A cyclo-stationary model of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean

M. J. Ortiz; A. Ruiz de Elvira

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v37i1.11651

A cyclo-stationary model of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean

Tellus

Volume 37 (1985): Issue 1

By: M. J. Ortiz and A. Ruiz de Elvira

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|Jan 1985

Abstract

Sea surface temperature anomalies in mid-latitude north Pacific Ocean are compared with a cyclo-stationary stochastic model in which the anomalies are forced by atmospheric “weather” disturbances. The results show that the model explains the observed two-time auto-covariances of the anomalies for almost all (98%) of the studied region.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v37i1.11651 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 14 - 23

Submitted on: Dec 28, 1983

Accepted on: Jul 2, 1984

Published on: Jan 1, 1985

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1985 M. J. Ortiz, A. Ruiz de Elvira, published by Stockholm University Press
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Volume 37 (1985): Issue 1