<div dir="ltr"><div><a href="http://meteora.ucsd.edu/~pierce/eof/eofs.html"><b>http://meteora.ucsd.edu/~pierce/eof/eofs.html</b></a></div><div>"Be aware that the EOF/PC combination can have BOTH signs
switched and still be correct. It's just the product of the two that
has a determined sign." <br></div><div><a href="goog_503595139"><b><br></b></a></div><div><a href="https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/eof.shtml"><b>https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/eof.shtml</b></a></div><div>See section:<b> <b>EOF:</b> <b>Standard Empirical Orthogonal Analysis</b></b></div><div><b><b><b>Note on signs of EOF analysis</b> </b></b>(conributed by Andrew Dawson, U. East Anglia)
</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 11:42 AM Xueke Li via ncl-talk <<a href="mailto:ncl-talk@ucar.edu">ncl-talk@ucar.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear NCL users, <br><br>I'd like to calculate the Arctic Oscillation Index using NCL followed the method of NOAA CPC (<a href="http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/history/method.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/history/method.shtml</a>). I found the script (<a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Scripts/eof_4.ncl" target="_blank">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Scripts/eof_4.ncl</a>) that fit for purpose. However, after calculating the eof, there is one line that reverses the eof in order to *special* match sign of CPC as noted (shown below). </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><i>eof = eofunc_Wrap(wx, neof, optEOF) </i></div><div dir="ltr"><i>eof = -1*eof ; *special* match sign of CPC</i></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I don't quite understand the reason to reverse eof since other eof calculations of geopotential height do not have this procedure. Could someone explain the logic here?<br><div><br>Thank you in advance. </div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Xueke</div></div></div></div></div>
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