tropical Atlantic Dipole,? the ?Tropical Indian Ocean Dipole,? and different SLP modes in the Northern Hemisphere winter. In this note it is emphasized that caution should be used when trying to interpret these statistically derived modes and their significance. Indeed, from a synthetic example it is shown that patterns derived from EOF analyses can be misleading at times and associated with very little climate physics. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | A Cautionary Note on the Interpretation of EOFs | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 15 | |
journal issue | 2 | |
journal title | Journal of Climate | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<0216:ACNOTI>2.0.CO;2 | |
journal fristpage | 216 | |
journal lastpage | 225 | |
tree | Journal of Climate:;2002:;volume( 015 ):;issue: 002 | |
contenttype | Fulltext | |