Technical note: An illustrative introduction to the domain dependence of spatial principal component patterns

Lehr, Christian; Hohenbrink, Tobias L.

doi:10.5194/hess-29-6735-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-6735-2025

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Articles | Volume 29, issue 22

Technical note

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26 Nov 2025

Technical note |

| 26 Nov 2025

Technical note: An illustrative introduction to the domain dependence of spatial principal component patterns

Christian Lehr and Tobias L. Hohenbrink

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