An Analysis of Low-and High-Frequency Summer Climate Variability around the Caribbean Antilles

• Main Authors: Isabelle Gouirand, Bernd Sing
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Butterworth; Pacific; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1051.7553; http://www.bb-math.com/bernd/pub/JCLI-D-11-00269.pdf

ABSTRACT This study contrasts the pattern of low-frequency (LF) and high-frequency (HF) climate variability in the eastern Caribbean. A low-pass Butterworth filter is used to study oscillations in rainfall and regional SST on time scales of greater and less than 8 yr in the period 1901-2002. The res...