A new spatial synoptic classification: Application to air-mass analysis

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 983-1004

  Kalkstein, Laurence S ^a   Nichols, Michael C ^a   David Barthel, C ^b   Scott Greene, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Southeast Regional Climate Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air mass frequency; Discriminant function analysis; Environmental application; Synoptic climatology; Synoptic weather type classification; United States

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; WEATHER CLASSIFICATION;

USA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030439452     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199609)16:9<983::AID-JOC61>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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