Semi-supervised multivariate regression trees: Putting the 'circulation' back into a 'circulation-to-environment' synoptic classifier

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2251-2254

  Cannon, Alex J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Map pattern classification; Multivariate statistics; Regression trees; Synoptic climatology; Weather typing

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION TREES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; REGRESSION TREES; SEMI-SUPERVISED; SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS; SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; WEATHER TYPING;

CLIMATOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

CLASSIFICATION; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84865347474     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2417     Document Type: Article

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