Identification of homogeneous regions for regional frequency analysis using the self-organizing map

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 324, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Lin, Gwo Fong ^a   Chen, Lu Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Homogeneous region; Regional frequency analysis; Self organizing map

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FREQUENCIES; MAPS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS;

METEOROLOGY;

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FREQUENCIES; MAPS; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAP;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33646564705     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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