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J. M. Craddock, Problems and Prospects for Eigenvector Analysis in Meteorology, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series D (The Statistician), Vol. 22, No. 2, Geophysical Statistical Symposium (Jun., 1973), pp. 133-145
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