We have developed an algorithm for the automatic detection of prospective unexploded ordnance UXO anomalies in total-field or gradient magnetic data based on the concept of the structural index SI of a magnetic anomaly. Identifying magnetic anomalies having specific structural indices enables the direct detection of potential UXO targets. The total magnetic field produced by a dipolelike source...

The atmospheric anomalies for the 1997/98 El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) period have been analyzed and intercompared using the data simulated by the atmospheric general circulation models (GCMs) of 11 groups participating in the Monsoon GCM Intercomparison Project initiated by the Climate Variability and Prediction Program (CLIVAR)/Asian–Australian Monsoon Panel. Each participating GCM gro...

Automated detection of anomalies in network traffic is an important and challenging task. In this work we propose an automated system to detect volume-based anomalies in network traffic caused by Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. The system has a two-stage architecture that combines more traditional approaches (Adaptive Threshold and Cumulative Sum) with a novel one based on the Continuous Wavel...

The persistence and decay of springtime total ozone anomalies over the entire extratropics (midlatitudes plus polar regions) is analysed using results from the Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model (CMAM), a comprehensive chemistry-climate model. As in the observations, interannual anomalies established through winter and spring persist with very high correlation coefficients (above 0.8) through sum...

This study investigates the impact of CO2 on the amplitude, frequency, and mechanisms of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) variability in millennial simulations of the HadCM3 coupled climate model. Multichannel singular spectrum analysis (MSSA) and empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs) are applied to the AMOC at four quasi-equilibrium CO2 forcings. The amount of variance explai...

The mechanism and sensitivity of the lagged response of tropical tropospheric temperature to El Niño– Southern Oscillation (ENSO) SST forcing are examined using the Quasi-Equilibrium Tropical Circulation Model (QTCM) coupled to a slab mixed layer ocean model, along with a simple analytical model. It is found that the lag and amplitude of tropospheric temperature response depend on mixed layer d...

This study addresses the role of soil moisture and its interaction with the overlying atmosphere in setting up climate anomalies over South America during El Niño years using observations as well as Atmospheric General Circulation Model (AGCM) simulations. It is found that during summertime land–atmosphere interaction is instrumental in setting the spatial pattern and sign of surface air temper...

AVO analysis of seismic data is based on the assumption that transitions in the earth consist of jump discontinuities only. The generalization of this type of transition to a more realistic class of transitions shows a drastic change in observed AVO behavior, especially for the large angles currently attained by increasing cable lengths. We propose a simple approach that accounts for this anoma...

10 Observational analyses reveal that variations in sea surface temperatures (SST) in the 11 Kuroshio-Oyashio extension (KOE) region of the North Pacific are associated with two dis12 tinct and robust patterns of atmospheric variability: 1) a pattern that peaks in amplitude 13 approximately 2 3 weeks prior to large KOE SST anomalies, and is consistent with atmo14 spheric forcing of the SST fiel...