Wavelet-based clustering of sea level records
Barbosa, Susana M. ; Gouveia, Sónia ; Scotto, Manuel; Alonso, Andrés M.
Mathematical Geosciences, 48 (2016), 149-162
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11004-015-9623-9
The classification of multivariate time series in terms of their corresponding temporal dependence patterns is a common problem in geosciences, particularly for large datasets resulting from environmental monitoring networks. Here a wavelet-based clustering approach is applied to sea level and atmospheric pressure time series at tide gauge locations in the Baltic Sea. The resulting dendrogram discriminates three spatially-coherent groups of stations separating the southernmost tide gauges, reflecting mainly high-frequency variability driven by zonal wind, from the middle-basin stations and the northernmost stations dominated by lower-frequency variability and the response to atmospheric pressure.
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