Estimating Climate Trends: Application to United States Plant Hardiness Zones
The United States Department of Agriculture classifies plant hardiness zones based on mean annual minimum temperatures over some past period (currently 1976–2005). Since temperatures are changing, these values may benefit from updating. I outline a multistep methodology involving imputation of missi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Advances in Meteorology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/404876 |