The self-organizing map in synoptic climatological research

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-119

  Sheridan, Scott C ^a   Lee, Cameron C ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

applied climatology; self organizing map; SOM; synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; MAPPING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 79551563681     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133310397582     Document Type: Article

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