Köppen versus the computer: Comparing Köppen-Geiger and multivariate regression tree climate classifications in terms of climate homogeneity

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 217-229

  Cannon, A J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM IMPLEMENTATION; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CLIMATE VARIABLES; GEOSCIENCES; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HIERARCHICAL LEVEL; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION TREES; RULE BASED; SIMPLE INSTRUMENTS; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHMS; FORESTRY;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOMOGENEITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STUDENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ALGORITHMS; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATES; HOMOGENEITY; METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865315564     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-217-2012     Document Type: Article

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