Classification of Weather Patterns in the East Asia Region using the K-means Clustering Analysis |
Cho, Young-Jun
(Observation and Forecast Research Division, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences)
Lee, Hyeon-Cheol (Observation and Forecast Research Division, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences) Lim, Byunghwan (Observation and Forecast Research Division, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences) Kim, Seung-Bum (Observation and Forecast Research Division, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences) |
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