Factor analysis and multiple regression between topography and precipitation on Jeju Island, Korea

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 410, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 189-203

  Um, Myoung Jin ^a   Yun, Hyeseon ^b   Jeong, Chang Sam ^a   Heo, Jun Haeng ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Induk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Multiple regression; Orographic effect; Topographic variables

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION MATRIX; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FACTOR ANALYSIS; JEJU ISLAND; MULTICOLLINEARITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REGRESSION MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOPOGRAPHIC VARIABLES;

ESTIMATION; FORESTRY;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FACTOR ANALYSIS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

CHEJU [CHEJU (PRV/ISL)]; CHEJU [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 80055114402     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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