Precipitation and air flow indices over the British Isles

Climate Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-183

  Conway, D ^a   Wilby, R L ^b   Jones, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air flow indices; Climate change; Downscaling; Precipitation; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; CYCLONES; PRECIPITATION; VORTICITY;

AIR FLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE IMPACT; DOWNSCALING; PRECIPITATION; TIME SERIES; VORTICITY;

UK, ENGLAND; UK, WALES;

EID: 0030391192     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr007169     Document Type: Article

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