Brent Yarnal is an Associate Professor of Geography and Associate of the Earth System Science Center at The Pennsylvania State University. He received his graduate training at the University of Calgary (M.Sc., Geography) and Simon Fraser University (Ph.D., Geography). His research and teaching interests include climatic change and variability, global climate systems and the human dimensions of global environmental change.

• Manual Classification. Correlation-Based Map-Pattern Classification. Eigenvector-Based Classifications. Compositing, Indexing and Specification. Relationships Between the Atmospheric Circulation and the SurfaceEnvironment. The Future of Synoptic Climatology. References. Index.

Brent Yarnal is an Associate Professor of Geography and Associate of the Earth System Science Center at The Pennsylvania State University. He received his graduate training at the University of Calgary (M.Sc., Geography) and Simon Fraser University (Ph.D., Geography). His research and teaching interests include climatic change and variability, global climate systems and the human dimensions of global environmental change.

• Manual Classification. Correlation-Based Map-Pattern Classification. Eigenvector-Based Classifications. Compositing, Indexing and Specification. Relationships Between the Atmospheric Circulation and the SurfaceEnvironment. The Future of Synoptic Climatology. References. Index.

Brent Yarnal is an Associate Professor of Geography and Associate of the Earth System Science Center at The Pennsylvania State University. He received his graduate training at the University of Calgary (M.Sc., Geography) and Simon Fraser University (Ph.D., Geography). His research and teaching interests include climatic change and variability, global climate systems and the human dimensions of global environmental change.

• Manual Classification. Correlation-Based Map-Pattern Classification. Eigenvector-Based Classifications. Compositing, Indexing and Specification. Relationships Between the Atmospheric Circulation and the SurfaceEnvironment. The Future of Synoptic Climatology. References. Index.