Cluster analysis of rainfall stations of the Indian peninsula

Gadgil, Sulochana and Iyengar, R Narayana (1980) Cluster analysis of rainfall stations of the Indian peninsula. In: The Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 106 (450). pp. 873-886.

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Abstract

Principal component analysis is applied to derive patterns of temporal variation of the rainfall at fifty-three stations in peninsular India. The location of the stations in the coordinate space determined by the amplitudes of the two leading eigenvectors is used to delineate them into eight clusters. The clusters obtained seem to be stable with respect to variations in the grid of stations used. Stations within any cluster occur in geographically contiguous areas.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	The Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Publisher:	Royal Meteorological Society
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Royal Meteorological Society
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Theoretical Studies (Ceased to exist at the end of 2003)
Date Deposited:	28 May 2009 10:03
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:32
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/20261

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