Artificial neural networks and dendroclimatic reconstructions: An example from the Front Range, Colorado, USA

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 521-529

  Woodhouse, Connie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Climatic reconstruction; Colorado Front Range; Dendrochronology; Dendroclimatology; Late Holocene; Precipitation; USA

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEURAL NETWORK; PALEOECOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032845578     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399667128516     Document Type: Article

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