The utility of surface and upper air data in synoptic climatological specification of surface climatic variables

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 399-413

  Kidson, John W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Multi level map classification; New Zealand; Specification of surface climatic variables; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABLE; MAP CLASSIFICATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0031449435     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19970330)17:4<399::AID-JOC108>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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