A Statistical Examination of the Climatic Human Expert System:

Twentieth Century climatology was dominated by two
great figures: Wladamir
Köppen and C. Warren Thornthwaite. The first
carefully developed climatic parameters
to match the larger world vegetation communities. The
second developed complex
formulas of Moisture Factors that provided
efficient understanding of how
evapotranspiration influences plant growth and
health, both for native and non-native
communities.
In the latter half of the Twentieth Century, the
Sunset Magazine Corporation
develop a purely empirical set of Garden Zones, first
for California. This thesis examines the digitized
zones with reference to PRISM climate data.
Variable coverages resembling those described by
Sunset are extracted from the PRISM
data. These variable coverages are collected for two
buffered areas, one in northern
California and one in southern California. This
process is quite amenable for further
examination of other regions of California

Autorentext

Ben Logan was originally a landscape designer in San Luis Obispo,California. The rapid change in climate in that one small areahas intrigued him all his life. Later, in pursuing a Master's inGeography from Virginia Polytehnic University, he was able todraw upon this long term interest for his thesis subject.

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Twentieth Century climatology was dominated by twogreat figures: WladamirKöppen and C. Warren Thornthwaite. The firstcarefully developed climatic parametersto match the larger world vegetation communities. Thesecond developed complexformulas of "Moisture Factors" that providedefficient understanding of howevapotranspiration influences plant growth andhealth, both for native and non-nativecommunities.In the latter half of the Twentieth Century, theSunset Magazine Corporationdevelop a purely empirical set of Garden Zones, firstfor California. This thesis examines the digitizedzones with reference to PRISM climate data.Variable coverages resembling those described bySunset are extracted from the PRISMdata. These variable coverages are collected for twobuffered areas, one in northernCalifornia and one in southern California. Thisprocess is quite amenable for furtherexamination of other regions of California