Self-organizing map analysis of widespread temperature extremes in Alaska and Canada

Climate Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 199-218

  Cassano, Elizabeth N ^a   Glisan, Justin M ^b   Cassano, John J ^a   Gutowski, William J ^b   Seefeldt, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme events; Self organizing maps; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; SELF ORGANIZATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALASKA; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922458291     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01274     Document Type: Review

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