An automated classification of pressure patterns over the British Isles

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 141-156

  El Kadi, Ahmed K ^a   Smithson, Peter A ^b  

^a ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Isles pressure; Kirchhofer patterns classification threshold

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PATTERN; AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION; KIRCHHOFER METHOD; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE DATA (1977-1986);

EID: 0029772063     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/622930     Document Type: Article

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