Nonlinea principal component analysis of climate data

A nonlinear generalisation of Principal Component Analysis (PCA), denoted Nonlinear Principal Component Analysis (NLPCA), is introduced and applied to the analysis of climate data. This method is implemented using a 5-layer feed-forward neural network introduced originally in the chemical enginee...

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Main Author: Monahan, Adam Hugh
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/10829