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Select the basis for compositing and define the categories
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The categories might be related to the
phase of some cyclic
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phenomenon or forcing, or to time or distance from some event. For
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example, we can use NINO3 index as the basis for compositing the
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ENSO
cycle.
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Compute the means and statistics for each category
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We calculate the mean SST, wind
stress, or heat flux for the onset,
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growing, and mature phases of the ENSO cycle.
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Organize and display the results
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Validate the results
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Validation of the results can be
achieved in many ways. Statistical
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significance tests are only one of these.
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