Air flow influences on local climate: Observed United Kingdom climate variations

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 62-74

  Osborn, Timothy J ^a   Jones, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Climate trends; Climate variability; Weather types

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009817577     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/asle.2000.0017     Document Type: Article

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