An Alternative to PCA for Estimating Dominant Patterns of Climate Variability and Extremes, with Application to U.S. and China Seasonal Rainfall

Floods and droughts are driven, in part, by spatial patterns of extreme rainfall. Heat waves are driven by spatial patterns of extreme temperature. It is therefore of interest to design statistical methodologies that allow the rapid identification of likely patterns of extreme rain or temperature fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stephen Jewson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Atmosphere
Subjects:
PCA
DCA
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/11/4/354