Evaluating heat-related mortality in Korea by objective classifications of 'air masses'

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1484-1501

  Kyselý, Jan ^a   Huth, Radan ^a   Kim, Jiyoung ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air masses; Biometeorology; Human mortality; South Korea; Weather type classifications

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; BIOMETEOROLOGY; HUMAN MORTALITY; SOUTH KOREA; WEATHER TYPE CLASSIFICATIONS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AIR MASS; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RISK; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 77956474265     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1994     Document Type: Article

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