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Comparison of climate time series – Part 5: Multivariate annual cycles
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Michael K. Tippett
Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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This paper introduces a method to assess whether two data sets come from the same source. Current methods do not adequately consider spatial and temporal correlations and their annual cycles in a comprehensive test. This method addresses that gap, thereby providing a new and rigorous tool for evaluating the realism of climate simulations and measuring changes in variability over time.
This paper introduces a method to assess whether two data sets come from the same source....