Visualizing spatial heterogeneity of western U.S. climate variability

Earth Interactions

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Shinker, Jacqueline J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Data visualization; Western United States

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA VISUALIZATION;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS; REGIONAL CIRCULATION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 78650355687     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010EI323.1     Document Type: Article

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