Towards ice-core-based synoptic reconstructions of West Antarctic climate with artificial neural networks

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 581-610

  Reusch, David B ^a   Hewitson, Bruce C ^b   Alley, Richard B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Ice cores; Self organizing maps; Synoptic reconstruction; West Antarctica

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DATA REDUCTION; ICE PROBLEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS (AWS); ICE CORES; SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS (SOM); SPECIFIC HUMIDITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ICE CORE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 17844404018     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1143     Document Type: Article

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