Clustering and upscaling of station precipitation records to regional patterns using self-organizing maps (SOMs)

Climate Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-107

  Crane, Robert G ^a   Hewitson, Bruce C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Regional precipitation; Regionalization; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA SET; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SELF ORGANIZATION; UPSCALING;

ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347765758     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr025095     Document Type: Article

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