The ‘Sunday Effect’ and weekly cycles of winter weather in the UK

Weather

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 214-222

  Wilby, R L ^a,b   Tomlinson, O J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000601413     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1477-8696.2000.tb04064.x     Document Type: Article

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