Climate patterns derived from chinese proxy precipitation records: An evaluation of the station networks and statistical techniques

Journal of Climatology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 391-416

  Ronberg, Baruch ^a   Wang, Wei‐Chyung ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese precipitation index; Climate pattern; Cluster analysis; Factor analysis; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0023510513     PISSN: 01961748     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3370070406     Document Type: Article

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