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A Historical Perspective of U.S. Climate Divisions
| Title | A Historical Perspective of U.S. Climate Divisions |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1996 |
| Authors | Guttman, N. B., and R. G. Quayle |
| Journal | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | 293-303 |
| Date Published | FEB 1996 |
| ISBN Number | 0003-0007 |
| Keywords | DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX, sensitivity |
| Abstract | The history of climatic divisions in the contiguous United States has been pieced together from fragmentary documentation. Each of the 48 contiguous states has been subdivided into climatic divisions. Divisional boundaries are now standardized, and a set of climatic variables for time-invariant divisional boundaries has been compiled for the period of record beginning in 1895. This paper documents the origins of climatic divisions, the computational methodology of an area-invariant divisional dataset maintained by the National Climatic Data Center, and the strengths and weaknesses of divisional data. |
| Reference number | 144 |
| Short Title | A Historical Perspective of U.S. Climate Divisions |
| Citation Key | 144 |