Choice of distance matrices in cluster analysis: Defining regions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2790-2797

  Mimmack, G M ^a   Mason, S J ^a   Galpin, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 0035874654     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<2790:CODMIC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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