Zhang, W.F.; Zhao, Q. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 428 (2015) C, pp. 314-318
The first evidence of asymmetric upward and downward persistence in the global sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) is revealed from the observations with the asymmetric detrended fluctuation analysis (A-DFA) method. Global distributions of the scaling exponents which quantify the degree of...